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large black discal spot, and the commencement of a broad black antemedial band ; a 

 wavy black postmedial line. Expanse, 22 mm. 



Habitat : Orizaba, Mexico. 

 Hecate ra marmica, sp. nov. 



Head and collar whitish speckled, with black. Thorax dark gray. Abdomen 

 light brown. Primaries blackish gray ; the lines indistinct ; the basal line followed 

 by a broad white band from the costa to the submedian vein ; a broad subterminal 

 white shade interrupted above angle by a dark spot, occupying inner margin from the 

 postmedial line to the angle itself ; fringe dark gray, spotted with white ; postmedial 

 line denticulate ; orbicular dark, hardly discernible ; reniform large, mottled gray 

 and white. Secondaries white with the costal margin and a terminal line brownish. 

 Expanse, 30 mm. 



Habitat : Oaxaca, Mexico. 



Hadena lignaris, sp. nov. 



Head and collar light brown : posterior portion of collar and two transverse lines 

 reddish brown. Thorax reddish brown. Abdomen light brown. Primaries reddish 

 brown with numerous longitudinal light and dark brown Lnes ; the transverse lines 

 hardly perceptible, light brown and very irregular ; spots small, indistinct with a cen- 

 tral dark point. Secondaries brown, semitransparent towards the base ; a discal 

 spot. Expanse, 34 mm. 



Habitat : U. S. Colombia. 



This species is allied 6* Hadena ordinarius Btl., and H patina 

 Harv. Both ordinarius and patina are common in Mexico and may 

 eventually prove to be the same species. 



Alibama scuroba, sp. nov. 



Head and thorax blackish brown ; abdomen lighter brown. Primaries blackish 

 brown with the markings very indistinct ; the lines fine, velvety black ; the basal line 

 angular, the antemedial outwardly curved between the veins, the postmedial in- 

 wardly curved ; the subterminal shade narrow, brown, followed by a dusky dark 

 gray marginal shade ; the spots finely outlined in black. Secondaries pearly white 

 with a terminal dark line and some postmedial clusters of dark scales on the veins. 

 Expanse, 30 mm. 



Habitat : Sao Paulo, S. E. Brazil. 



The female has the outer half of the secondaries black, the base 

 white. Expanse, 36 mm. 



This species bears a strong resemblance to the dark forms of 

 Alibama terens Wlk.=^4. pitlchra Mosch, but the secondaries are very 

 distinct. 



Oligia niveiplaga, sp. nov. 



Head, collar and patagire light reddish brown ; thorax white ; abdomen brown. 

 Primaries light brown ; the inner margin wh'te, the upper portion of this white space 



