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Show 332 MR. w. SCHAUS O N N E W [May 3, the inner angle whitish. Secondaries brownish grey; the fringe luteous. Head and thorax fawn-colour. Abdomen dorsally brown. Expanse 44 mm. Hab. Corcovado, Rio Janeiro. (EDEMASIA INCA. Primaries dark brown, slightly paler on the middle of the costal margin and at the inner angle; the median space crossed by several indistinct wavy lines from the costal to the inner margin ; a marginal row of velvety brown dashes, inwardly shaded with fawn-colour. Secondaries whitish, with the veins brown and the outer margin broadly shaded with brown; an indistinct transverse row of brownish points on the veins. Body brownish above; underneath paler. The antennae for half their length are twice as deeply pectinated as in any other species of GEdemasia known to me. Expanse 45 m m . Hab. Peru. EDEMA MATHEIS. Dark cinereous brown, except the apical third of the costal margin on the primaries, which is creamy white streaked with light brown; at a third from the base two parallel wavy dark lines from the costal to the inner margin, and beyond the cell two similar lines ; a marginal wavy line. Underneath brownish grey ; the apices of the primaries yellowish. Expanse 40 m m . Hab. Petropolis, Brazil. EDEMA TLOTZIN. Female. Primaries above light grey, with two median and an outer, nearly straight, transverse black lines ; a submarginal black line, concave on its anterior half, angular posteriorly ; the wings otherwise crossed by several angular greyish shades. Secondaries above white, with the costal margin and apical half of the outer margin broadly shaded with brown ; the inner margin and outer margin towards the anal angle only narrowly shaded with brownish scales. Body brownish grey. Expanse 40 m m . Hab. Paso de San Juan, Mexico. BLERA CAUSIA. Primaries above with the basal half and a space extending towards the outer margin white with a few black scales; the outer portion of the wing otherwise light brown, here and there shaded with greyish scales, and separated from the white portion by a black line; there are two short, parallel, black streaks beyond the cell, starting from the subcostal vein ; a submarginal, very angular black line ; the terminal portion of the veins are blackish. Underneath white, broadly shaded with brown and grey towards the apex. Secondaries pure white, with a small brown streak at the anal angle on the |