June, 1898.] 
Schaus : New Species of Noctuid^e. 
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brown line ; the fringe dark gray. Secondaries pale yellowish, shaded with brown on 
the outer margin. Expanse, 20 mm. 
Habitat: Sao Paulo, S. E. Brazil. 
Galgula cuprea, sp. nov. 
Head and abdomen brown. Thorax violaceous. Primaries violaceous ; the outer 
margin broadly coppery red ; the antemedial line irregular, olivaceous, finely bordered 
with brown ; the postmedial line straight, olive green, divided by a fine brown line 
and inwardly shaded with dark brown ; a small triangular olivaceous patch resting on 
the postmedial line beyond the cell and having a white line at its base. Secondaries 
brown. Expanse, 18 mm. 
Habitat: Castro, Parana. 
Galgula castra, sp. nov. 
Body and primaries light violaceous brown. The lines and spots as in G. partita 
Gn., but having in addition a distinct subterminal wavy line. The secondaries are 
yellowish white. Expanse, 25 mm. 
Haoitat: Castro, Parana. Rivula mandane Druce, of which I 
possess the type is merely one of the paler forms of G. partita Gn. 
Palindia hermura, sp. nov. 
Body bright yellow, the collar and thorax outlined with white. Primaries above 
bright yellow ; a basal spot on the costa reaching the median vein, a broad and irregu¬ 
lar antemedial band, and a spot on the costa at two-thirds from the base all lilacine 
faintly outlined with black ; at the anal angle a white line, shaded with lilacine stria;, 
extends to vein 5* Some small black apical costal spots ; a dark terminal line ; the 
fringe yellow tipped with silvery white. Secondaries whitish yellow shaded with 
bright yellow below the cell and aloDg the margins ; on the outer margin a large spot, 
white and lilacine shaded with darker striae. Underneath the wings are pale yellow¬ 
ish white. Expanse, 26 mm. 
Habitat: Jalapa, Mexico ; Aroa, Venezuela. 
Dyomyx volcanica, sp. nov. 
Body and wings lightish brown. Primaries with a fine dark velvety basal line 
from costa to the submedian vein ; a large irregular dark velvety brown triangular 
space from the costa to just above the inner margin, limited by the antemedial and 
medial lines which are pale ; an oval daik spot surrounded by a yellowish line and 
containing a fine blue point extends from this space to the inner margin ; the reniform 
large irregularly outlined with dark biown ; the postmedial line dark, angular, only 
visible near the costal margin ; a subterminal row of dark spots beyond which the outer 
margin is darker ; a terminal dark line preceded by a row of yellowish dots ; fringe 
dark brown. Secondaries with a terminal yellow line ; some brown and black scales 
on the outer margin surmounted by a cluster of bluish scales, above which two yellow¬ 
ish curved lines edged with black extend towards the cell and outer margin ; the fringe 
brown, towards the apex yellowish. Underneath brown with a postmedial dark wavy 
lire, and an antemedial line on the secondaries. Expanse, 43 mm. 
Habitat: Orizaba, Mexico. 
