1892,] SPECIES OF LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 337 



scales ; a transverse, fine, black median line, preceded on the costa 

 by a cluster of blackish scales ; the costa beyond this with some 

 small brownish spots ; the outer line very fine, indistinct, followed 

 by a broken series of large pale brown spots, not reaching the inner 

 angle, and each outwardly enclosing a small cluster of blackish 

 scales ; the submarginal line fine, but distinct, wavy, black. Second- 

 aries white, with a narrow brown outer margin, and the ends of the 

 veins shaded with brownish. Underneath, the wings are whitish, 

 the primaries with the veins and costa brownish. Head and collar 

 light brown ; thorax and extremity of abdomen grey ; abdomen 

 otherwise dorsally light brown, below white. 



Expanse 36 mm. 



Hab. Petropolis, Brazil. 



ROSEMA EXCAVATA. 



Primaries above green, a slight excavation on the outer margin 

 just below the apex, in this excavation the fringe is white, otherwise 

 it is brown ; the costal margin is very narrowly edged with yellowish 

 brown, and there is an indistinct whitish discal point. The second- 

 aries above are yellowish brown in the male, yellow in the female. 

 Underneath the wings are yellowish brown in the male, yellow in 

 the female, with a brownish shade on the excavation of the pri- 

 maries, and a row of marginal black points on the secondaries. 

 Head and thorax green. Abdomen yellow, darker in the male. 



Expanse 36 mm. 



Sab. Petropolis, Brazil. 



RoSEMA LUNA. 



Male. Primaries above green, with the costal margin narrowly 

 edged with white, and a small white spot in the cell ; underneath 

 whitish, with the fringe green and the costal margin reddish. 

 Secondaries whitish. Head and thorax green. Abdomen roseate 

 above, white underneath. 



Expanse 30 mm. 



The female differs in having the costal margin underneath white, 

 and the abdomen is dorsally white, merely shaded with red towards 

 its base. 



Expanse 34 mm. 



Hab. Peru, Brazil, Novo Friburgo. 



RoSEMA LAPPA. 



Male. Primaries with the costal margin straight for two-thirds, 

 and then slightly convex to the apex. Above green, the costal 

 margin very narrowly edged with yellowish ; the inner margin with 

 an irregular brown mark from the base to the inner angle, which is 

 itself prolonged in a slight tooth ; in the cell a black point. Second- 

 aries above whitish, with the inner margin roseate. Underneath, all 

 the wings are whitish. Head green. Collar and thorax greyish 



