NOVITATES ZOOLOGICAE XXIII. 1916. 181 



65. Psaliodes quinquelatera sp. nov. 



<$, 22 mm.; ?, 24 mm. Head mostly russet, lateral edges of face pale, 

 palpus with much pale irroration. Thorax and abdomen (especially above) varie- 

 gated in different shades of brown, a large dark spot about middle of abdomen 

 dorsally. Legs spotted and irrorated with blackish fuscous. 



Foreiuing with apex acute, termen sinuous, being slightly concave between 

 apex and R 3 , rather strongly oblique from M 1 to tornus ; white, but mostly 

 occupied with the russet markings ; basal patch wider at costa than at bindmargin, 

 its boundary almost straight, except for a minute angle outward on M ; inter- 

 mediate white band about 1 mm. wide, marked with some russet irroration down 

 the middle and tinged with light brown at costal end ; median band broad anteriorly, 

 its proximal edge straight, its distal almost straight from costa nearly to R 3 , here 

 angled, then again almost straight to hindmargin scarcely beyond middle (thus 

 near its proximal edge), its colour slightly darkened from fold to hindmargin ; 

 outer white band slender, broadening near hindmargin, intersected by a fine dark 

 line ; distal area russet as far as the subterminal line ; subterminal line white, very 

 fine, slightly interrupted, oblique from apex, in its anterior half forming a large 

 curve which encloses the dark snbapical patch characteristic of many of the genus, 

 with acute teeth on R 3 and M 1 almost reaching the termen, posteriorly somewhat 

 receding therefrom but very vague, the area distally to it white, strongly irrorated 

 with dark reddish brown ; a blackish fuscous terminal line ; fringe heavily spotted 

 with blackish fuscous at ends of veins and suffused with the same between M 2 and 



SM 2 . Hindwing with termen somewhat irregularly waved ; dirty pale grey, 



with a slight suffusion of russet ; markings vague, shadowing those of the 

 underside. 



Forewing beneath coloured about as hindwing above, the costal area tinged 

 with light ochreous brown ; distal area (especially anteriorly) slightly paler than 

 the rest ; postmedian line traceable, most distinct in anterior half, thickening 

 towards costa ; an oblique dark, slightly interrupted snbapical dash. Hindwing 

 beneath dirty whitish, with some irregular, mostly feeble, dark irroration ; base of 

 costa tinged with light ochreous brown ; a dark mark along the oblique base of SC ; 

 a large dark cell-spot; a fine, strongly-curved postmedian line, running from a 

 small spot at costa to a large blotch at abdominal margin ; a slight submarginal 

 shade, becoming strong at abdominal margin. 



Argentine Republic : San Ignacio Missions, Upper Parana, February, type 

 (<$) and June, paratype (?) in coll. L. B. Prout. 



Very distinct in the form of the median band. 



66. Psaliodes mediofracta sp. nov. 



S ?, 26-27 mm. Similar to adhaesiata Feld. (Reise Novara, Lep. Het. t. 132, 

 f. 12), of which M. Dognin (in litt.) suggested it might be a form. Larger; S abdo- 

 men without hair-pencil beneath. Both wings with DC more strongly (sometimes 

 very strongly) biangulate, R 2 arising considerably nearer to R 3 than to R 1 . 



Forewing with the median band strongly darkened, except at costal margin, 

 its edges much less straight than in adhaesiata ; the form of this band is character- 

 istic for the species ; it is completely interrupted in the middle, anterior half with 

 the blackened part roughly triangular, its anterior edge starting just inside cell and 

 running obliquely out towards costa, its posterior edge running behind the oblique 



