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Near to E. tran\_s^ducta. Walker, but differing in 

 colour and the direction of the inner line upon the 

 primaries. 



Family HEMICEEIDyE. 

 Hemiceras,* Guenee. 



40. Hemiceras pulverula ? 



Hemiceras pulverula, Guenee, Noct. ii. p. 382, 

 1238 (1852). 

 Rio Taruma, Rio Negro, 31st July, 1874. 

 This species seems to be allied to PJialccna gossypii of 

 Sepp (Surin. Vlind. pL 23). 



41. Hemiceras metastigma. 



Hemiceras metastUjmn, Walker, Lep. Het. xii. 

 p. 974 0857). 

 Marapata, Rio Negro, 30th December, 1874. 



Near to PhaJcena tetrastifima of Sepp and P. meona of 

 Cramer. Walker described the species from a very faded 

 specimen ; the natural colour of the primaries, thorax, and 

 the margin and subaual spot of secondaries is sericeous 

 ferruginous, tinted with greyish lilacine. 



42. Hemiceras plana, n. sp. 



Primaries above sericeous ferruginous, crossed by three 

 dark-edged yellow lines ; the outer border and the area 

 between the two first lines dusky; first line near the base, 

 transverse, not reaching the inner margin; second line 

 nearly straight, crossing the wing at basal third, third 

 line oblique, discal ; costal margin yelloAv ; a blackish spot 

 at the end of the cell ; secondaries sericeous brown with 

 darker veins, fringes tipped with white ; thorax ferrugin- 

 ous, abdomen smoky-brown; Avings below sericeous, pri- 

 maries below rufous isabelline, with Avhitish internal area 

 and ferruginous fi-inge; secondaries sandy-Avhitish, Avith 

 abbreviated rufous isabelline outer border, and small black 

 discocellular spot; body sandy-Avhitish, tinted in fi-ont 

 and behind Avith rufous: expanse of Avings 1 inch 5 lines. 



Fonteboa, Rio Solimoes, 17th November, 1874. 



This species has the usual subanal thickened spot 

 common to the secondaries of the males in this genus. 



* This genus seems nearly allied to the preceding. 



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