AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA. 



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black line on secondaries; fringe dark roseate, spotted with black on primaries 

 only. Expanse 30 mm. 



iZ^a 6.— Coatepec, Mexico. 



Haminaptera crocaria.— Primaries mottled brown and olivaceous; 

 the base greenish buff; a straight black basal line, followed by a geminate, wavy, 

 finer line; the inner line oblique to median vein, then wavy and geminate on 

 costa and inner margin, coalescing below the cell with the outer band which is 

 olivaceous, bordered with black and divided by a finer dark line : the outer band 

 is wavy, not angled, and is followed by a whitish shade, thickly irrorated with 

 pinkish buff, crossed by a dark line; a pale subterminal line, broadly shaded 

 with black on costa at veins 4 and 5, and above inner angle ; a terminal black 

 line, interrupted by the veins ; fringe spotted with black. Secondaries whitish, 

 broadly shaded with brown along inner margin ; the lines of underside showing 

 through ; a terminal dark line ; some dark spots on fringes. Underneath prima- 

 ries white, irrorated with black scales to outer black line; a subapical black band 

 and subterminal black line. Secondaries white, irrorated with black : an outer 

 and subterminal black line ; discal spots distinct. Expanse 37 mm. 



Hub. — Castro, Parana; Paraguay. 



The primaries are very similar to H. subguttaria H. S.; but the 

 secondaries and underside are very distinct. 



Haminaptera halisma.— Primaries brown, crossed by fine, very indis- 

 tinct darker lines ; a paler basal line ; a broad, wavy, whitish outer band, divided 

 by a darker line, and outwardly shaded with olivaceous; a greyish subapical 

 streak and some grey scales on outer margin ; the subterminal line lunulnr, paler 

 brown ■ an interrupted black terminal line ; fringe brown, spotted with black at 

 veins. Secondaries whitish, clouded with black at base; fringe and a terminal 

 line on anal half of outer margin dark brown ; fringe on apical half white. 

 Underneath primaries blackish ; a white outer band and subterminal white spots. 

 Secondaries whitish, irrorated with dark brown scales and faint traces of median, 

 outer and subterminal lines ; discal spots distinct. Expanse 27 mm. 



Hab. — Peru. 



Haminaptera eocama.— Primaries white, thickly irrorated with oli- 

 vaceous scales; the lines olivaceous, the basal lines coalescing; the inner band 

 consisting of four lines; the median space whiter; the discal spot linear, very 

 distinct; the outer band triplicate, filled in with olivaceous scales, and followed 

 by a whitish space, which is crossed by two lines; the subterminal space above 

 vein 4 darker, crossed by a dentate white line ; dark olivaceous terminal spots on 

 either side of veins ; base of fringe buff, otherwise white. Secondaries white; a 

 terminal dark line: dark scales on inner margin. Underneath whitish ; prima- 

 ries with a large apical black speck; the apical point white; dark outer shade 

 from cell to costa ; dark streaks on outer margin at veins 2 and 3. Secondaries 

 with a terminal dark line, and some dark scales on costal margin. Expanse 

 .33 mm. 



Hab. — Peru. 



Allied to H. kirshioides Dogn., but quite different in color. 



TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC, XXVII. JULY, 1901. 



