462 NOCTUIDiE, 



nervure and extending to vein 1 ; antemedial line almost medial, 

 indistinctl}' donblo filled in with whitish towards costa, oblique, 

 waved ; claviform absent ; orbicular an oblique black streak defined 

 by whitish above and below, from subcostal nervure to the reniform 

 which is small, oblique, with whitish annulus and its centre 

 defined by fuscous, a short black streak beyond it ; an oblique 

 dark medial line ; postmedial line double filled in with white, 

 oblique towards costa, excurved to vein 5, then incurved and 

 again excurved at submedian fold, with slight black streaks 

 beyond it on veins 2 and 1 ending in white points and some minute 

 white points on costa ; an oblique wedge-shaped whitish apical 

 patch crossed by two dark streaks ; subterminal line hardly trace- 

 able, pale, slightly excurved below vein 7 and at middle ; a slight 

 dark terminal line with white points at the veins. Hind wing 

 fuscous brown with a cupreous tinge ; cilia whitish with a dark 

 line near base ; the underside whitish irrorated with fuscous, the 

 terminal area suffused with fuscous, a black discoidal spot and post- 

 medial rather difi^used line, incurved below vein 4. 

 5 . Fore wing with the orbicular more quadrate. 

 Hab. Teinidad, Cuparo (Kaye), 1 (^ ; Paraguay, Sapucay 

 (Foster), 4 cJ, 11 $ type. Ea'2x 24-26 millim. 



c. Fore wing on underside uniformly clothed with silky hair except the 



inner area. 



4159. Monodes vittifera, n. sp. (Plate CXXXIV. fig. 4.) 



J . Head and tegulse rufous ; thorax red-brown ; pectus, legs, and 

 abdomen greyish sufi'used with red-brown. Fore wing silky red- 

 brown with a yellowish patch on inner medial area; subbasal line 

 double, curved, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line 

 double, oblique towards costa, then erect ; claviform represented by 

 a white point at its extremity ; an oblique black medial line, bent 

 inwards to inner margin ; reniform indistinct, greyish, oblique 

 elliptical ; postmedial line black defined on outer side by grey, 

 excurved round the reniform and approximated to the medial line 

 below the cell ; a small grey subapical spot with the wedge-shaped 

 black mark before it with ochreous streak below it, and black lunnle 

 bevondit; a fine pale line at base of cilia. Hind wing whitish 

 tinged with brown especially on apical area ; the underside whitish, 

 the costal area suffused with brown, an oblique brownish antemedial 

 line, small black discoidal spot, and sinuous postmedial line. 



2 . Fore wing with short black streak in cell before medial line. 

 Hab. Panama, Ghiriqm(07iam2}ion), 1 5 type, Godman-Salvin Coll.; 

 Colombia, Minca (H. H. Smitli), d in Coll. Druce ; Brazil, Rio 

 Janeiro, 1 (S , Exp. S 18, 2 20 millim. 



d. Underside of both wings in male thickly clothed with 



fuscous scales. 

 a^. Fore wing with the orbicular a white point defined 



by blackish aniica. 



h^. Fore wing with the orbicular dark with pale annulus. 

 a^. Fore wing grey suffused with brown, the orbicular 



and reniform prominently black fuscimacula. 



