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HEMICERAS. By Dr. M. Draudt. 
h 2 Forewing without a dent at the anal angle. 
1 1 Hindwing white, stigma contrastingly brown. 
k 1 Monotonously red-brown, lines indistinct. velva. 
k 2 Mixed with brass-colour, lines distinct. soso. 
1 2 Hindwing shaded brown, stigma brown. 
k 1 Forewing reddish-brown,without a darker shading. 
1 1 Postmedian line punctiform. quebra. 
1 2 Postmedian line quite dentate. 
m 1 Hind wing white with a brown stigma and 
margin. elphega. 
m 2 Hind wing whitish, veins and margin brownish monegonda. 
k 2 Dark brown, not reddish. 
P Lines bordered with reddish-yellow. 
m 1 Broadly and distinctly bordered. nubilata. 
m 2 Narrowly and indistinctly bordered. 
n 1 Antemedian line punctiform. pernubila. 
n 2 Antemedian line linear. noctifer. 
I 2 Lines not bordeied with reddish-yellow. 
m 1 Dark, a larger species. 
n 1 Very monotonous. 
o 1 The dots connected by a line .... turnina. 
o 2 Only dots. 
p 1 Hindwing whitish. subochraceum. 
p 2 Hindwing brown. vinvala. 
n 2 Transverse lines more distinct, hindwing 
lighter. lotula. 
m 2 Lighter, a smaller species. 
n 1 Ground-colour brown. 
o 1 Brownish-grey, Brazil. tulola. 
o 2 Reddish-brown, Costa Rica . rava. 
n 2 Grey, Argentina. ravula. 
cjortynoides. H. gortynoides Sells. (155 e). Forewing dark reddish-brown dusted with violet, especially at the 
straight inner margin, with a white interrupted basal line and a large white cellular spot traversed by an 
undulate red-brown line, with a small costal-marginal spot above it; a dark spot at the cell-end, a white 
postmedian spot at the costal margin, a grey line below it to the inner margin. Hindwing whitish with grey 
hair, dark brown distal margin, veins and stigma. Expanse of wings: 38 mm. French and British Guiana to 
the Amazons. 
plus lata. H. plusiata Fldr. (155 e). Forewing lilac-grey with a purple reflection and mixed with red-brown, 
especially subterminally, with 3 straight transverse lines bordered with a somewhat lighter colour. Hindwing 
brownish-grey. Colombia, Bolivia. 
variegata. H. variegata Dogn. is allied to the following jejuna ; forewing light brown with 3 fine white transverse 
lines the course of which is somewhat more rounded than in jejuna ; white dusting in the basal third of the 
inner margin and at the distal margin, more broadly dusted apically; 2 black dots at the cell-end, the upper 
one small, it may also be absent. Hindwing rusty brownish with a scarcely darker stigma and whitish fringe. 
Expanse of wings: 32—34 mm. Amazons. 
jejuna. ' H. jejuna Sells. Forewing whitish, densely strewn with light brown, so that only the 3 straight trans¬ 
verse lines remain white, one black vein-dot each at the antemedian line with a grey shadow behind it; 
a dark grey spot at the cell-end, the inner margin is somewhat sinuate, the veins of the marginal area 
are strewn with black. Hindwing greyish-brown, whitish basally. Expanse of wings: 38 mm. Trinidad, Ama¬ 
zons. Allied to indistans. 
bcata. H. beata Sells. Forewing brown, strewn with lilac, especially at the costal margin, behind the interior 
transverse line, and at the anal angle; the median one of the white transverse lines is shaded darker 
brown outside, the two others inside, the two anterior ones are somewhat angular subcostally; a dark spot 
at the cell-end, and a brown shadow at the margin below the centre. Hindwing brown with a darker stigma. 
The $ is more intensely strewn with lilac. Expanse of wings: 33 mm. Described from French Guiana. 
ohliquicola. H. obliquicola Wkr. (= cadoca Schs.) Forewing light reddish ochreous strewn with olive grey, veins 
darker; transverse lines brown, the basal one from below the base of the cell obliquely to the interior line 
near the inner margin; only the lower half of a narrow olive grey undulate-linear shadow is present. Hind¬ 
wing white, brownish at the inner margin and distal margin, with a brown stigma. Expanse of wings: 
40 mm. Brazil. 
