186 



NOCTTJIDJE. 



brownish ochreous suffused and irrorated with dark brown ; sub- 

 basal line black defined by ochreous on outer side, waved, from 

 costa to submediau fold ; antemedial line defined by ochreous on 

 inner side, waved, oblique ; claviform dark brown indistinctly de- 

 fined by blackish ; orbicular and reniform small with ochreous 

 anuuli defined by blackish, the former round ; postmedial line 

 defined by ochreous on outer side, bent outwards below costa, then 

 minutely dentate, angled inwards in discal fold and incurved below 

 vein 4; subterminal line ochreous defined by obscure blackish 

 dentate marks on inner side and with blackish patch before it at 

 costa, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; 

 a terminal series of slight black points ; cilia ochreous intersected 

 with brown. Hind wing pale ochreous suffused with brown, 

 especially towards termen ; cilia ochreous ; the underside greyish 

 with slight discoidal lunule and traces of curved postmedial line. 



Hah. Patagonian Andes, Chubut, Valle Lago Blanco, 2 S type. 

 Ex J}. 32 millim. 



*2318. Capitarsia purilinea. (Plate C. fig. 31.) 



Ortliosia purilinea, Mab. Eull. Soc. Philoni. (7) is. p. 62 (1885) ; id. N. 

 Arch. Mus. (3) i. p. 152, pi. xi. f. 1 (1889). 



2 • Head and thorax grey mixed with pale brown ; abdomen 

 brownish grey dorsally tinged with fuscous. Fore wing pale grey- 

 brown with darker irroration ; a waved dark subbasal line from 

 costa to submedian fold ; a waved antemedial line obtusely angled 

 outwards below cell ; a rather indistinct curved medial line ; a 

 waved postmedial line bent outwards below costa, slightly angled 

 inwards at discal fold, strongly incurved below vein 4, and again 

 slightly angled outwards at vein 1 ; subterminal line represented 

 by a series of short dark streaks in the interspaces ; a prominent 

 terminal series of black points. Hind wing pale brown. 



liah. Patagonia, Santa Cruz, type t $ in Mus. Paris. Exp. 

 28 millim. 



Genus HOMOHADENA. ,„ 



Type. 



Hoiiiolmclcna, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. i. p. 180 (1873)... hadistriga. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint fringed 

 with long hair in front, the Srd somewhat porrcct ; frons smooth ; eyes large, 

 rounded, slightly overhung by cilia ; antennae of male nearly simple ; head and 

 thorax clothed chiefly with scales and without crests : abdomen with soma 

 rough hair at base but without crests. Fore wing with the apex and termen 

 rounded ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 

 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with 

 veins 3,4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ; 

 6, 7 from upper angle, 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. 



A. Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial lines present. 

 a. Fore wing with black streak in base of submedian fold. 

 a>. Fore wing with black streak from reniform towards 

 termen. 



