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Wings speckled and partly suffused with reddish ferruginous, which 

 hue forms a diffuse straight oblique line ; fringe reddish ferruginous. 

 Fore wings hardly acute, with two oblique brown costal spots ; exte- 

 rior border hardly convex. Hind wings with an exterior line, which 

 is partly dilated to the exterior border. Length of the body 3£ lines ; 

 of the wings 9 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



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 Pyeinia Prusiasaria. 

 Rio Janeiro. 



Pyrinia Agonisaria. 



Mas. Luteo-flava rufo-glaucescente dense conspersa ; palpi porrecti, 

 graciles, caput paullo superantes ; antenna pubescentes ; tibice 

 posticce subincrassatce ; alee anticce apice subrotundata, margine 

 exteriore recto perobliquo ; posticce margine exteriore con- 

 vexo. 



Male, Luteous-yellow, thickly and largely speckled with 

 glaucous-tinged red ; this hue in the wings forms two oblique bands, 

 which are most concise on the under side. Palpi porrect, slender, 

 extending a little beyond the head ; third joint minute. Antennae 

 pubescent. Hind tibia? slightly incrassated. Fore wings rounded 

 at the tips ; costa and exterior border straight ; the latter very 

 oblique. Hind wings with a convex exterior border. Length of the 

 body 5 lines ; of the wings 1 1 lines. 



a. Para. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Pyrinia tegularia. 



Mas. Luteo-flava ; caput ochraceum ; palpi porrecti ; thorax 

 nigricante fasciatus ; tibice posticce valde incrassatce ; alcefusco 

 conspersce, fasciis duabus obliquis subparallelis sordide ochra- 

 ceis, la subundulata, 2a chalybceo tincta subtus nigro-fusca, 

 punctis subtus marginalibus nigris ; anticce apice rotundatce^ 

 margine exteriore recto perobliquo ; posticce puncto discali 

 nigricante. 



Male. Luteous-yellow. Head more ochraceous ; frontal tuft 

 prominent. Palpi porrect. Thorax with a blackish band in front. 



