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a black point in the cell; an outer wavy gray line exteriorly shaded with white fol. 

 lowed by an indistinct grayish line ; a subterminal row of gray spots. Secondaries 

 white ; the costal margin reddish fawn color with the commencement of transverse 

 gray lines. Expanse, 29 mm. 



Habitat: Aroa, Veiiezuela. 

 Hydrias chera, sp. nov. 



Body brownish gray. Primaries brownish gray, dark at the base ; a brown 

 point in the cell ; an outer, wavy dark gray line ; a subterminal irregular dark line ; 

 the lines heaviest on the costal margin. Secondaries brown ; the costa and apex 

 broadly gray ; a median and a submarginal wavy dark line. Expanse, $ 41 mm. 



Habitat: Sao Paulo, S. E. Brazil. 



Hydrias funerea, sp. nov. 



Head and thorax dark gray speckled with white ; abdomen brown. Primaries 

 and costal margin of secondaries finely and thickly mottled gray and dark brown ; an 

 indistinct trace of a basal, median, outer and subterminal dark transverse shade, 

 secondaries otherwise brown. Wings underneath brown. Expanse, 47 mm. 



Habitat: Sao Paulo, S. E. Brazil. 



Hydrias mediana, sp. nov. 



Head and thorax grayish. Abdomen brown. Primaries brown, the median 

 space whitish limited on either side by a grayish shade ; a small dark spot at the 

 base ; a subterminal dark wavy line. Secondaries brown ; the costal margin 

 broadly whitish with traces of a median and subterminal dark shade. Expanse, 31 

 mm. 



Habitat: Rio Janeiro. 



Hydrias chamicuros, sp. nov. 



Body and wings brown ; on the primaries a large white spot on the middle of 

 the costal margin, and a similar spot on the inner margin ; an indistinct outer and 

 terminal dark shade. Secondaries with the trace of three broad white lines on the 

 half of the costal margin. Expanse, 27 mm. 



Habitat: Peruvian Amazons. 



Hydrias boresa, sp. nov. 



Body fawn color. Primaries fawn color, shaded with smoky black, especially 

 in the disc and broadly along the costa ; the veins on the outer half of the wing red- 

 dish brown ; a subterminal wavy, smoky black shade. Secondaries pale fawn color, 

 the inner margin with brownish hairs; a large dusky black space at the apex sending 

 a subterminal smoky shade towai'ds the anal angle. Expanse, $ 22 mm. 



Habitat : Aroa, A^enezuela. 

 Ocha drucei, sp. nov. 



Body creamy white. Primaries pale fawn color, whitish along the inner mar" 

 gin ; a double wavy brown basal line ; two minute black points in the cell, one above 

 the other; two outer wavy brownish lines; some submarginal brownish shades at the 



