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TALMECA INVISA, new species. 



Palpi laterally black fringed with butf. Head and thorax lilacine 

 brown, also the anal tuft. Abdomen grey-brown above, dirty white 

 underneath. Primaries lilacine brown, irrorated with darker scales, 

 forming- a brownish streak l)elow subcostal yein, one at base of median, 

 and an oblique shade from end of cell and middle of vein 5 to middle 

 of inner margin; antemedial and postmedial geminate black points on 

 yeins; a black point in cell; the yeins on outer margin shaded with 

 black; terminal black points l)etween the yeins. Secondaries: base 

 and fringe whitish; a smoky shade on outer margin. 



J^,/'pa?)sr. — 27 mm. 



TIah'dat. — Geldersland, Dutch Guiana. 



Veins 3 and 4 on secondaries from lower angle of cell, 



Type.—Q^X. No. 8713, U.S.N.M. 



TALMECA SCIRPEA, new species. 



Palpi black, fringed with fawn. Head and thorax pale moss green. 

 A])domen pale brown aboye. Primaries white; a pale moss green 

 shade from base, through cell to outer margin between veins 4 and 5; 

 the inner margin broadly pale moss green, and also a short streak 

 between veins 7 and 8; an antemedial and a postmedial lunular line, 

 blackish on costa, the former blackish and green below costal margin, 

 the latter geminate, lunular, pale green, followed b}" two rows of l)lack 

 points on the veins; short dark streaks at ends of veins extending 

 on to fringe. Secondaries light smoky lilacine brown. 



E.i'jxinse. — 26 mm. 



Tlahltat. — St. Jean, Maroni River, French Guiana. 



In this species veins 7 and 8 on primaries are not stalked, veins 3 

 and \ on secondaries from a point. 



Tijpe.—Q2ii. No. 8714, U.S.N.M. 



TALMECA PULCHRA, new species. 



Palpi dark brown with paler frmge. Head and collar moss green. 

 Thorax lilacine brown. Abdomen blackish brown; anal segments and 

 subdorsal basal tuft reddish bi-own; underneath broAvnish yellow. 

 Primaries: the costal margin lilacine, with darker oblique lines; two 

 antemedial and three postmedial, the last two separated by a white 

 shade; a dark violaceous streak above median; end of cell pale green 

 with a black point; a white streak on median vein to vein 2; a moss 

 green shade below it and vein 2 to outer margin; inner margin lilacine; 

 fringe on inner margin moss green; vein 4 dark violaceous, the other 

 veins mottled violaceous and white, partly edged with lilacine; two 

 outer rows of dark points on veins; moss green streaks between the 

 veins; black terminal points between the veins. Secondaries black 

 brown, the fringe luteous. 



