OXIDERCIA. 
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Oxidercia excisa, n. sp. 
Head and thorax ochreous white slightly tinged with 
red-brown, the antennae, palpi and legs more strongly tinged 
with red-brown, the tarsi ringed brown and whitish ; abdomen 
whitish slightly irrorated with brown. Fore wing ochreous 
white tinged with red-brown and slightly irrorated with 
brown ; a brown point in the cell near base ; antemedial line 
red-brown, excurved below costa and cell and incurved in 
the cell ; a whitish point slightly defined by brown in middle 
of cell ; reniform blackish suffused with and defined by 
greyish white ; medial line red-brown, oblique to discal fold, 
then inwardly oblique ; postmedial line red-brown, somewhat 
dilated at costa, oblique to vein 7, then defined on outer side 
by slight whitish points, excurved at vein 4, then incurved ; 
an indistinct waved reddish brown subterminal line, excurved 
at middle and incurved below vein 3, ending at tornus ; a 
terminal series of slight dark brown lunules. Hind wing 
ochreous white tinged with red-brown and slightly irrorated 
with brown, the costal area whitish ; a large rounded red- 
brown spot at lower angle of cell, slightly defined by whitish 
and placed on a dark line from discal fold to inner margin ; 
a curved dark minutely waved postmedial line defined on 
outer side by whitish ; a subterminal series of slight dark 
spots defined on outer side by whitish ; a terminal series of 
blackish points. Underside of fore wing rufous irrorated 
with red-brown, the inner and terminal areas white, a small 
brown spot in middle of cell, the reniform defined by small 
brown spots, a curved brown medial line except on inner 
area, postmedial line brown, curved and minutely waved, 
double and filled in with white except towards costa, obsolete 
on inner area, subterminal line lunulate, excurved at vein 7 
and at middle, a terminal series of minute dark lunules ; 
hind wing whitish tinged with rufous on costal half and 
irrorated with brown, a blackish point in middle of cell and 
minute blackish lunules on each side of the discocellulars 
placed on a sinuous brown medial line, postmedial line curved 
and minutely dentate, defined on outer side by white, a 
subterminal series of small dentate dark marks defined on 
outer side bv white, a terminal series of minute blackish 
lunules. 
Hob. Brazil, Rio Janeiro, Tajuca (Wagner), 1 $ type. 
Exp. 36 millim. 
Oxidercia discophora, n. sp. 
Paranympha toxea. Druce, Riol. Centr.-Am.,Het. i. p. 418 (part.), nec Stoll. 
$. Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-white suffused with 
reddish brown ; antennae and 3rd joint of palpi dark brown ; 
