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with red-brown ; a terminal series of brown strife ; cilia red- 
brown. Hind wing ochreous whitish tinged and irrorated 
with red-brown ; a faint brown postmedial line, obsolete 
towards costa and excurved beyond lower angle of cell ; a line 
brown terminal line. Underside of fore wing rufous, irrorated 
with red-brown, the inner area whitish, an oblique brown 
postmedial line from costa to vein 6 ; hind wing white tinged 
with rufous and irrorated with brown, a slight brown discoidal 
spot and postmedial line excurved to vein 4, then incurved. 
Hab. Brazil, Espiritu Santo, 1 $ type- Exp. 30 millim. 
Baniana pulverulenta. n. sp. 
$. Head, thorax, and abdomen grey tinged with red-brown 
and irrorated with a few black scales, the antennae ringed 
with blackish towards base, palpi, pectus, legs and ventral 
surface of abdomen reddish brown mixed with white. Fore 
wing grey tinged with reddish brown and irrorated with black, 
the costal edge pale rufous ; antemedial line black and angled 
outwards below costa, then represented by black points on 
the veins ; a slight blackish medial shade ; an inverted comma- 
shaped black discoidal mark, somewhat interrupted at discal 
fold ; an oblique black postmedial striga from costa, then a 
series of black points on the veins, excurved to vein 4, then 
incurved, faintly defined on outer side by rufous, some white 
points with fuscous between them beyond it on costa ; a sub- 
terminal series of slight somewhat wedge-shaped black marks, 
incurved at discal fold ; a terminal series of black points. Hind 
wing grey tinged with red-brown and irrorated with blackish ; 
a postmedial series of black points from vein 5 to inner margin, 
faintly defined on outer side by rufous ; traces of a sinuous 
dark subterminal line ; a slight waved dark terminal line. 
Underside of fore wing grey suffused with fuscous brown, the 
costal area pale rufous irrorated with fuscous, a blackish 
postmedial bar from costa ; hind wing whitish thickly irrorated 
with reddish brown, a small blackish discoidal spot and in- 
distinct diffused curved postmedial line. The palpi with the 
3rd joint rather long. 
Hab . Paraguay, Sapucay (Foster), 1 $ type. Exp. 32 
millim. 
Baniana retrorsa, n. sp. 
$. Head, thorax, and abdomen pale red-brown tinged with 
purplish grey, the antennae blackish ; palpi and legs red-brown 
irrorated with white, the pectus and ventral surface of abdomen 
red-brown. Fore wing red-brown strongly suffused with 
purple-grey and slightly irrorated with dark brown except on 
terminal area which is suffused with darker brown ; antemedial 
line slight, red-brown, somewhat angled outwards below costa, 
