Sept. 1896.] 



ScHAUs: New Species of Heterocera. 131 



Prumala jamaicensis, sp. nov. 



Head and thorax brown. Abdomen red. Primaries above brown ; three spots 

 in the cell ; an outer and a submarginal row of small indistinct gray spots finely cir- 

 cled with dark brown. Secondaries pink. Underneath the wings are red wUh a 

 small black spot on the primaries beyond the cell. Expanse, 49 mm. 



Habitat: Jamaica, B. W. I. 



Nezula, 2;en. nov. 



Antenm. very long, minutely pectinated. Primaries long, narrow the ouer 

 margin very oblique, the inner margin very short. Vein 6 from upper angle of cell ; 

 7 8 g stalked ; 10 and 1 1 stalked. Secondaries triangular in the $ oval in the 9 , 

 veins 3 and 4 stalked ; 6 and 7 stalked in the 9 ; veins 6 absent m the $ ; vein 5 

 absent in both sexes. 



Nezula grisea, sp. nov. 



Head and front of thorax yellow ; body otherwise gray. W mgs gray, darker 

 in the female than in the male. Expanse, $ 21 mm., 9 24 mm. 



Habitat: Aroa, Venezuela. 

 Trichromia (Hiibii) pandera, sp. nov. 



Head and thorax gray. Abdomen and secondaries bright yellow. Primaries 

 violaceous gray with a very broad yellow space from the middle of the costal margin 

 to the middle of the outer margin, slightly extending towards the apex on the ex- 

 treme margin, giving the apical gray portion the appearance of a rounded spot. 

 Expanse, 33 mm. 



Habitat: Aroa, Venezuela. 



This species closely allied to Neriios repanda Walk. 



Bertholdia, gen. nov. 



Antenna finely ciliate. Body stout. Primaries with the outer margin convex 

 below apex, then oblique. Veins 6-10, usually stalked, 6 sometimes from upper angle 

 of cell Secondaries triangular with the angles rounded. Veins 3 and 4 from lower 

 angle- 5 from discocellular ; 6 absent; 8 from cell following close along vein 7- 

 Underneath on the primaries a $ sexual gland between the median and submedian 

 veins near the base. 



Named in remembrance of Berthold Neumoegen. Type of 

 genus Bertholdia {Trichromia^ speaclaris H. S.; Halesidota trigona 

 Grote belongs to the same genus. Trichromia Hlibn. , has 07iytes Cr., as 

 type of the genus and Neritos Walk., will become a synonym of 



Trichromia Hiibn. Specularis has little m common with Zatrephes 



where the species has been placed by Mr. Kirby. 



Bertholdia albipuncta, sp. nov. 



Head brown, palpi white. Collar brown finely edged with white and with a 

 large white central spot. Thorax brown. Abdomen dorsally red ; ventraly white ; 

 a lateral row of black spots. Primaries above brown minutely specked with black , 



