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HEMICERAS CHABILA, new species 



Male. — Head and front of collar chestnut; the collar posteriorly 

 and the thorax cinnamon-drab. Abdomen dorsally at base and the 

 anal hairs avcUaneoiis, other\\-ise wood brown; underneath \duaceous- 

 buff . Fore wing ochraceous-tawny with dark suffusions and numerous 

 paler transverse striae; lines fine, black, the antemedial outcurved on 

 costa, sinuous below cell; a narrow dark spot on discocellular; post- 

 medial line from costa near apex, slightly curved to middle of inner 

 margin, distally faintly edged with vinaceous; small dark terminal 

 spots on veins; the inner margin straight. Hind wdng roseate-brown, 

 the costal margin white, the cilia white; no stigm.a. Fore wing below 

 glossy, light russet-vinaceous, the base and inner margin white. Hind 

 wing below white. 



Expanse, 36 mm. 



Habitat. — Itatiaj'a, Brazil. 



Type.— V.S.N. M. no. 34655. 



Received from J, F. Zikan. 



HEMICERAS CAYABA, new species 



Male. — Palpi light cinnamon-drab, the basal joint white; head 

 bluish white; collar cinnamon-bufT edged behind mth black. Thorax 

 medially sayal brown, the patagia cinnamon-buff, dorsally edged with 

 black, tipped with bluish-white hairs, which are also clustered on the 

 metathorax. Abdomen above with the hair brown, the anal hairs 

 pinldsh buff; underneath white. Fore \\dng glossy tawny-olive; the 

 inner margin excurved before tornus; some white hairs at base of inner 

 margin ; antemedial black points in a sinuous line, followed on one wing 

 at submedian by a black spot; a faint dark line on discocellular; a row 

 of black points on veins from costa before apex to vein 2, then incurved 

 as a black line to inner margin, where it is followed by a broader fuscous 

 line; inner margin mostly edged with black, the costa partly finely 

 edged with white. Hind wing wliite, suffused with light russet- 

 vinaceous, becoming clay color on termen; the stigma fuscous. Fore 

 wing below on inner margin and apex whitish; a light cinnamon-drab 

 shade before apex. Hind wing below pallid purple-drab. 



Expanse, 40 mm. 



Habitat. — Espirito Santo, Brazil. 



Type.—U.S.N.M. no. 34673. 



One male and two females. 



U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1937 



