1894.] FROM TROPICAL AMEEICA. 233 



Mttkoka., gen. nov. 



Antennae pectinated in both sexes. "Wings long, fairly broad, 

 the outer margin oblique. Primaries with vein 6 from upper 

 angle of cell ; 7, 8, 9 stalked. Secondaries with veins 4 and 5 

 from lower angle of cell; 8 short, from near the end of cell. 

 Secondaries in the tf triangular, the inner margin and anal angle 

 rounded. 



29. Miotona iridescens, sp. nov. 



Body pale yellow ; the collar posteriorly edged with orange ; 

 three orange streaks on the thorax. Fore coxa? orange. Primaries 

 silvery yellow, all the veins slightly darker ; an orange point at 

 the base. Secondaries yellowish white, semi-hyaline. Exp., S 

 52 millim., $ 65 millim. 



Sab. Aroa, Venezuela. 



30. AtfTARCTIA VEXATA, Sp. nOV. 



Head and thorax reddish brown. Abdomen dorsally yellowish 

 brown, ventrally black. The wings are rather thinly clothed with 

 scales. Primaries greyish brown ; all the veins white. Second- 

 aries paler, with the white veins less distinct. Underneath, the 

 same. Exp. $ 30 millim. 



Sab. Castro, Parana. 



Earn. Eupterotid^!. 



31. Apatelodes parvula, sp. nov. 



Palpi brown. Head, thorax, and abdomen brownish grey, the 

 base of the abdomen and two transverse shades on the thorax 

 darker. Primaries grey, irrorated with brown scales ; a large dark 

 brown spot on the interior half of the inner margin, but not 

 reaching the base, and outwardly crossed by a slightly oblique 

 light shade ; from near the middle of the costal margin a brownish 

 indistinct band extends towards but does not reach the inner 

 angle ; from this band to the outer margin all the veins are 

 distinctly paler ; a light shade crosses the end of the cell ; the 

 outer line prominent, whitish, and anteriorly slightly curved 

 outwardly ; two subapical dark brown spots followed by two semi- 

 hyaline spots. Secondaries above brown ; the inner margin and 

 anal angle greyish brown, darker; an outer transverse whitish line. 

 Underneath brown, shaded with grey on the costal margins of both 

 wings and on the inner margin of the secondaries, where there 

 are also some brown marks ; the outer transverse white line 

 indistinct on the primaries, more distinct on the secondaries. 

 Exp. 28 millim. 



Hab. Castro, Parana. 



32. Olceclostera castrona, sp. nov. 



Palpi dark brown. Head and thorax grey, with a central brown 



