HEMICERAS. By Dr. M. Draitdt. 
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from the apex to the centre of the inner margin; a round dull grey spot at the cell-end, shaded grey inside 
behind the cell. Brazil (Sao Paulo). 
H. sericilinea Sch.s. (155 h) is presumably allied to leucospila ; forewing light reddish-yellow with a sericilinea. 
silky gloss, finely strewn reddish-brown, costal margin orange, transverse lines orange-brown, the posterior 
one shaded greyish-brown inside, lighter outside, 2 subterminal dots below the centre; a small brown spot at 
the cell-end is surrounded with a darker colour; fringe dark orange brown. Hindwing whitish, inner margin 
and base of fringe brownish ochreous, no stigma. Collar yellow. Brazil (Petropolis). 
H. buckleyi Drc. Forewing reddish-brown, strewn darker with a dark brown ring-macula; transverse buckleyi. 
lines dark brown, the exterior one from the apex to the centre of the inner margin. Hindwing light reddish- 
brown. Ecuador. 
H. vecina Schs. (155 h). Forewing light red-brown, strewn with white, with 2 fine dark red-brown vecina. 
transverse lines bordered with ochre, then white on the averted sides; subterminal darker shading, fringe dark 
brown; a fine oblique dark streak at the cell-end. Inner margin somewhat dentate near the base. Hindwing 
and stigma light brown. Mexico, Venezuela. 
H. Colombia Dyar (155 h). Forewing reddish-brown, strewn darker, with dark brown transverse lines, Colombia. 
the interior one fine, the exterior one thicker, ending in a blackish apical shadow from which an indistinct 
blackish undulate line proceeds; an oblique blackish streak at the cell-end. Hindwing brown, stigma large, 
but of the same colour. Colombia. 
H. cadtnioides Dogyi. (155 h) is very similar to cadmia, but somewhat darker and hindwing with a stigma; cadmioides. 
forewing greyish ochreous, strewn with red-brown, the brown veins strewn with white, the dark brown trans¬ 
verse lines shaped as in Colombia, an undulate line behind the postmedian line. Hindwing yellowish-white, 
brownish at the margin, stigma brown. Expanse of wings: 36 —39 mm. Amazons. 
H. striata Schs. (155 h) resembles cadmia still more, but the forewing is somewhat more yellowish with striata. 
a slight bronze gloss, the veins much broader striped brown, interrupted in the course of the transverse lines 
which are olive brown, bordered with reddish-white on the averted sides; inner margin almost straight. Hind¬ 
wing white, veins and distal margin reddish-brown, stigma absent. Expanse of wings: 42 mm. Brazil (Novo 
Friburgo). 
H. cadmia Guen. (= obliquilinea Wkr.) (155 i). Forewing greyish-brown, strewn with reddish-brown, cadmia. 
the veins finely striped dark brown, transverse lines dark brown, somewhat lighter on the averted sides. A 
feeble dent at the inner margin. Mexico. 
H. congrua Doyn. is very similar to cadmia, the postmedian line ends a little more distantly from the congrua. 
apex, the forewing is not dentate at all. Ground-colour of a somewhat pink tint. Expanse of wings: 38 mm. 
Amazons. 
H. aroensis Schs. Forewing with a stronger dent at the anal angle and before the centre, colour reddish- aroensis. 
brown dusted with lilac as far as the postmedian line, the fine interior transverse line is undulate, the exterior 
line is stronger, dark brown, distally lighter and finely marked dark at the veins. Hindwing white, veins, distal 
margin and stigma light red-brown. Expanse of wings: 35 mm. Venezuela. 
H. manora Schs. is distinguished by the woolly hair on the forelegs of the male; forewing dark brown, manora. 
dusted violet as far as the posterior transverse line which is dark violettish-brown, the indistinct curved anterior 
line is reddish-brown; 3 small dark spots in a curved row at the cell-end; inner margin straight. Hindwing 
smoky grey, brownish at the distal margin. Stigma dark brown. Expanse of wings: 36 mm. French Guiana. 
H. laurentina Schs. Forewing brown at the base and distal margin, lilac brown between them; instead laurentina. 
of the anterior transverse line black and grey vein-dots, the posterior dark red-brown transverse line is double, 
it begins at the blackened apex and extends into the incision before the dent, the inner margin itself is fine 
black. Hindwing whitish, inner and distal margins light reddish-brown, stigma dark brown. Expanse of wings: 
39 mm. French Guiana. 
H. ceiba Schs. Forewing reddish-brown, dusted lilac, the anterior transverse line replaced by 3 black ceiba. 
dots; the dark brown postmedian line extends from the blackened apex to the centre of the inner margin, and 
is dotted black on the veins, bordered with lighter brown outside; inner margin cut out and dentate. Hind¬ 
wing whitish, brownish, veins and margins as well as stigma darker. Costa Rica. 
H. cinnoma sp. n. (155 i). Forewing broad, inner margin slightly convex, without a dent or indentation; cinnoma. 
colour cinnamon-brown with a slight lilac reflection; the interior brown transverse line very feeble, the exterior 
one very strong, straight out of the slightly blackened apex to the centre of the inner margin, purple brown, 
lighter yellowish outside, narrowly and indistinctly shaded purple grey inside; shadow at the cell-end very 
indistinct. Hindwing brownish-white, lighter towards the base. Female antennae shortly pectinated. Accord¬ 
ing to a female from Novo Friburgo (Brasil), 
