326 NOCTTTIDJi;. 



brown, the fore tibige and the tarsi blackish ringed with -white. 

 Pore wing brownish grey with slight dark irroration ; subbasal line 

 faint, doable filled in with silverj^ grey, angled inwards in cell and 

 ending at vein 1 ; antemedial line faint, double filled in with silvery 

 grey, waved; orbicular a slight whitish mark defined on outer side 

 by an oblique blaclv striga ; reniform a slight black annulus on a 

 silvery grey patch ; postmedial line double, filled in with silvery 

 grey except beyond the cell, excurved from below^ costa to discal 

 fold, then bent inwards to lower angle of cell and minutely waved 

 to inner margin, some white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal 

 line silvery grey strongly defined on inner side by black suffusion 

 from costa to vein 2, angled inwards at discal fold and excurved at 

 middle, terminal area rufous except towards tornus ; a terminal 

 series of small black lunulas defined on inner side by a fine waved 

 white line ; cilia white mixed with brown. Hind wing dark 

 cupreous brown, the cilia white at tips ; the underside grey irro- 

 rated with fuscous, a slight discoidal spot and traces of difii'used 

 curved postmedial and subterminal lines. 



Hah. Paraguay, Sapucay (Foster), 1 5 type. Exp. 18 millim. 



5502. Cobubatha catada. 



Eustrotia catada, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 313, pi. 29. f. 13 

 (1889). 



5 . Head and thorax dark cupreous brown mixed with silvery 

 purple; palpi, pectus, and legs white mixed with brown, the fore 

 tibiae and the tarsi black-brown ringed with white ; abdomen 

 fuscous brown mixed with some white and with white segmental 

 lines, the crests blackish, the ventral surface white irrorated with 

 brown. Pore wang dark cupreous brown irrorated with silvery 

 purple ; subbasal line silvery purple, sinuous, from costa to sub- 

 median fold ; antemedial line diffused, silvery purple, waved ; 

 orbicular a silvery purple mark, its outer edge slightly defined by 

 black ; reniform represented by a curved black striga with a silvery- 

 purple patch beyond it in the sinus of the postmedial line, which 

 is black defined on outer side by silvery purple, double towards 

 costa and with some silvery purple beyond it, bent outwards below 

 costa, incurved and slightly waved below discal fold, some white 

 points beyond it on costa and a silvery purple line arising at discal 

 fold, incurved to vein 2, then excurved to tornus ; subterminal line 

 silvery purple defined on inner side by slight black marks, angled 

 inwards at discal fold, then excurved and ending at vein 2 ; the 

 terminal area rufous except towards tornus ; a fine black terminal 

 line ; cilia finely striated with silvery purple and with some white 

 at tips. Hind wing iiniform dark cupreous brown, the cilia whitish 

 at tips ; the underside whitish irrorated with black-brown, the 

 terminal area suffused with fuscous, a black discoidal spot and 

 minutely waved postmedial line. 



Hah. Mexico, Guerrero {H. H. SmiiJi), 3 $ type, Godman-Salvin 

 Coll. Exp. 18 millim. 



