476 NOCTUID^. 



4178. Monodes atrisecta, n. sp. (Plate CXXXIV. fig. 14.) 



2 . Head and thorax rufous mixed Avitb whitish ; palpi with 

 some black ; lower part of froiis white ; tegulie with dorsal black 

 bar near base and brown line near tips ; abdomen brown, the anal 

 tuft white, the ventral surface white with sublateral dark streak. 

 Pore wing ochreous white suffused with rufous and slightly irrorated 

 with brown, the veins slight!}' streaked with brown ; a black-brown 

 fascia in discal fold from middle of cell where it narrows to a point, 

 curved upwards to termen below apex ; subbasal line represented 

 bj^ slight double oblique dark striae from costa and single striga 

 from cell with brown mark below it on inner margin ; antemedial 

 line obsolescent towards costa, inwardly obliqvie and waved below 

 the cell with brown band before it defined by whitish on inner 

 side ; claviform whitish defined by black, very narrow and elongate ; 

 orbicular a very oblique white striga ; reniform a small round 

 w^hite spot defined by black and with brown line on it near inner 

 edge ; a slight oblique sinuous rufous line from lower angle of cell 

 to inner margin ; postmedial line double at costa, strongly bent 

 outwards and almost obsolete below costa, then reduced to black 

 points in the interspaces and very oblique to submedian fold, then 

 continuous, slightly excurved at vein 1 and with black and whitish 

 points beyond it on veins 3, 2, 1 ; traces of a pale sinuous sub- 

 terminal line ; a terminal series of black striae with white points at 

 the veins ; cilia intersected wnth dark brown. Hind wing ochreous 

 brown ; cilia white with a brownish line near base ; the underside 

 white, the costal and terminal areas tinged with rufous and irrorated 

 with brown, a blackish discoidal spot, minutely waved postmedial 

 line, and terminal series of black lunules. 



Hah. Brazil, Rio Janeiro (WUson), 1 $ type. Exjy. 28 millim. 



4174. Monodes interstriata, n. sp. (Plate CXXXIV. fig. 15.) 



5 . Head whitish mixed with some brown ; palpi with the 2nd 

 joint at sides and 3rd joint in front blackish ; antennae brown ; 

 thorax pale ochreous mixed with brown ; tarsi fuscous with i)ale 

 rings ; abdomen ochreous white. Pore wing pale ochreous, the 

 costal area irrorated with brown, the veins and interspaces of 

 terminal half streaked with brown ; orbicular and reniform small 

 defined by brown except above, the former with brown point in 

 centre, round, the latter with brown points in upper and lower 

 parts, constricted at middle, some dark brown suffusion between 

 them in cell ; postmedial line represented by two dark striae from 

 costa, bent outwards and obsolescent below costa, then with double 

 series of minute dark points, oblique below vein 4 ; the terminal 

 area tinged with red-brown except at apex ; a terminal series of 

 dark points. Hind wing whitish, the terminal area tinged with 

 brown from apex to vein 2 ; the underside with the costal area and 

 terminal area to vein 2 irrorated with brown, traces of a minute 

 discoidal lunule, 



Bab. Paeagtjay, Sapucay (Foster), 1 $ type. E,r2'>- 30 millim. 



