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Show 1894.] PROM TROPICAL AMERICA. 233 M U N O N A , gen. nov. Antennae pectinated in both sexes. Wings long, fairly broad, the outer margin oblique. Primaries with vein 6 from upper angle of cell; 7, 8, 9 stalked. Secondaries with veins 4 and 5 from lower angle of cell; 8 short, from near the end of cell. Secondaries in the 3 triangular, the inner margin and anal angle rounded. 29. MUNONA IRIDESCENS, sp. nov. Body pale yellow ; the collar posteriorly edged with orange; three orange streaks on the thorax. Fore coxae orange. Primaries silvery yellow, all the veins slightly darker; an orange point at the base. Secondaries yellowish white, semi-hyaline. Exp., 3 52 millim., § 65 millim. Hab. Aroa, Venezuela. 30. ANTARCTIA YENATA, sp. nov. Head and thorax reddish brown. Abdomen dorsally yellowish brown, ventrally black. The wings are rather thinly clothed with scales. Primaries greyish brown; all the veins white. Secondaries paler, with the white veins less distinct. Underneath, the same. Exp. $ 30 millim. Hab. Castro, Parana. Fam. EUPTEROTID^E. 31. APATELODES PARYULA, sp. nov. Palpi brown. Head, thorax, and abdomen brownish grey, the base of the abdomen and two transverse shades on the thorax darker. Primaries grey, irrorated with brown scales; a large dark brown spot on the interior half of the inner margin, but not reaching the base, and outwardly crossed by a slightly oblique light shade ; from near the middle of the costal margin a brownish indistinct band extends towards but does not reach the inner angle; from this band to the outer margin all the veins are distinctly paler; a light shade crosses the end of the cell; the outer line prominent, whitish, and anteriorly slightly curved outwardly; two subapical dark brown spots followed by two semi-hyaline spots. Secondaries above brown; the inner margin and anal angle greyish brown, darker; an outer transverse whitish line. Underneath brown, shaded with grey on the costal margins of both wings and on the inner margin of the secondaries, where there are also some brown marks; the outer transverse white line indistinct on the primaries, more distinct on the secondaries. Exp. 28 millim. Hab. Castro, Parana. 32. OLCECLOSTERA CASTRONA, sp. nov. Palpi dark brown. Head and thorax grey, with a central brown |