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costal margin to middle of inner margin ; a subterminal darker 

 shading ; fringe dark brown ; a darker oblique line at the end of the 

 cell. The inner margin is slightly toothed near the base. Second- 

 aries light brown, the opaque spot of the same colour ; the fringe 

 whitish . 



Expanse 35-42 m.m. 



Hob. Aroa, Venezuela ; Jalap A, Orizaba, Mexico. 



Allied to H cadmia, Gn. 



Hemiceras arocnsis, sp. nov. 



Frontal tuft white, palpi and thorax reddish fawn-colour, some 

 lilacine scales on tegulae. Abdomen above fawn-colour, underneath 

 yellowish. Primaries toothed at middle of inner margin and at 

 inner angle, fawn-colour tinged with lilacine from base to outer line ; 

 the inner line wavy, very fine and indistinct ; the outer line from 

 apex to sinus on inner margin, dark brown shading to lighter 

 brown outwardly, and marked by dark streaks on the veins ; a 

 minute dark point on subcostal above the cell ; fringe not darker 

 than the outer margin. Secondaries white, the veins and outer 

 margin narrowly, and opaque spot, light reddish-brown ; fringe white. 



Expanse 35 m.m 



Hab. Aroa, Venezuela. 



Hemiceras scrana, sp. nov. 



Body fawn-colour above, creamy-yellow below. Primaries with a 

 single tooth near the base, pale fawn-colour ; the inner line fine, 

 hardly perceptible, marked by three black points on veins ; the 

 outer line from costa near apex to middle of inner margin, fine 

 reddish-brown, outwardly shaded with yellowish and marked by 

 minute black points on the veins ; a dark point in the cell ; fringe 

 reddish-brown. Secondaries white ; veins, outer margin narrowly, 

 and opaque spot light reddish-brown ; fringe wdiite. 



Expanse 35 m.m. 



Hah. Aroa, Venezuela. 



Hemiceras bmmnea, sp. nov. 



Body light violaceous-brown ; top of the head white. Primaries 

 with the inner margin slightly sinuate, excised at the base, brown 

 faintly speckled with greyish scales ; an inner and an outer row of 

 black points on the veins connected by an indistinct rufous shade ; 



