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between the veins, the inner and outer margins,.*tififused with brown, 

 a brown marginal line, the fringe whitish. No stigma on vein 2. Hind 

 wings beneath entirely yellowish white. Expanse 41 mm. 



One male, Carabaya, Peru (Schaus collection). 

 Type. — No, 11347, U. S. National Museum. 



Hemiceras Colombia, n. sp. 



Head with a few white hairs on the vertex, the collar, thorax, and 

 abdomen dorsally unicolorous reddish brown, the patagia edged with 

 dark purple. Fore wing reddish brown, the irrorations obscured ; lines 

 divergent, the inner one narrow and slender, slightly oblique, dark 

 brown, the outer oblique to apex, distinct and broad, dark brown, ending 

 in a blackish cloud at apex from which also runs a faint blackish, sub- 

 terminal line, hardly waved; discal dot an oblique blackish bar, more 

 distinct in the female. Hind wing brown, the male stigma large but 

 not contrasted in color. Expanse 43 to 47 mm. 



Two males, one female, Colombia (W. E. Pratt, collector, 

 Schaus collection). 



Type. — No. 11348, U. S. National Museum. 



Hemiceras ochrospila, n. sp. 



Head with white tufts at base on antennae, collar dark brown, thorax 

 and abdomen very pale ocherous. Fore wing very pale ocherous, finely, 

 obscurely irrorated with darker, the lines divergent, straight, rigid, the 

 outer running to apex, yellowish, edged within by brown, but entirely 

 faint; a faint, double dark discal spot. Hind wing straw-yellow, the 

 stigma very pale brown. In the single specimen there is a large semi- 

 lunate black spot on the dorsum on the fifth segment of the abdomen, 

 followed by two brown streaks, but this may be an imperfection. Ex- 

 panse 47 mm. 



One male, St. Laurent, Maroni River, French Guiana (W. 

 Schaus). 



Type. — No. 11 349, U. S. National Museum. 



Allied to H. leucospila Walker, but that has a rounded discal 

 spot, and the lines are broader and more contrasted. 



Hemiceras calaonis, n. sp. 



Head and thorax dark pinkish brown, the collar and patagia narrowly 

 lined with dark purple; abdomen dorsally darker, more brownish, be- 

 neath pale yellowish. Fore wing dark reddish brown, the lines straight, 

 divergent, the inner nearly upright, dark brown, accompanied by white 

 points, the outer oblique, running to apex, dark brown, edged without 

 with golden ochraceous; subterminal line indicated by a golden shade, 

 wavy, faint; two brown discal dots, obliquely placed. Hind wing pale 

 brown, the veins dark, the male stigma very large and dark brown, the 

 margin slightly dark shaded, the fringe paler. Expanse 40 mm. 



