ART. 19 NEW MOTHS OF THE FAMILY CERURIDAE SCHAUS 65 



HEMICERAS VINVALA, new species 



Male. — Palpi natal brown above, fringed below with light buff and 

 white. Head, collar, and thorax silky avellaneous; some white hairs 

 between antennae. Abdomen above wood brown, underneath light 

 buff. Fore wing silky avellaneous; antemedial line wood brown, 

 faint, with slight dark points on veins, almost vertical, outcurved in 

 cell, less so on inner margin; a faint dark Hne on discocellular; post- 

 medial line from near apex, indicated by dark points on veins to vein 

 2, then linear and punctiform to inner margin; a faint oblique darker 

 shade before middle of termen. Hind wing and stigma uniform 

 bronzy buffy brown; cilia on termen and inner margin white. 



Expanse 49 mm. 



Habitat. — Palmira, Colombia. 



Type.— C&t. No. 33406, U.S.N.M. 



From the Dognin collection. 



Allied to H. suhocJiraceum Walker. 



HEMICERAS NOCTIFER, new species 



Male. — Palpi hay's russet irrorated with white, fringed with whit- 

 ish buff. Head, collar, and thorax kaiser brown, the tegulae dark 

 vinaceous drab, the hairs partly tipped with white; a white band 

 between antennae. Abdomen above dusky drab, underneath vina- 

 ceous buff. Fore wing silky sorghum brown; some slight fuscous shad- 

 ing on basal area; antemedial line fuscous, vertical, faintly inangled 

 below cell with some white scales on it at fold and vein 1 ; medial 

 area suffused with fuscous except in cell before the outbent fuscous 

 discocellular shade; postmedial line from costa at 3 mm. from apex 

 to near middle of inner margin, faint crenulate, with black and white 

 points on veins, outwardly edged from vein 2 to inner margin by a 

 narrow orange cinnamon shade; a sub terminal fuscous shade from 

 costa to vein 4, then inset and oblique to termen below vein 2; a 

 fuscous spot on inner margin beyond postmedial line. Hind wing 

 aeneous fawn color; the cilia whitish suffused partly with wood brown. 



Expanse 44 mm. 



Habitat. — Juntas, Colombia; Juan Vinas, Costa Rica. 



Type.— C&t. No. 33407, U.S.N.M. 



Closely allied to H. nuhilata Schaus and H. pernuUla Dyar. The 

 three species differ in the genitalia. The Museum series of H. nuhi- 

 lata Schaus consists of 8 males and 12 females; of H.pernuhila Dyar 

 12 males and 18 females; of H. noctifer Schaus 6 males and 7 females. 



SCHAUSIADES ALMOTHES, new species 



Male. — Palpi hay's russet above, white below mottled with hazel. 

 Frons hay's russet; vertex and a broad line between antennae white. 

 Collar hay's russet in front; collar behind and thorax white with 

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