232 MR. W. SCHAUS ON NEW HETEROCEEA [Mar. 6, 



submedian vein, leaving on the inner margin a large yellow spot 

 edged with red ; on the yellow basal portion some small red spots ; 

 the inner transverse band bordered with red ; some greyish spots 

 on the costa and in the cell between the two bands ; a terminal 

 row of grey spots between the veins ; fringe yellow, spotted with 

 grey. Secondaries red. Underneath, wings yellow ; an outer row 

 of black spots on the primaries. Exp. rf' 36 niillim. 

 Hah. Aroa, Venezuela. 



Geaphea, gen. nov. 



Antennae finely pectinated. Abdomen fairly stout. Primaries 

 long, narrow ; apex slightly acute ; outer margin rounded, then 

 oblique ; vein 6 from upper angle of cell ; veins 7, 8, 9 stalked. 

 Secondaries long, narrow ; veins 4 and 5 stalked ; 6 and 7 from 

 upper angle of cell ; 8 from end of cell, nearly touching 7 in its 

 entire length. 



27. Gbaphea maemoeea, sp. nov. 



Head and thorax brownish yellow ; the collar and patagia edged 

 with brown ; two brown points on the collar. Abdomen pink 

 dorsally, yellow underneath. Anterior portion of primaries from 

 base of inner margin to apex yellowish, covered with rows of 

 small, irregular orange spots, interrupted by an inner broad brown 

 band and a large black spot at the end of the cell, connected with 

 the costal margin by a brown shade ; the posterior portion of the 

 wing brownish mottled with lilacine ; a terminal white line ; the 

 extremities of the veins whitish lilacine. Secondaries pink, slightly 

 hyaline. Underneath yellowish pink, showing indistinctly the 

 markings of the upper surface. Exp. 45 millim. 



Hah. Aroa, Venezuela. 



Creseea, gen. nov. 



Antennae finely pectinated. Primaries long ; the outer margin 

 oblique ; the inner angle rounded ; veins 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked. 

 Secondaries with the outer margin well rounded. Veins 3 and 4 

 from lower angle of cell ; 5 absent ; 6 and 7 stalked ; 8 from half 

 the length of cell. 



28. Ceesera ajstnttlata, sp. nov. 



Head and collar buff, the latter brown laterally. Thorax buff ; 

 patagia outwardly brown. Abdomen pink dorsally, yellowish 

 underneath. Primaries above brown ; the costal margin and 

 apical third of the wing, except the outer margin, buff, with a 

 number of ring-shaped brown spots, those ou the costal margin 

 with only a minute central buff point, the others consisting of fine 

 rings ; a subapical transverse brown line ; the outer margin and 

 inner angle lilacine. Secondaries pink. Underneath yeliowdsh ; 

 the primaries showing the marks of the upper surface ; secondaries 

 with a brown discal spot. Exp. 44 millim. 



Hah. !Rio Janeiro. 



