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NOCTUIDJS. 
Pseudyrias purpureofusa , n. sp. 
$. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown mixed with 
some grey ; palpi black with two fine white streaks at side 
of 2nd joint and one on 3rd ; fro ns and vertex of head finely 
defined by white ; pectus, legs and ventral surface of abdomen 
paler grey-brown, the tarsi ringed with whitish. Fore wing 
black-brown slightly pencilled with grey and suffused with 
purple ; a black subbasal striga from costa ; antemedial line 
black, slightly defined on inner side by grey, oblique, waved ; 
a small darker annulus with greyish centre or spot in middle 
of cell ; reniform with two reddish ochreous points on inner 
side and three spots on outer or with these markings reduced 
and whitish ; two indistinct dark waved medial lines excurved 
in the cell and a similar line beyond the cell ; postmedial line 
black defined on outer side by whitish finely pencilled with 
dark brown striae, slightly waved, oblique to below vein 5, 
then incurved, two whitish points beyond it on costa ; sub- 
terminal line reddish ochreous defined on inner side by dark 
brown, waved, excurved below veins 7, 5, 4 ; a waved black 
line just before termen defined on outer side by greyish. 
Hind wing dark brown tinged with reddish and suffused with 
purple ; four indistinct waved dark lines before the post- 
medial line which is black and slightly waved, defined on 
outer side by whitish finely pencilled with dark brown and 
slightly on inner side also, subterminal line reddish ochreous 
slightly defined on inner side by dark brown, waved ; a 
waved black line just before termen. Underside dark reddish 
brown slightly irrorated with whitish ; both wings with dark 
waved postmedial line defined on outer side by whitish. 
Hab. Br. Guiana, Potaro R. {Kaye), 1 $ ; Brazil, 
Amazons, Breves {Austen), 1 $ type. Exp. 34 mill im. 
Pseudyrias melanchra, n. sp. 
9- Head, thorax, and abdomen black-brown with a slight 
greenish grey tinge ; palpi black, with fine white lines at 
sides ; pectus, legs and ventral surface of abdomen reddish 
brown with a greyish tinge. Fore wing black-brown strongly 
suffused with greenish blue ; a subbasal black striga from 
costa ; antemedial line black, waved ; the medial area with 
four indistinct dentate black lines, the 4th ending at vein 4 ; 
postmedial line black, sinuous, angled outwards below vein 
5 and slightly below 4, then incurved, some white points 
beyond it on costa ; subterminal line black, waved, defined 
on outer side by rufous, slightly except towards costa, slightly 
angled outwards below vein 7 and oblique below vein 3, 
some white scales beyond it on apical area ; a waved black 
terminal line ; cilia with a slight rufous tinge at base. Hind 
