NO. 1420. N^w *V0 UTH AMERICAN MOTHS— SCHA VS. 291 



Abdomen brown above, white underneatli. Primaries l)rown; a silky 

 brown shade from cell and along" outer margin; a blackish streak at 

 end of cell; a white spot at base; antemedial white spots on veins; a 

 wavy brown line from costa near apex to sinus, preceded by white 

 spots on veins and followed l)y white spots towards apex, below vein 2 

 bordered with white; apex whitish; inner margin lobed. Secondaries 

 whitish, the veins and outer margin narrowly brown; no opacpie spot. 



Expanse. — Male, 58 mm. 



Ilahitat. — Colombia; Venezuela; Southern Brazil. 



Allied to JI. spwrslpennis Walker, but quite distinct. 



r?/^>6.— Cat. No. 8Y82, U.S.N.M. 



HEMICERAS POULSONI, new species. 



Head and thorax olivaceous brown ; some white on vertex. Abdomen 

 paler. Primaries olivaceous l)r()wn; the costa brownish with a streak 

 of lilacine and reddish irro rations between costal and subcostal veins; 

 a dentate tine ])lack antemedial lin(> from subcostal to iimer margin; a 

 thick oblique black streak on discocellular; a row of small brown spots 

 from costa near apex to inner margin, followed by a larger black spot 

 on apex, one on vein 7, and one on submedian. Secondaries white, the 

 opaque spot light reddish brown. 



Expanse. — 51 mm. 



Habitat. — Omai, British Guiana. 



A recent discovery of Mr. Poulson's at Omai ; a second specimen is 

 in the collection of Mr. Dognin from the same localit}'. 



I'ype.—C^t. No. 8T83, U.S.N.M. 



Genus HAPIGIA Guenee. 

 HAPIGIA REPANDENS, new species. 



Palpi brown, fringed with violaceous brown. Head and thorax 

 brown, shaded with lilacine; three grey spots behind collar. Abdomen 

 greyish black above, buff underneatli shaded with light brown. 

 Primaries brown, shaded with lilacine; a basal grey and greenish line 

 forming three curves from costa to submedian; a gre}':, fine, wavy 

 antemedial line, shaded with greenish and black on costa, in cell, and 

 on submedian, followed in cell by a small greenish spot circled with 

 black; a small grey spot bey^ond, and a greenish yellow spot, shaded 

 with black and white on subcostal; a large irregular spot at end of cell, 

 yellowish green, edged parti/ with black, partly with white; a post- 

 medial row of dark brown points on veins, outwardly shaded with 

 yellowish grey; beyond this a row of white spots, and an irregular 

 black line, partly shaded with white on outer margin, followed at apex 

 by a yellowish green spot. Secondaries brown; basal half of costal 

 margin yellowish white. 



