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a slight whitish streak on median nervure and another slight 
streak below and beyond the cell where it forms an acute 
angle on vein 4, with an oblique streak from beyond upper 
angle of cell ; the veins beyond upper angle of cell slightly 
streaked with whitish ; postmedial line whitish defined on 
inner side by red-brown, arising at vein 6 and oblique to 
submedian fold where it terminates and is met by slight red- 
brown streaks on each side of the fold from near base ; an 
oblique dark brown line from apex to submedian fold, diffused 
on inner side and defined on outer side by red-broAvn ; a fine 
dark broAvn terminal line ; cilia whitish with a red-brown 
line through them. Hind wing red-brown ; a fine dark 
broAvn terminal line ; cilia whitish mixed Avith red-brown. 
Underside whitish ; fore wing suffused with red -brown ; 
hind Aving tinged and irrorated with red-broAvn. 
Hah. Paraguay, Sapucay {Foster), 2 £ type. Exp. 34 
millim. 
Genus MAXERA. 
Type. 
Maxera, Walk, xxxiii. 809 (1865) subocellata, Walk. 
Parathermes, Hmpsn. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 368 (1902) march alii, Boisd. 
Maxera brachypecten, n. sp. 
3 . Head dark broAvn slightly mixed Avith Avhite ; thorax 
and abdomen ochreous Avhite slightly irrorated Avith brown ; 
fore legs dark broAvn. Fore wing ochreous white irrorated 
with red-broAvn ; the costal edge dark broAvn, more strongly 
towards apex ; traces of an obliquely curved brown ante- 
medial line ; black points in middle of cell and on discocellu- 
lars ; postmedial line slight, brown, oblique toAvards costa, 
incurved at discal fold, Amry oblique and diffused beloAv vein 
4 ; a subterminal series of slight dark spots with larger 
blackish spots at veins 5 and 4 with an oblique broAvn shade 
beyond them from termen below apex ; a black-brown 
terminal line ; cilia reddish brown. Hind wing ochreous 
Avhite irrorated AV'ith red- brown ; tAvo black discoidal points ; 
a slightly Avaved blackish medial line Avith a broAvn shade 
before it arising at vein 6 ; a diffused slightly waved reddish 
broAvn postmedial line and two subterminal lines ; a black- 
brown terminal line ; cilia reddish brown except towards 
tornus. Underside ochreous Avhite irrorated Avith brown 
especially on basal area ; fore wing with dark brown costa! 
fascia and the veins streaked Avith broAvn, small blackish 
spots in middle of cell and on discocellulars, postmedial line 
dark brown, excurved beloAv costa and at middle, then in- 
curved, folloAved by another slightly Avaved line, subterminal 
line strong, dark broAvn, folloAved by another diffused broAvn 
line ; hind wing with blackish discoidal bar, a dentate dark 
