284 Mr. W. Schaus on 



Hemiceras elarki, sp. n. 



($ . Head, collar, thorax, and fore wings brownish buff 

 faintly tinged with roseate ; collar edged posteriorly with 

 fuscous grey. Abdomen above fuscous brown. Body below 

 whitish. Fore wings : lines fine, yellowish buff, edged on 

 medial side with olive-brown ; the antemedial slightly out- 

 curved ; the postraedial from costa at 2 mm. from apex to 

 middle of inner margin ; the inner margin straight ; a large 

 black spot at end of cell, preceded by another spot below 

 subcostal ; veins finely irrorated with greyish j a faint darker 

 subterminal shade inset at vein 4. Hind wings light silky 

 brown; the opaque spot concolorous. 



Expanse 46 mm. 



The female has the discal spots faintly indicated. 



Bah. Juan Vinas, Alajuela. 



Named, after Mr. J. B. Clark of Alajuela, at whose house 

 I first discovered this species. 



Hemiceras corema, sp. n. 



<J . Head, collar, and thorax lilacine brown; a white line 

 across top of frons. Abdomen slightly darker above. Body 

 below whitish. Fore wings lilacine brown; the costa finely 

 whitish ; the lines light buff, shaded with darker brown on 

 medial side ; the antemedial straight ; the postmedial oblique 

 from costa at 3 mm. from apex to inner margin just beyond 

 middle ; a black spot on discocellular preceded by a black 

 spot close to subcostal ; the veins partly irrorated with grey 

 and fuscous ; faint traces of a pale subterminal shade ; cilia 

 dark brown, finely tipped with white ; inner margin sinuous. 

 Hind wings whitish shaded with brown, darkest on outer 

 margin ; an opaque brown spot at vein 2 ; cilia brown basally, 

 outer half white. 



Expanse 42 mm. 



Hab. Sixola, Avangarez. 



Allied to H. puiverida, Gn., and //. indigna, Schs. 



Hemiceras lepida, sp. n. 



S . Head, collar, and thorax lilacine brown; a white band 

 across top of frons. Abdomen greyish brown above, whitish 

 underneath. Fore wings light lilacine brown irrorated with 

 pale reddish brown ; antemedial line from subcostal, fine, 

 wavy, indistinct, brown, followed by a darker brown shade 

 outwardly curved to inner margin near tornus ; a faint oblique 

 fuscous streak at end of cell, from which a brown shade 

 extends to outer margin, where it expands towards apex and 



