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streak. Thorax reddish, broadly brown subdorsally; patagiae brown with a broad 
white streak. Abdomen red above with a subdorsal black streak; some transverse 
black streaks posteriorly; a row of black spots laterally; underneath black with two 
white streaks. Primaries black; a broad white curved band from the base of the 
costal margin to the apex; two small white marginal spots between veins 2 and 3, 
and 3 and 4. Secondaries dull blackish brown; a broad white streak at the base 
and some white spots near the apex. Expanse, 40 mm. 
Habitat: Sao Paulo, S. E. Brazil. 
Phaegoptera ? aurogutta, sp. nov. 
Palpi, head, and thorax black, the latter with a large crimson tuft posteriorly. Ab¬ 
domen black with some yellow transverse lines posteriorly. Primaries greyish black 
with golden yellow spots; six on the costa; three in the cell, and two at the end of 
the cell; one between veins 7 and 8; tw T o between veins 6 and 7 ; the same between 
5 and 6, 6 and 4, and 4 and 3 ; three between veins 2 and 3 ; eight between the median 
and submedian; one on the inner margin near the angle ; eight spots on the fringe. 
Secondaries light brown ; a dark spot in the cell; the apex black, and some diffuse 
blackish shades along the outer margin ; the fringe yellow. Expanse, 40 mm. 
Habitat: U. S. Colombia. 
Mazseras francki, sp. nov. 
Head and collar dark red, the latter with two black points. Thorax dark red¬ 
dish brown. Abdomen red at the base, otherwise yellow above with a subdorsal and 
a lateral row of large black spots. Primaries above dark reddish brown with a pink 
spot on the inner margin at the base. Secondaries pinkish white, the veins, fringe 
and inner margin broadly pink. Underneath the disc and inner margin of the pri* 
maries pink. Expanse, 60 mm. 
Habitat: Sao Paulo, S. E. Brazil. 
Allied to M. co 7 iferta\Na\k. 
Mazaeras rusca, sp. nov. 
Head and thorax vermilion red, the patagise with two brownish streaks. Ab¬ 
domen yellow "with a dorsal and a lateral row of small black spots. Primaries ver¬ 
milion red, the veins gray; fine grayish strise form an indistinct outer and a subter¬ 
minal band. Secondaries pink with the disc yellowish white. Underneath the 
primaries are red ; the apex and outer margin brownish. Expanse, 44 mm. 
Habitat: Sao Paulo, S. E. Brazil. 
Chastoloma dissimilis, sp. nov. 
Palpi black. Head and thorax buff. Abdomen orange with a large dorsal spot 
of dark metallic blue, g . Primaries hyaline, the costal and inner margins buff, the 
former with three blue black marks, the latter with a dark upright line beyond the 
center. Secondaries hyaline, the costal and inner margins orange. 
9 • Primaries yellowish brown, darkest on the inner and outer margins ; two 
small black marks on the costa and a line on the inner margin as in the male and 
