ART. 19 NEW MOTHS OF THE FAMILY CERURIDAE SCHAUS 61 



vein 6 and from vein 2 to inner margin, punctiform on veins 5-3; 

 termen partly suffused with prussian red. Hind wing and stigma 

 benzo brown, the base of costa and cell whitish. Fore wing below 

 cinnamon drab; a large light yellow patch from base below cell to 

 inner margin, not reaching termen. Hind v/ing below light yellow; 

 a streak at base of costa and terminal suffusions between veins 7 and 

 2 cinnamon drab. 



Expanse 41 mm. 



Habitat. — Nova Olinda, Rio Purus, Brazil. 



Type. — In Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh. 



Paratype.— Cat. No. 33397, U.S.N.M. 



Unlike any other species, 



HEMICERAS JOVITA, new species 



Male. — Palpi, collar, and thorax cameo brown suffused with pur- 

 ple, the vertex white. Abdomen above brownish drab suffused with 

 cameo brown on basal segments, underneath drab with drab gray 

 transverse lines on medial segments. Fore wing purple drab; base 

 and inner margin broadly suft'used with cinnamon brown; lines cin- 

 namon brown; antemedial indistinct, vertical, lunular; outer line near 

 apex, inbent to submedian fold and upbent to near cell and anteme- 

 dial line, outwardly suffused with darker purple drab; a black and 

 light drab spot on discocellular; clusters of pale drab gray scales on 

 antemedial space below cell and vein 1; the inner margin slightly 

 rounded near base. Hind wing white somewhat suffused on inter- 

 spaces with drab; stigma benzo brown. 



Expanse 35 mm. 



Habitat. — Sao Paulo de Olivenga, Amazons. 



Type.— C&t. No. 33398, U.S.N.M. 



From the Dognin collection. 



Unlike any described species, 



HEMICERAS PHOCAS, new species 



Male. — Palpi above kaiser brown, underneath light buff and vina- 

 ceous. Head, collar, and thorax kaiser brown; a white band between 

 antennae. Abdomen above brownish drab; anal hairs and undei-side 

 vinaceous fawn. Fore wing fawn color suffused with purplish; costal 

 edge hair brown; a dusky dull violet streak below it with some bluish 

 white irrorations; antemedial area below cell pale brownish drab 

 limited by a fine chestnut brown line straight and outbent from costa 

 to submedian vein with a white point on it, then sHghtly outcurved, 

 ^aler; a dark oblique streak on discocellular; postmedial Hne remote, 

 chestnut brown, from below costa, slightly outbent, below vein 7 

 inbent consisting of small points on veins, below vein 3 very faintly 

 connected by a dentate line, a paJe brownish drab shade on outer 



