6 AMEEICAN LEPIDOPTEEA. 



Subfam. TRICHTJRINjE. 



Syntrichura doeri. (Tab. I. fig. 16.) 



Syntrichura doeri, Schaus, Pi-oc. Zool. Soc. Loud. 1892, p. 276. 



Wings byaline. Primaries narrowly margined with black. Secondaries having only 

 the costa and apex black. Head and thorax black, with a yellow lateral streak. 

 Abdomen black, with a lateral row of yellow spots. Abdomen below whitish. 



Expanse 21 millim. d 1 . 



Hab. Petropolis, Brazil. 



Fam. ARCTIID^]. 



Subfam. CHABIDEINsE. 



Aclytia petra. (Tab. I. fig. 17.) 



Aclytia petra, Schaus, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1892, p. 276. 



Primaries brownish black, Avith all the veins clearly defined. Secondaries hyaline, 

 with a broad black margin. Head and thorax black; a metallic blue spot between 

 the antennae. Abdomen dorsally black, laterally metallic blue, underneath white. 

 Legs black; joints and coxae white. 



Expanse 32 millim. 



Hab. Peru. 



Aclytia hecale. (Tab. I. fig. 18.) 



Aclytia hecale, Schaus, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1892, p. 277. 



Primaries dull black, faintly hyaline in the disk and darkest on the margins and at 

 the end of the cell. Secondaries hyaline, with a broad black margin. Antennae, head, 

 and thorax black ; two crimson spots behind the antennae. Abdomen black, with a 

 lateral band of metallic blue. Base of all the legs bright crimson. 



Expanse 39 millim. ? . 



Hab. Petropolis, Brazil. 



Cyanopepla inachia. (Tab. I. fig. ] 9.) 



Charidea inachia, Schaus, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1892, p. 277. 



Female. Primaries above velvety black, with a large orange space extending in its 

 anterior portion from the base along the subcostal vein to beyond the cell, and 

 posteriorly along the submedian vein to close upon the inner angle, and divided by 

 two black lines, one just below the median vein, the other just above the submedian ; 

 a small black transverse mark at the end of the cell. Secondaries velvety black. 



