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Sf. Haemalea delicata ^p. iinv. 



Foreivhiffs : j)ale silky yellow, soiiietiiiK's whitisli ; fh,. costa broadly brick-red, 

 dui^ted with dark scales ; the three lines slender, wavy, interrupted, parallel to 

 hiudmargiu, and all slightly curved below costa, at one-third, three-fifths, and two- 

 thirds respectively ; snbmarginal line red, marked only by a subcostal blotch, and 

 another in the middle of hindniargin ; fringe yellow. 



IIin(/irin(js: like forewings, without tlie red costa. 



Underside dull yellow ; costal area of forewings and snluuarginal line dull 

 purplish. Face, thorax, and abdomen yellow, the last red above; vertex and collar red. 



Expanse of wings : 18 — I'.i mm. 



Several examples of both se.xes from Newcastle, Jamaica. 



81. Heterephyra nibida sp. nov. 



Forewhif/s : bright lirick-red ; the lines greenish fuscous, towards the costa 

 becoming dark red; first at one-fourtli, nearly straight, marked with the dark scales 

 only below the median vein ; second at three-fourths, irregularly crennlate, inwardly 

 oblique from vein 4 to vein 2, more strongly marked with dark on inner margin ; 

 submarginal line irregularly waved, interrupted; marginal dots triangular, red ; 

 fringe concolorons ; cell-spot deep red. 



Hindimncia : the same, without first line. 



Underside jialer, with the two outer lines shown. Head and thorax con- 

 colorons ; bottom of face and the abdomen paler. 



Ex])anse of wings : 32 mm. 



One S from C'ncnta, Venezuela. 



82. Lipomelia divaricata sj). nov. 



Forewings : fulvous flesh-colour, thickly and coarsely sprinkled with purjilish 

 scales; the lines jiurple: first at one-fourth, angled on subcostal, then vertical; second 

 in middle, bent in below costa, then curved round cell and obliipie to inner margin 

 near first line; outer at three-fourths, irregularly obli(ine to hindmargin below vein 4, 

 again touching hindmargin twice to form two small ojicn triangles, and losing itself 

 in a purple blotch before anal angle which contains some fine lustrous scales, and 

 the inner edge of which is an oblique purple line touching middle line; marginal 

 line j)ur]ile, interrujited at the veins; fringe yellow, with purple mottlings; cell-sjior 

 oval, consisting of raised silvery scales. 



Ilindivings : the same, without first line: the jjurple blotch at anal angle 

 smaller, and not connected with middle line. 



Underside of forewings deep fulvous flesh-colour: the two outer lines dark; 

 hindwings with the liasal four-fifths yellowish, and only the margin red: fringes 

 yellow, mottled with deep ]iurple. Thorax and abdomen concolorons: face and palpi 

 red-brown. 



Expanse of wings: 17 mm. 



One rj from Cucuta, Venezuela ; resembles /,. ei/rm'p/en/' Wavr. from Sao Paulo, 

 but the hindmargin is straiglit, not crennlate. 



83. Lipomelia subtincta sp. nov. 



closely allied to /,. msn Hruce (Acrofowifi), hni slightly larger: the central 

 fascia, not velldw-Kreen, but ibiJI olive-grev; tlie two outer liiu's more acntelv 



