Sept. 1896.] ScHAUS : New Species of Heterocera. 141 



streak. Thorax reddish, broadly brown subdorsally ; patagise brown with a broad 

 white streak. Abdomen red above with a subdorsal black streak ; some transverse 

 black streaks posteriorly ; a row of black spots laterally ; underneath black with two 

 white streaks. Primaries black; a broad white curved band from the base of the 

 costal margin to the apex ; two small white marginal spots between veins 2 and 3, 

 and 3 and 4. Secondaries dull blackish brown ; a broad white streak at the base 

 and some white spots near the apex. Expanse, 40 mm. 



Habitat: Sao Paulo, S. E, Brazil. 



Phcegoptera ? aurogutta, sp. nov. 



Palpi, head, and thorax black, the latter with a large crimson tuft posteriorly. Ab- 

 domen black with some yellow transverse lines posteriorly. Primaries greyish black 

 with golden yellow spots ; six on the costa ; three in the cell, and two at the end of 

 the cell ; one between veins 7 and 8 ; two between veins 6 and 7 ; the same between 

 5 and 6, 6 and 4, and 4 and 3 ; three between veins 2 and 3 ; eight between the median 

 and submedian; one on the inner margin near the angle ; eight spots on the fringe. 

 Secondaries light brown ; a dark spot in the cell ; the apex black, and some diffuse 

 blackish shades along the outer margin ; the fringe yellow. Expanse, 40 mm. 



Habitat: U. S. Colombia. 



Mazseras francki, sp. nov. 



Head and collar dark red, the latter with two black points. Thorax dark red- 

 dish brown. Abdomen red at the base, otherwise yellow above with a subdorsal and 

 a lateral row of large black spots. Primaries above dark reddish brown with a pink 

 spot on the inner margin at the base. Secondaries pinkish white, the veins, fringe 

 and inner margin broadly pink. Underneath the disc and inner margin of the pri" 

 maries pink. Expanse, 60 mm. 



Habitat: Sao Paulo, S. E. Brazil. 

 Allied to M. coiiferta Walk. 



Mazaeras rusca, sp. nov. 



Head and thorax vermilion red, the patagiae with two brownish streaks. Ab- 

 domen yellow with a dorsal and a lateral row of small black spots. Primaries ver- 

 milion red, the veins gray ; fine grayish stria form an indistinct outer and a subter- 

 minal band. Secondaries pink with the disc yellowish white. Underneath the 

 primaries are red ; the apex and outer margin brownish. Expanse, 44 mm. 



Habitat : Sao Paulo, S. E. Brazil. 



Chsetoloma dissimilis, sp. nov. 



Palpi black. Head and thorax buff. Abdomen orange with a large dorsal spot 

 of dark metallic blue. $ . Primaries hyaline, the costal and inner margins buff, the 

 former with three blue black marks, the latter with a dark upright line beyond the 

 center. Secondaries hyaline, the costal and inner margins orange. 



5 . Primaries yellowish brown, darkest on the inner and outer margins ; two 

 small black marks on the costa and a line on the inner margin as in the male and 



