June, 1S96.] ScHAUs: New Species of Heterocera. 55 



Secondaries light brown. Underneath primaries gray shaded with brown along the 

 costa, and an indistinct subterminal line ; secondaries brownish with a median darker 

 line. Expanse 28 mm. 



Habitat : Castro, Parana. 



Tarema, gen. nov. 



Antennae pectinated as in Perophora. Primaries with the costal and outer 

 margin slightly convex, the inner margin straight; veins 4, 5, 6 starting from disco- 

 cellular ; 7 and 8 stalked from upper angle of cell ; a wide space between 8 and 9 ; 

 Secondaries with the apex very rounded ; veins 3 and 4 from lower angle of cell ; 5 

 from middle ; 6 and 7 on short stalk from upper angle. 



Tarema rivara, sp. nov. 



^ . Abdomen reddish brown. Primaries gray along the costa, reddish on the 

 inner margin above the inner angle and at the apex ; a whitish transverse outer line 

 at two-thirds from the base, followed from the costa to the middle of the outer margin 

 by a similar line ; an oblique dark spot circled with whitish in llie cell. Secondaries 

 reddish ; a black spot in the cell and a black transverse median line ; the costa 

 shaded with gray. Underneath mottled gray and dull red with a double, wavy, sub- 

 marginal whitish line and the discal spots rather more conspicuous. Expanse 27 mm. 



Habitat : Sao Paulo, S. E. Brazil. 



What I believe to be the 9 of this species has the reddish shades 

 replaced by dark brown. 



Sibine extensa, sp. nov. 



Head and thorax dark glossy brown nearly black. Abdomen light reddish 

 brown. Primaries reddish brown darkest in the cell ; four-fifths of the costa, the 

 median nervure broadly, and the fringe with a silky hue ; a single minute white 

 spot beyond the cell. Secondaries light reddish brown with the fringe very dark at 

 the anal angle. Underneath reddish brown. Expanse $ 38-46 mm. 9 54-64 nim. 



Habitat: Jalapa, Mexico. 



I have retained for this species a MSS. name given by the late 

 Hy. Edwards. 



Sibine plora, sp. nov. 



$ . Body dark silky brown, the center of the thorax reddish. Primaries dark 

 silky brown ; a streak below the median vein, one through the cell to the apex, and 

 the outer margin dull reddish brown. Secondaries reddish brown, very dark on the 

 inner margin, the veins somewhat paler. The 9 has a violaceous hue over the silky 

 brown portion of the primaries, and the secondaries are light brown, with dark 

 fringe. Expanse $ 34 mm. 9 45 ^"^• 



Habitat : Aroa, Venezuela. 



This species is allied to S. modes ta Cr., of which I have a good 

 series from the same locality. 



