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and defined on outer side by whitish, a subterminal series of 
small white spots and a series of slight lunules defined on 
outer side by whitish before termen ; hind wing with discoidal 
bar, three sinuous lines beyond the cell, postmedial line 
slightly waved and defined on outer side by whitish, a sub- 
terminal series of small white spots and series of slight white 
lunules before termen. 
Hab. Brazil, Rio Janeiro, 2 g type. Exp . 70 millim. 
Genus SERICIA. 
Sericia, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 172 (1852) 
Type. 
spectans, Guen. 
Sericia layardi, n. sp. 
$. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark reddish brown, the 
thorax with four dark bands behind the tegulse ; tarsi with 
pale rings. Fore wing dark reddish brown with a slight 
purple gloss especially on the veins ; subbasal line double . 
dark brown, waved from costa to vein 1, a dark shade beyond 
it ; antemedial line double, dark brown, incurved in cell, 
then sinuous ; a small dark annulus in middle of cell ; a 
rather diffused sinuous dark brown medial line ; an elliptical 
discoidal mark defined by dark brown, its upper extremity 
somewhat produced to a point ; postmedial line double, 
blackish, diffused at costa, bent outwards below costa, then 
oblique and sinuous to vein 6, acutely angled inwards at 
discal fold, then excurved and filled in with some blue scales 
to vein 3, the inner line forming a comma-shaped mark with 
some bronze-green and a white point between veins 4 and 3, 
at vein 2 recurved upwards to lower angle of cell, then oblique 
and sinuous to inner margin ; subterminal line ochreous brown 
defined on each side by diffused black-brown, minutely waved ; 
two waved blackish lines before termen. Hind wing dark 
reddish-brown with a slight purple gloss ; postmedial line 
double, blackish, dentate ; subterminal line ochreous brown 
defined on each side by diffused black-brown, slightly waved ; 
two waved black lines before termen. Underside dark brown 
with a purple gloss ; fore wing with indistinct postmedial 
line ; hind wing with indistinct discoidal spot and medial 
line, blackish postmedial line forming spots at discal and 
submedian folds with small ochreous marks beyond them, 
and ochreous subterminal striga in submedian interspace. 
Hab. Loyalty Is., New Caledonia ( Laiyard ), 2 $ type. 
Exp. 68-74 millim. 
Sericia cymosema, n. sp. 
2. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark reddish brown. Fore 
wing dark reddish brown, suffused with purple especially on 
the veins ; subbasal line double, blackish, waved, from costa 
