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the inner row oblique to median vein, then straight to inner margin ; 

 the outer row from costa near apex parallel to outer margin to vein 

 3, then curved inwardly to inner margin ; an oblique dark shade 

 in the cell. Secondaries light brown, whitish at the base and 

 darker along the outer margin ; fringe testaceous. No opaque spot. 

 Expanse $ 45 m.m. 



Hah. Cochabamba, Bolivia. 



Hemiccras nigrigutta, sp. nov. 



Top of head white, otherwise and also thorax reddish-brown. 

 Abdomen above dark violaceous-brown, underneath creamy yellow. 

 Primaries with the inner margin straight, slightly excised at base, 

 dull brown ; the inner line slightly curved from costa to inner 

 margin, fine yellowish, outwardly spotted with black points on the 

 veins ; the outer line similar, with the black points placed in- 

 wardly, from the costa at four-fifth from the base, slightly curved 

 and parallel to the outer margin ; a black spot in the cell, inwardly 

 surmounted by a smaller black spot. Secondaries whitish-fawn 

 colour, with the outer margin darker ; the opaque spot large and 

 dark. 



Expanse 46 m.m. 



Hah. Cochabamba, Bolivia. 



Hemiceras ovalis, sp. nov. 



Head and thorax pale grey ; abdomen above light brown, under- 

 neath white. Primaries with the inner margin slightly rounded, 

 silvery-grey, slightly speckled with darker scales ; a basal, inner, 

 and outer fine transverse lunular lines, light brownish marked by a 

 darker speck on the veins ; a large oval yellowish spot in the cell, 

 crossed by the inner line. The outer margin broadly darker grey. 

 Secondaries white with the veins and outer margin brownish ; tip 

 of the fringe whitish. Underneath the wings are white ; the costal 

 half of the primaries reddish-brown. The opaque spot dark brown 

 or light grey. 



Expanse 44 m.m. 



Hah. Nova Fhiburgo, Brazil. 



Hemiceras hilinea, sp. now 



Body violaceous-brown above, yellowish below. Primaries red- 

 dish-brown, the veins powdered with greyish scales ; the inner line 

 straight ; the outer line from close to apex to middle of inner margin ; 



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