INSECUTOR INSCITI^ MENSTRUUS 175 



Type.— Cat. No. 24922, U. S. Nat. Mus. 

 Quite unlike any described species. 



Family NOTODONTID^ 



Lusura speciosa, new species. 



Male. — Palpi reddish brown, darkest above and with a white 

 tuft above at base of third joint. Frons brown becoming white 

 towards palpi ; vertex and tufts mottled brown, black, and 

 white. Collar and sides of thorax deep olive gray. Abdomen 

 dark brown above, whitish underneath. Fore wings with the 

 costal margin to near apex and cell to medial line cinnamon 

 rufous, the inner margin broadly deep olive gray, the termen 

 dull olive gray; a black line below subcostal to medial line, 

 but bifurcating beyond base, the lower branch being dark red- 

 dish brown; a claret brown line from base edges the gray 

 inner margin and is interrupted at medial line by a small white 

 semilunar mark, beyond which it is downbent and toothed 

 before reaching tornus, then upbent and incurved obliquely 

 with a short tooth at vein 4, then nearly reaches termen at 

 vein 7 and is inbent to costa, leaving a gray spot on costa at 

 apex ; where angled at vein 7 a fuscous spot follows to apex 

 which appears like a continuation of the line; the medial line 

 is fuscous brown preceded by a narrow dark shade in cell and 

 followed by a claret brown velvety line, punctiform, edged 

 with white on costa; from cell veins 4-6 are fuscous with 

 grayish streaks above and below vein 5 ; postmedial space be- 

 tween 2 and 4 purplish brown ; traces of a postmedial fine line 

 crossing a white spot on costa, and traces of another line well 

 beyond it ; the inner margin is crossed by fine, geminate ante- 

 medial and postmedial lines. Hind wings white, the inner 

 margin broadly dark brown, the termen very narrowly shaded 

 with brown. Wings below whitish the apex and termen of 

 fore wing shaded with brown. 



Expanse 35 mm. 



Habitat. — Joinville, South East Brazil. 



Type.— Cat. No. 24923, U. S. Nat. Mus. 



