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the primaries yellowish ; a rather faint black line extends 

 from the apex almost to the inner margin ; a black spot at 

 the end o£ the cell ; the costal margin of the secondaries 

 slightly blackish. 



Expanse 3^ inches. 



Hab. Peru, Santo Domingo, G000 feet [Mas. Bruce). 



Adelocephala hodeva, sp. n. 



Male. — Head and antennae dark brown; tegalse pinkish 

 brown ; thorax and abdomen above dark brown, the sides 

 of the abdomen banded with white, the underside pinkish 

 grey; legs greyish brown. Primaries dark brown, the outer 

 margin greyish brown, in some lights pinkish brown ; a very 

 distinct white spot at the end of the cell ; the fringe dark 

 brown : secondaries dark red, shading to brown along the 

 inner margin ; the fringe greyish brown. Underside : pri- 

 maries, the costal half of the wing dark brown, the inner 

 half red, the outer margin greyish ; a dark brown line 

 extends from the apex almost to the middle of the wing : 

 secondaries pinkish grey, irrorated with small black spots ; a 

 short brown line extending from the anal angle to about the 

 middle of the wing. 



Expanse 4| inches. 



Hab. British Guiana (Mus. Bruce). 



Adelocephala Eugenia, sp. n. 



Female. — Head, antenna?, collar, and teguloe brown ; thorax 

 and base of the abdomen citron-yellow, the upperside of the 

 abdomen brownish yellow ; the anal segment, underside, and 

 legs dark brown. Primaries dark brown, with a greyish 

 shade at the base across the middle of the wing and partly 

 along the outer margin ; a small white spot at the end of the 

 cell : secondaries dark brown, with some yellow hairs at the 

 base ; the fringe pale brown. The underside of both wings 

 pale greyish brown. 



Expanse 4 inches. 



Hab. French Guiana (Mus. Bruce). 



Adelocephala Smithi, sp. n. 



Male. — Head, antenna?, collar, and tegulae pale yellowish 

 brown ; thorax yellow, speckled with brown ; abdomen pale 

 yellow, whitish on the underside. Primaries pale yellow, 

 thickly irrorated with small brown spots, thickest at the base 

 of the wing : secondaries pale yellow, with rather a large 



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