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Show 1892.] SPECIES OF LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 2"5 PSEVJDOMYA TIJUCA, Sp. UOV. Female. Primaries semihyaline black. Secondaries hyaline, darker towards the outer margin. Head black ; thorax orange ; abdomen black above, whitish underneath. Expanse 30 m m . Hab. Tijuca, Brazil. PSEUDOMYA MUSCA, Sp. 110V. Wings black, semihyaline and iridescent. Head, thorax, and first abdominal segment black ; abdomen otherwise bright yellow. The sexes are similar. Expanse 23 m m . Hab. Jalapa, Mexico. COSMOSOMA HARPALYCE, Sp. UOV. Primaries hyaline, the inner and outer margins very narrowly black, the apex broadly black, a black spot at the end of the cell. Secondaries hyaline, the outer margin narrowly black, more widely so at the apex and along the inner margin. Antennae, head, and thorax black, the latter reddish outwardly. Abdomen above dull black, with two reddish spots at the base; underneath yellowish, except the last two segments, which are black. Expanse 34 m m . Hab. Petropolis, Brazil. DYCLADIA CATHERINA, sp. nov. Wings hyaline, the apices black, the margins very narrowly black. Antennae, head, thorax, and abdomen black. A large crimson spot on each side of the thorax, and a round crimson spot on each side of the fourth segment of the abdomen. Expanse 26 m m . 3 . Hab. Santa Catharina, Brazil. DYCLADIA ROGENHOFERI, sp. nov. Wings hyaline. Primaries with the apices and fringe black ; little yellow at the base of the wing. Frons white. Head, thorax, and abdomen bright yellow, with a subdorsal black line. Expanse 19 m m . Hab. Petropolis. Brazil. This species is most closely allied to Dycladia felderi, Druce, but differs in the subdorsal markings and the smaller extent of black at the apices of the primaries. DYCLADIA EPIMETHEUS, sp. nov. Wings hyaline, with the margins rather broadly black, especially the apices; base of the primaries red ; a small black mark at the end of the cell of the same wing. Head black. Thorax and base of the abdomen, laterally, red ; abdomen otherwise black. Expanse 25 m m . § . Hab. Novo Friburgo, Brazil. |