March, 1901.] SCHAUS : HeTEROCERA FROM TrOPICAL AMERICA. 43 



ment metallic green, otherwise metallic bronze with two dorsal black stripes ; under- 

 neath first segment white, otherwise dull bronze color ; a sublateral white spot on 

 second segment. Primaries dark brown, becoming paler at apex ; some green scales 

 at base of costa. Secondaries brown ; the costa broadly whitish ; two hyaline streaks 

 on inner area. Expanse, 33 mm. 



Habitat: Coatepec, Mexico. 

 Marecidia, gen. nov. 



Antennffi shortly pectinated ; tips serrate. Palpi long, ascending. Hind tibia 

 with a very large gland filled with long hairs above. Primaries long and narrow ; 

 vein 2 far removed from 3 ; 3, 4 and 5 from lower angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 

 7-10 stalked ; 7 remote from apex. Secondaries narrow ; costal margin slightly 

 convex ; veins 3 and 4 from lower angle of cell ; 5 from just above lower angle ; 6 

 and 7 on short stalk. 



Harecidia sanguipuncta. 



Head black ; frons and vertex irrorated with metallic green. Collar metallic 

 green, edged with black. Thorax black, patagise streaked with bronze green. Legs 

 black, shot with metallic green and blue ; fore coxae white ; joint of hind tibia white. 

 Abdomen above metallic green ; a subdorsal black line, and transverse lines on seg- 

 ments anteriorly ; underneath green, with a basal white patch. Primaries black ; 

 the median space below subcostal, and above inner margin shot with brilliant green- 

 blue ; a bright crimson spot at the base. Secondaries black ; a roseate spot in cell ; 

 a whitish streak on inner area. Underneath primaries with the crimson spot smaller, 

 secondaries with a crimson spot in cell. Expanse, 2i?> nim. 



Habitat • St. Catharina, Brazil. 

 Eucereon m areata. 



Palpi black ; the end of second joint white. Head white ; a black spot on ver- 

 tex. Collar white with two black spots. Thorax white ; a black central streak ; the 

 patagise outwardly black. Abdomen roseate ; the basal segment brown ; anus black ; 

 a short brown subdorsal streak ; a lateral row of black spots ; underneath buff, shaded 

 with roseate. Primaries white, the markings black ; inner margin : a basal irregular 

 spot ; at middle two upright streaks connected by a cross line ; a small spot towards 

 inner angle. Costal margin : basal, inner, and outer black patches hardly extending 

 below cell, and formed of contiguous spots ; the outer patch suffusing with a large 

 irregular spot between veins 2 and 3, which reaches the outer margin above the angle ; 

 three small spots obliquely between veins 4-7 ; before apex two rows of spots, the 

 inner one from vein 5 to costa, the outer row from vein 6 to costa ; a terminal black 

 spot above vein 4, and a smaller one below it ; fringe white spotted with black at ends 

 of veins. Secondaries white, the veins gray ; a slight grayish shade at apex and anal 

 angle, a terminal gray line ; fringe partly white. Expanse, 2)Z ^^"^■ 



Habitat : Paraguay. Allied to E. quadricolor Wlk. 



