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New Heterocera (Lep.). 

 By FRANK HAIMBACH, Philadelphia, Pa. 



(Plate XII.) 

 Epimecis carbonaria n. sp. (Plate XII, fig. 1). 



Alar expanse 41 to 48 mm. Entire upper surface of wings smoky 

 black. Primaries with a white, dentate submarginal line, bordered on 

 both sides with intense black; transverse posterior line also white, 

 dentate, with intense black ornamentation, on submarginal line the 

 dark ornamentation is more conspicuously inwardly ; there is an in- 

 tense black reniform spot, from which issues an indistinct line, run- 

 ning to interior margin. 



Secondaries : median and marginal lines meet the lines on primaries, 

 and in the middle of marginal line, the tooth is ornamented inwardly 

 with a while lunule ; the discal spot is black. 



Under side of wings, lighter than above; markings the same as above, 

 but less distinct ; one specimen before me shows only a slight indication 

 of the lines. 



Described from six specimens, five taken at Roxborough, 

 Philadelphia, Pa., V, 21, 09; VI, 7; VI, 21; VII, 2, n, and 

 X, i, and one specimen taken at Glenolden, Pa., without date. 



The species is closely allied to E. virginaria Cramer, but can 

 be readily separated by its much darker color. 



Pyrausta jamaicalis n. sp. (Plate XII, fig. 2). 



Alar expanse 28 mm. Head, thorax and abdomen bronze brown 

 above, the abdomen with a. broad whitish stripe, covering all but anal 

 segment. 



Wings of uniform bronze brown color, showing an iridescent lilac 

 color on the light markings. Shape of wings as in P. pcrtcxtalis Led~ 

 erer and P. acglealis Walker. 



The markings on primaries are of a smoky grey color, and cover 

 nearly two-thirds of wings ; the submarginal line is shaped like a 

 sickle, with handle toward inner margin ; inwardly from this line there 

 is a large dark brown spot on the light surface somewhat in the shape 

 of a two-pointed flag or pennant, which emanates from the costa, then 

 a perfectly straight line reaching from the costa to inner angle, then 

 a basal line within which is an irregular dark brown blotch to base. 



Secondaries with zigzag median line and prominent discal spot in 

 dark brown oval. 



Underside, wings as above ; thorax and abdomen ochraceous, legs 

 ochraccous beneath, dark brown above, annulated on the tarsi. 



Described from one female specimen, taken at Montego Bay, 



