656 NocTuiD^. 



oblique ; traces of a brown siibterminal line from the angle of 

 postmedial line to inner margin, escurved at middle ; a brown 

 terminal line ; cilia greyish and brown. Hind wing white, the 

 terminal area irrorated with brown ; a fine brown terminal line ; 

 the underside sparsely irrorated with brown. 



Hah. Brazil, Organ Mts., Tijuca ( Wagner), 2 c? , 2 $ . Exp. 

 22-24 millim. 



5994. Xanthoptera obliquata. (Plate CLXVIII. fig. 22.) 



Xantho'ptera obliquata, Herr.-Scbaff. Corresp.-blatt. zool. - min. Ver. 

 Eegensb. xxii. p. 152 (1868). 



S . Head and thorax ochreous white ; palpi black-brown ; frons 

 with lateral blackish bars ; antennae blackish ; pectus and legs 

 ochreous white mixed with brown, the tarsi blackish wilh pale 

 rings ; abdomen ochreous irrorated with brown. Fore wing 

 ochreous yellow tinged with rufous ; the costal edge blackish 

 to near apex ; claviform, orbicular, and reniform represented by 

 slight black points ; a rather diffused oblique rufous line from 

 costa just before apex to inner margin beyond middle; traces of a 

 subterminal line from discal fold to inner margin ; a terminal 

 series of black points on a fine rufous line ; cilia purplish grey. 

 Hind wing purplish grey, whitish towards base and inner margin ; 

 the underside ochreous white irrorated wilh brown, a brown dis- 

 coid al spot. 



$ . Fore wing ochreous whitish, the markings red-brown and 

 more distinct ; some red-brown suffusion in end of cell ; post- 

 medial line angled outwards at vein 6 to join the oblique fascia 

 from before apex. 



Hah. Cuba, Santiago (Schaus), 1 (S , 5 $ . Exj). 16 millim. 



5995. Xanthoptera auruda. (Plate CLXVIII. fig. 23.) 



Xanthoptera aunoda, Schaus, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. vi. p. 118 (1908). 



Head and thorax bright yellow ; antennae black ; pectus, legs, 

 and abdomen ochreous irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing bright 

 yellow, the costal edge brownish ; claviform, orbicular, and reniform 

 represented by slight black points ; an oblique rather diffused rufous 

 line from below costa towards apex to middle of vein 1 ; subterminal 

 line indicated by very slight difi'used dark scaling ; a fine terminal 

 black line not quite reaching apex and tornus ; cilia leaden fuscous. 

 Hind wing ochreous white tinged with brown ; a fine brown 

 terminal line ; the underside ochreous irrorated with brown, a 

 slight discoidal point and diffused oblique postmedial line. 



Hah. Colombia (Nolcken), 1 J : Brazil, Rio Janeiro ( Wilson), 

 1 2 ) Castro Parana (D. Jones), 1 c? . Exp. 20-24 millim. 



