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One male, Callao, Peru (Mrs. M. J. Pusey). 



Type. — No. 11352, U. S. National Museum. 



Allied to H. stupida Schaus, but the inner line is distinct. 



Hemiceras kearfotti, n. sp. 



Head and thorax light pinkish brown, abdomen dark brown above, 

 yellowish white below. Fore wing light pinkish brown, finely darker 

 irrorate, the veins faintly darker lined outwardly; lines divergent, the 

 inner nearly upright, yellowish brown, slender, accompanied by white 

 points ; outer line oblique, running to apex, yellowish brown, edged with 

 golden yellow without; discal dots two^ oblique, the lower one large 

 and oval, the upper small ; subterminal line faintly indicated, visible 

 only in certain lights; costal edge yellowish white. Hind wing whitish 

 on the disk between the veins, which are brown ; margin narrowly 

 brown shaded, the fringe white; male stigma large, very dark brown. 

 Expanse 40 mm. 



One male, Victoria, Brazil, received several years ago from 

 Mr. W. D. Kearfott. 



Type. — No. 11353, U. S. National Museum. 

 Distinguished by the white costal edge. 



Hemiceras domingonis, n. sp. 



Head and thorax dark pinkish brown, the abdomen dorsally a little 

 lighter, pale yellowish beneath. Fore wing shining dark bronzy brown, 

 minutely purplish irrorate; lines a shade paler than the ground color, 

 distinct although but slightly contrasted in color, the inner arcuate, 

 angled on submedian and discal folds, with black points on the veins 

 towards median space; outer line straight, reaching costa well before 

 apex, with black points on the veins within; a large oblique blackish 

 discal cloud, somewhat trilobate; a faint dark cloud preceding the 

 position of the subterminal line, which is however not indicated. Hind 

 wing brown, pale at the base, beneath pale yellow. Expanse 40 mm. 



One female, San Francisco Mts., Santo Domingo (A. 

 Busck). 



Type. — No. 11354, U. S. National Museum. 



In the absence of a male this species may not be correctly 

 referred generically. 



Hemiceras singuloides, n. sp. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen dark brownish purple, the vertex with a 

 few white hairs; abdomen paler purplish above, yellowish on the sides, 

 pale purplish ventrally; fore tibiae outwardly dark purple. Fore wing 

 ~ shining dark brownish purple, a dark blackish bronzy shade on upper 

 two-thirds of outer margin, running obliquely inward to the end of the 

 cell; lines indicated only by a row of white points, the inner waved, 



