June, igoi.] SCHAUS : HeTEROCERA FROM TrOPICAL AMERICA. 73 



NEW SPECIES OF HETEROCERA FROM TROPICAL 

 AMERICA.— 11. 



By William Schaus. 

 Qivira platea. 



Head, collar, thorax, and subdorsal tufts on abdomen mottled black and brown ; 

 abdomen otherwise light brown. Primaries brown, irrorated with black ; veins yel- 

 lowish except the subcostal ; the black irrorations forming indistinct spots on costa, 

 in cell, and on inner margin ; a large outer dark spot between 3 and 5 cut by vein 4 ; 

 just beyond cell a fine whitish line, cut by veins, a subterminal wavy black line partly 

 edged with white ; terminal white spots between the veins ; on basal third between 

 veins ib and ic, an oval silvery spot, preceded and followed by smaller silvery white 

 spots. Secondaries brown ; the costal margin buff ; veins 6 and 7 on secondaries 

 from a point. Expanse, 26 mm. 



Habitat : Sao Paulo, Brazil. 

 Qivira watsoni. 



Head and thorax brown, mottled with gray and white hairs ; abdomen brown, 

 tinged with olivaceous on last segment. Primaries : base brown, followed by a broad 

 darker brown band, outwardly curved below the cell from costa to vein ib, enclosing 

 above vein ib a small white spot ; median space whitish, irrorated with brown, crossed 

 by a fine dark broken line ; close to end of cell a narrow brown shade, widening 

 towards inner margin ; beyond the cell a dark streak on veins 5 and 6 ; a dark sub- 

 terminal brown line, widening before apex, slightly lunular between the veins, and 

 shaded with white on either side ; the outer margin brown. Secondaries brown with 

 traces of darker spots near apex. Expanse, 25 mm. 



Habitat: Pernambuco, Brazil. 

 Eugivira. 



Antennae rectinated. Primaries : neuration as in Givira Walk. Secondaries : 

 veins 6 and 7 stalked. 



Group I. Vein 8 Connected With 7 by a Bar. 



Jutufua Schs. {Dolecta). CcEstroides H. S. {Hypopta) 7 & 8 



^r^^ Schs. (^Latigsdor/ia') . on primaries on very short stalk. 



Tecmessa ?)ch.?,. (^Givira). Arbeloides T>ya.v {Inguro?norpha') . 



Philomela Schs. (^Givira'). ' Sabulosa Schs. sp. nov. 



Quadra Schs. sp. nov. 



Group II. Vein 8 Free. 

 Durangona Schs. sp. nov. Plagiata Schs. sp. nov. 



Carisca Schs. sp. nov. Pardana Schs. sp. nov. 



Pallidicosta Schs. sp. nov. Pidverosa Hamps. {^Givira'). 

 Nudaria Schs. sp. nov. 



