174 INSECU'fOR INSCITI^ MENSTRUUS 



than ground color; cilia except at apex and tomus darker. 

 Hind wings light grayish vinaceous, the termen tinted with 

 pallid purple drab. A very faint postmedial drab line, and a 

 darker better marked subterminal line. Wings below duller 

 without markings. 



Expanse 42 mm. 



Habitat. — San Lourenco, Minas, Brazil. 



Type.— Cat. No. 24921, U. S. Nat. Mus. 



The only allied form I know is an undescribed species in 

 collection Dognin. 



Received from Mr. E. May of Rio de Janeiro. 



Family CERATOCAMPID^ 



Adelocephala subfumata, new species. 



Male. — Head and thorax avellaneous with a fuscous dorsal 

 line on collar and thorax. Abdomen dorsally red, otherwise 

 avellaneous. Fore wings avellaneous; lines fine, fuscous; 

 antemedial line slightly outbent, and lunular, inangled above 

 submedian, followed by a black transverse line in cell ; a small 

 black point at end of cell ; postmedial line inversely lunular 

 from costa before apex to above submedian where it is out- 

 curved to inner margin at two thirds from base ; the two lines 

 are connected by a short black streak above submedian ; a faint 

 medial curved brownish shade from middle of costa to middle 

 of inner margin ; an irregular subterminal series of fuscous 

 spots. Hind wings avellaneous, the cell, below it, and beyond 

 to termen somewhat browner; a postmedial lunular fuscous 

 line ; subterminal fuscous spots more heavily marked than on 

 fore wing. Fore wings below buff, the costal margin shaded 

 with purple ; the subterminal line not so deeply lunular as 

 above. Hind wings long and narrow, the costa highly arched 

 at base ; more than half the wing anteriorly fuscous purple, 

 crossed by a broad antemedial lilacine shade ; a white point at 

 end of cell ; posterior portion of wing avellaneous ; a wavy 

 dark postmedial line, and traces of subterminal spots. 



Expanse 50 mm. 



Habitat. — Joinville, South East Brazil. 



