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07. Haemalea straminea sp. uov. 



Porewings : bright straw-yellow, thickly flecked with orauge ; an orange spot 

 at base ; the lines dark brown ; first at one-third, vertical, faintly bent outwards 

 just below the median vein ; second at two-thirds, oblique outwards to vein 4, bent 

 inwards and subobsolete to vein 2, then parallel to the upper arm to inner margin 

 shortly before anal angle ; traces of an interrupted submarginal line ; marginal line 

 deep brown ; fringe concolorons. 



Uindwings : with outer line only, and that very faint and interrupted. 



Underside jialer, with the lines showing through ; hindwings with an obscure 

 broa,dish dark margin. Head, thorax, and abdomen like wings. 



Expanse of wings : 19 mm. 



One ? from Cachabi, Ecuador, low country, November 1896 (Rosenberg). 



98. Heterephyra distinctata sp. nov. 



Forcwings : dull brick-red, finely dusted with fuscous ; the lines fuscous ; first 

 from one-fifth of costa to one-fourth of inner margin, curved, and slightly projecting 

 in cell and on snbmedian fold ; second from two-thirds of costa to two-thirds of 

 inner margin, slightly angled outwards at veins and 4, then incurved ; third at 

 four-fifths, fine and distinct, somewhat irregularly dentate, oblique outwards to 

 vein 6, incurved to vein 4, vertical to vein 3, then strongly oblique inwards to above 

 vein 3, thence vertical to inner margin ; a very faint cloudy submarginal shade ; 

 marginal line distinct, black, interrupted at the veins ; fringe briclc-red ; cell-spot 

 oval, whitish, with dark edge. 



Hindwings : precisely similar. 



Underside dull rosy with the inner margins whitish ; the lines faint. Thorax 

 and abdomen like wings ; fillet and base of antennae white ; rest of antennae, face, 

 and palpi deep red. 



Expanse of wings ; c? 3lJ mm. ; ¥ 32 mm. 



One c? from Dominica, August 1895 (Elliott), type ; one ? , St. Vincent, March 

 1897 (Rendall). 



The <? is darker, with more obscure markings. 



99. Heterephyra fuscicosta sp. nov. 



Foreivings : dull brick-red, dusted with fine fuscous scales; the costa dark 

 fuscous throughout ; the lines diffuse and indistinct ; first from one-third of costa to 

 one-fourth of inner margin, vertical below the median ; second at two-thirds, faintly 

 dentate, strongly incurved below middle ; third at five-sixths, sinuous, regularly 

 and bluntly dentate, the teeth filled up with fuscous scales ; marginal line reddish, 

 indistinct ; fringe whitish with reddish base ; cell-spot round, white, black-edged. 



Hindwings : similar, the lines very indistinct ; the cell-spot round and black. 



Underside pale pinkish. Thorax and abdomen like wings ; vertex, antennae, 

 face, and palpi, dull dark red. 



Expanse of wings : 34 mm. 



One ? from Cachabi, Ecuador, low country, January 1897 (Rosenberg). 



Distinguished from H. distinctata by the dark costa, reddish vertex, and pale 

 fringes. 



