236 MB. W. SCHAUS ox NEW HETEROCERA [Mar. 6, 



buff space, speckled with black, on the inner margin, the base 

 of the triangle formed by vein 2 ; the rest of the wing dark 

 velvety grey, with large dark velvety brown spots, edged with 

 lilacine, as follows : — a subapical irregular spot ; a five-sided spot 

 at a third from the base and reaching the median vein ; a small 

 triangular spot in the cell, resting on the median vein ; a large 

 oval oblique spot near the outer margin crossing veins 3 to 5 ; 

 three spots between the median and snbmedian veins ; a terminal 

 row of spots disappearing towards the apex ; the fringe reddish 

 brown. Secondaries dull blackish brown. Undei-neath, primaries 

 brown ; secondaries dark grey, irregularly spotted with a darker 

 shade. Exp. 46 millim. 

 Hah. Aroa. Venezuela. 



Fam. Hepialid^. 



39. Daiaca serta, sp. nov. 



Body reddish brown. Primaries reddish brown, gi'eyish along 

 the inner and outer margins ; transverse lunular lines, interrupted 

 by the veins, cover the wings with a mass of grey lunules out- 

 wardly shaded with brown, and they are most numerous on the 

 outer third of the wing. Secondaries reddish brown. Exp. c? 

 41 milHm. 



Hah. Jalapa, Mexico. 



Ohs. Allied to Daiaca assa, Druce. 



Eam. DioPTiD^. 



40. Polxpoetes rufipitncta, sp. nov. 



Palpi black, orange at the base. Head black. Collar black, 

 laterally white. Thorax black ; patagia orange, with a black and 

 a grey streak. Abdomen dorsally black ; the posterior portion of 

 each segment narrowly yellowish ; underneath white. Primaries 

 above black ; all the veins on the basal half of the wing yellowish ; 

 a round white spot just beyond the cell ; a round subapical orange- 

 red spot. Secondaries above black ; a round white spot bevond 

 the cell, connected with the base of the wing by a broad yellowish 

 space. Underneath, the primaries are black with the two spots as 

 on the upper surface, and a white streak at the base ; secondaries 

 white, the outer margin broadly black. Exp. 25 millim. 



Hah. Castro, Novo Priburgo. 



Eam. LiiiACODTD^. 



41. Semtra cardia, sp. nov. 



Palpi and head yellow. Thorax brown, m.ingled with yellow 

 scales. Abdomen dark brown ; at the base laterally covered with 

 long yellow hairs. Primaries above violaceous brown ; the costal 

 margin for two thirds from the base narrowly yellow ; the base of 



