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large black discal spot, and the commencement of a broad black antemedial band ; a 
wavy black postmedial line. Expanse, 22 mm . 
Habitat: Orizaba, Mexico. 
Hecatera marmica, sp. nov. 
Head and collar whitish speckled, with black. Thorax dark gray.. Abdomen 
light brown. Primaries blackish gray ; the lines indistinct; the basal line followed 
by a broad white band from the costa to the submedian vein ; a broad subterminal 
white shade interrupted above angle by a dark spot, occupying inner margin from the 
postmedial line to the angle itself; fringe dark gray, spotted with white ; postmedial 
line denticulate ; orbicular dark, hardly discernible ; reniform large, mottled gray 
and white. Secondaries white with the costal margin and a terminal line brownish. 
Expanse, 30 mm. 
Habitat: Oaxaca, Mexico. 
Hadena lignaris, sp. nov. 
Head and collar light brown : posterior portion of collar and two transverse lines 
reddish brown. Thorax reddish brown. Abdomen light brown. Primaries reddish 
brown with numerous longitudinal light and dark brown lmesthe transverse lines 
hardly perceptible, light brown and very irregular ; spots small, indistinct with a cen¬ 
tral dark point. Secondaries brown, semitransparent towards the base; a discal 
spot. Expanse, 34 mm. 
Habitat: U. S. Colombia. 
This species is allied $ Hadena or dinar ins Btl., and H. patina 
Harv. Both ordinarius and patina are common in Mexico and may 
eventually prove to be the same species. 
Alibama scuroba, sp. nov. 
Head and thorax blackish brown ; abdomen lighter brown. Primaries blackish 
brown with the markings very indistinct; the lines fine, velvety black ; the basal line 
angular, the antemedial outwardly curved between the veins, the postmedial in¬ 
wardly curved ; the subterminal shade narrow, brown, followed by a dusky dark 
gray marginal shade ; the spots finely outlined in black. Secondaries pearly white 
with a terminal dark line and some postmedial clusters of dark scales on the veins. 
Expanse, 30 mm. 
Habitat: Sao Paulo, S. E. Brazil. 
The female has the outer half of the secondaries black, the base 
white. Expanse, 36 mm. 
This species bears a strong resemblance to the dark forms of 
Alibama terens Wlk .=A. pulchra Mosch, but the secondaries are very 
distinct. 
Oligia niveiplaga, sp. nov. 
Head, collar and patagim light reddish brown ; thorax white ; abdomen brown. 
Primaries light brown ; the inner margin wh te, the upper portion of this white space 
