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outer line from apex to middle or inner margin, orange brown, 

 inwardly shaded with gray brown, outwardly edged with 

 whitish buff; subterminal points at veins 3 and 4; cilia dark 

 orange brown. Hind wings whitish, the termen and base of 

 cilia tinged with brownish ochre which extends upwards along 

 inner margin. Wings below buff white, the spots and outer 

 line of fore wing showing through ; cilia of fore wing dark 

 orange brown, of hind wing white. No fovea. 



Expanse 45 mm. 



Habitat. — Petropolis, Brazil. 



Type.— C?il. No. 24935, U. S. Nat. Mus. 



Near H. leucospila Walker. 



What I consider the female has the fore wing slightly 

 darker, the antemedial line slightly inbent and only a few 

 brown scales at end of cell instead of the annular spot: the 

 postmedial line is similar to that line in the male, also the cilia. 

 Hind wings yellowish white without terminal shading, the ver- 

 tex and collar darker brown, the legs light brown, also the 

 palpi below. Underside as in male. 



Expanse 53 mm. 



Habitat. — Nova Friburgo, Brazil. 



Hemiceras pohli, new species. 



Male. — Palpi dark reddish brown above, whitish buff under- 

 neath. Frons lilacine gray. Thorax and fore wings deep olive 

 buff irrorated with reddish brown, front of collar brown. 

 Abdomen above reddish brown. Body below whitish buff. 

 Fore wings : antemedial line vertical, faintly yellowish with 

 black points on veins ; a round dull gray spot at end of cell ; 

 outer line from apex to middle of inner margin faintly yellow- 

 ish with reddish and black points on veins, inwardly shaded 

 with dull fuscous gray beyond cell, and similar shadings on 

 termen. Hind wings whitish, the veins and termen broadly 

 shaded with reddish brown ; a dark brown fovea at vein 2. 

 Fore wings below whitish shaded with red, disk brown except 

 at apex and on inner margin. Hind wings below whitish. 



Expanse 44 mm. 



Habitat. — City of Sao Paulo, South East Brazil. 



