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Show 1894.] FROM TROPICAL AMERICA. 239 fringe on the secondaries paler, and on both wings a marginal row of indistinct dark spots. Exp. 25 millim. Hab. Castro, Parana. 49. OCHA MARGINATA, sp. nov. Head and thorax brown, mingled with buff hairs. Abdomen brown. Primaries light brown, slightly hyaline, the veins all dark ; some dark violaceous striae at the base and on either side of a pale outer line, which forms a large wavy curve before reaching the middle of the inner margin ; a broad marginal greyish shade ; a terminal buff line ; the apex light grey ; the fringe dark at the inner angle. Secondaries brown ; a greyish marginal line near the apex. Exp. 26 millim, Hab. Jalapa, Mexico. 50. HYDRIAS CASTRENSIS, sp. nov. Palpi yellowish. Head and thorax grey, the abdomen lighter. Primaries above grey; some brown scales at the base and also two contiguous transverse brown lines, the inner one wavy, the outer slightly dentate; a brownish-black spot in the cell; an outer indistinct transverse line, slightly dentate and outwardly shaded with buff; a wavy submarginal dark grey shade. Secondaries above white; the costal margin with the basal half brown, the outer half grey ; the fringe grey. Underneath, the primaries are smoky-brown, whitish along the inner margin, a submarginal dark shade; the secondaries white, with two indistinct greyish lines on the costa. Exp. 3 25 millim. Hab. Castro, Parana. Fam. LITHOSIID^E. 51. LlTHOSIA PERUVIANA, Sp. nOV. Head yellow, with a transverse grey band. Collar yellowish. Thorax pink. Abdomen yellowish, shading to deep orange at the anal segment. Primaries dark grey ; the costal and inner margins, also a central longitudinal streak, yellowish. Secondaries yellow, shading to orange at the anal angle; the apex dark grey. Exp. 20 millim. Hab. Peru. 52. LITHOSIA YENOSA, sp. nov. Palpi and head orange, grey posteriorly. Collar, thorax, and abdomen greyish white. Primaries above light grey, all the veins and fringe white. Secondaries white, the costal margin tinged with grey. Underneath, primaries dark grey, fringe white; secondaries white, the costal margin and apex dark grey. Exp. 28 millim. Hab. Castro, Parana. |