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1057. Neacerea rubricincta, n. sp. (Plato XYI. fig. 5.) 



2 . Head and thorax grey-brown ; vertex of head with two 

 orango spots ; thorax spotted with black ; abdomen fuscous, with 

 crimson bands above on each segment, the ventral surface with 

 whitish bands except on terminal segments. Fore wing brownish 

 grey ; some black streaks from base, two in submedian interspace 

 almost enclosing a short streak between them ; a streak below medial 

 part of costa ; a spot in cell ; an oblique medial mark above and 

 below vein 1 ; two spots in end of cell and a spot below the angle ; 

 a series of spots just beyond the cell strongly bent inwards below 

 vein 2, the spot on inner margin elongate and almost reaching 

 tornus ; a maculate band from costa before apex to vein 5, and a 

 terminal series of spots, Hiud wing hyaline, the veins and terminal 

 area very broadly and irregularly blackish. 



Hab. Pajtama, Taboga I. {Mathew), 1 5 type. Exj). 34 millim. 



1058. Neacerea minuta. 



Eucereon mhmtum, Moschl. Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, xsvii. p. 051, pi. 9. 

 f. 19 (1877) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 200. 



S . Head and thorax grey ; palpi above and antennce blackish ; 

 neck crimson ; vertex of head, tcgulae, patagia, and thorax with 

 black spots; legs grey and black; abdomen crimson above, the 

 extremity blackish, the ventral surface white. Pore wing grey, with 

 subbasal series of conjoined black spots ; antemedial spots on costa 

 and median nervure ; a round spot in cell; two spots in end of 

 cell and two beyond it; a postmedial oblique series of wedge- 

 shaped marks, becoming smaller spots towards inner margin; a 

 subterminal series of spots between vein 3 and apex, and a 

 terminal series of points. Hind wing hyaline, the veins black ; the 

 inner area black; a broad terminal band expanding below costa to 

 the cell. 



Hah. Venezuela ; Surinam, tvpe t in Coll, Staudinger. Exp. 

 26 millim. 



Subsp. 1. Fore wing with all the black markings much more 

 extensive. — Bolivia, Songo {Garlepp), 1 ^ . 



1059. Neacerea maculosa, n. sp. 



2 , Head greyish, the palpi, antenna?, and a spot on vertex black, 

 the back of head orange ; thorax black, the tegulae and patagia 

 greyish in front ; legs greyish and black, the coxa) yellowish ; 

 abdomen yellow, with large conjoined dorsal black patches on first 

 four segments and spots on the next two, the last two segments 

 black with the anal tuft greyish ; a dorsal series of black spots. 

 Fore wing brownish grey, with subbasal black spots on costa and 

 below median nervure and a streak above inner margin ; a spot in 

 cell, with one on costa above it ; two spots above middle of inner 

 margin ; a lunulate series of spots from above upper angle of cell 



