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HEMICERAS. By Dr. M. Draudt. 
flava. 
cemililacea. 
teffea. 
ruizi. 
indigna. 
subdigna. 
buscki. 
corema. 
daguensis. 
domingonis. 
refug a. 
more sea. 
triopas. 
H. flava Schs. (155 i) has longer wings; forewing bright yellow, dusted red-brown at the inner margin 
and behind the postmedian line, strewn with lilac between the cell and the submedian vein; interior line straight, 
dark brown, white outside, the exterior one from the darkened apex, ending at the inner margin near the in¬ 
terior line, bordered with white inside; a reddish-brown shadow at the cell-end, a black dot above it and a 
little before it. Hindwing whitish, the inner margin, distal margin and stigma reddish-brown. Expanse of 
wings: 47 mm. British Guiana. 
H. semililacea Dogn. has only an oblique red-brown postmedian line bordered with light outside, the 
wing before it light reddish-yellow at the costal margin, light lilac below it, the marginal area behind it light, 
chestnut-brown; a very fine brown streak at the cell-end; hindwing light brown. Expanse of wings: 32 mm. 
Amazons. 
H. teffea Schs. (1554) is not allied to any species known. Head and collar cinnamon-brown with a white 
band between the antennae. Thorax and base of abdomen light reddish cinnamon, abdomen above silvery 
greyish-brown, whitish beneath. Forewing reddish light brown with a silky gloss, the marginal area broad 
brown, costal-marginal part light reddish cinnamon like an oblique band from the base to the anal angle; a 
darker shadow in the cell and below it as far as the postmedian line; an indistinct dark spot at the cell-end; 
only one fine double transverse line is present, extending before the apex parallel to the distal margin to the 
inner margin. Hindwing of the only $ described so far brownish cinnamon. The figured $ from Villavicencio 
(Colombia) I range here with reservation. The $ from Teffe, Amazons. 
H. ruizi Dogn. (155 i) is easily recognizable: forewing brownish ochreous with 3 straight, almost parallel 
red-brown transverse lines, the interior one orange ochreous inside, the two exterior ones — the 3rd being 
the subterminal line! — orange ochreous outside, the subterminal line with a small interruption above the 
anal angle; a brown streak at the cell-end. Hindwing brownish-white, stigma contrastingly brown, fringe 
white. Ecuador, Bolivia. 
H. indigna Schs. (155 i). Forewing light biown, the dark veins strewn with lilac grey, with fine olive 
brown transverse lines; a dark spot at the cell-end, a smaller one above it farther basad; the straight subter¬ 
minal line of ruizi is merely a shadow here. Hindwing reddish-yellow, distal margin dark violettish-brown, 
the stigma not contrasting. This species is also allied to transducta, the inner margin sinuate and dentate. 
Expanse of wings: 40 mm. French Guiana. 
H. subdigna Dyar is very closely allied to indigna, but separated by the entire absence of the subter¬ 
minal line; forewing light violettish-brown, median area and anal angle somewhat lighter, the margin above 
it shaded darker. Stigma not contrasting. French Guiana. 
H. buscki Dyar (156 a) is likewise very similar to indigna, bnt the hindwing much lighter, almost white, 
so that the stigma is very conspicuous; thorax with a slight pink tint. Panama. 
H. corema Schs. (156 a) is also allied to the preceding species; forewing lilac brown, the dark brown 
transverse lines are reddish-yellow outside, the two small black spots at the cell-end more distinct, the veins 
partly strewn blackish and light brown, feeble traces of a subterminal shadow. Hindwing light brown, darker at 
the distal margin, stigma contrastingly brown. Costa Rica. 
H. daguensis Dogn. from the same group is distinguished by light reddish-brown, basally whitish hind- 
wings and an inconspicuous stigma; forewing also more reddish-brown, somewhat lighter at the anal angle, 
the brown transverse lines bordered with yellowish ochre; veins of marginal area greyish-brown. Undulate 
line indistinct. Expanse of wings: 38 mm. Colombia. 
H. domingonis Dyar was described according to a female, and may therefore not be correctly ranged 
here; forewing lustrous dark bronze brown, strewn with violettish grey, the transverse lines feebly lighter, 
the anterior one bent and angled on the folds, with black vein-dots, the exterior one straight, with black vein- 
dots on the inside; the large cell-end shadow is somewhat trilobate; a feeble undulate linear shadow before the 
margin. Hindwing brown, lighter towards the base. San Domingo. 
H. refuga Dogn. (156 a) also belongs yet to the group of indigna. Eorewing red-brown with a violet 
tint and lighter dusting, with a darker faded cell-end dot and 2 lighter transverse lines; the marginal area be¬ 
hind the exterior line is somewhat lighter with a dark undulate linear shadow. Hindwing whitish, veins and 
margin brownish, stigma present. Expanse of wings: 41 mm. French Guiana. 
H. moresca Schs. Eorewing brown, dusted violettish-grey at the costal and inner margins and in the 
distal-marginal area, transverse lines light, shaded darker brown on the sides facing each other, the interior 
line slightly bent, with small black subcostal spots, the exterior one somewhat curved; a large dark oblique 
spot at the cell-end. Hindwing whitish, veins and margin brownish. Only the $ is known. British Guiana. 
H. triopas Dogn. Eorewing chestnut-brown with a coppery gloss, dusted violetfish-grey in the inner- 
marginal half, with 2 blackish-brown transverse lines, the interior one angular, the exterior one very finely 
