NO. 1420 NEW SOUTH AMERICAN MOTIIS—SCHA VS. 283 



Expanse. — 35 iniii. 



Hahitdf. — 8t. Laurent, Maroni River, French Guiana. 



Type.— C'^t. No. 8760, U.8.N.M. 



Genus HEMICERAS Guenee. ^ 

 HEMICERAS INDIGNA, new species. 



Head and thorax light lilacine brown. Abdomen dark lilacine 

 brown above, buif underneath. Primaries light brown, the veins 

 dark brown, all irrorated with lilacine grey scales; the lines fine, 

 olivaceous brown; the antemedial straight, the postmedial at one- 

 tifth from apex, straight to middle of inner margin; a dark spot at 

 end of cell; a similar spot above it toward base; a darker marginal 

 shade. Secondaries butt' at base and on inner margin; outer half of 

 veins and outer margin dark violaceous brown; fringe light brown, 

 tipped with buti'. 



Krpani^c. — -to mm. 



Ilahlfat. — Cayenne, French Guiana. 



The inner margin of primaries is slightly sinuous and toothed before 

 base. This species comes nearest to II. trmisducta Walker. 



Ti/pe.— Cat. No. -STGl. U.S.N.M. 



HEMICERAS UNDILINEA, new species. 



Palpi fawn color; a lateral reddish brown streak. Head and thorax 

 mottled lilacine and light reddish brown. Abdomen l)rown above, 

 whitish Imtf underneath. Primaries moss grey; the postmedial line, 

 a submarginal shade, a large space at inner angle, and a basal space 

 above the submediaii reddish brown; the lines very lunular wavy; the 

 ])asal and antemedial lin(»s dai'k brown; the postmedial at three-fourths 

 from base of costa, slightly curved below vein T to just beyond mid- 

 dle of inner margin, a l)road obli({ue dark spot at end of cell. Sec- 

 ondaries dark brown. Underneath light ])rown, the costal margin of 

 secondaries broadl}- whitish. 



Expanse. — 35 mm. 



Huh'itcd. — St. Jean, Maroni River, French Guiana. 



The inner margin of primaries straight. 



Ti/pe.—C?ii. No. 8762, U.S.N.M. 



HEMICERAS JEJUNA, new species. 



Palpi light reddish brown, fringed and tipped with butl'. Vertex 

 white. Collar and thorax mottled lilacine and white. Abdomen 

 brown above, whitish underneath. Primaries whitish, thickly irro- 

 rated with light l)rown, leaving only the lines white; the basal and 

 antemedial lines slightly obli([ue, the latter followed by a gre3'ish 

 shade and a black point on median and sul)median veins; the postme- 

 dial from costa at three-fourths from base, slightlv incurved below 



