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Show 226 MR. W. SCHAUS ON NEW HETEROCERA [Mar. 6, Wings hyaline, the margins broadly black, especially the outer margins; a black spot at the end of the cell on the primaries. Exp. 33 millim. Hab. Aroa, Venezuela. 5. L.EMOCHARIS MULTIGUTTA, sp. nOV. Antennae black. Head black, with a crimson lateral spot. Collar black, with two crimson spots. Thorax black. Abdomen black ; two basal segments with crimson spots, the other segments banded with red, interrupted subdorsally. Underneath a white spot. Legs black, fore coxae white. Wings smoky hyahne, the veins and margins black ; some crimson streaks at the base of the primaries, and on the same wings a black spot at the end of the cell. Exp. 23 millim. Hab. Aroa, Venezuela. 6. THRINACIA SALTA, sp. nov. Antennae black. Head black, frons white. Thorax crimson; tips of patagia black. Abdomen black. Legs black, fore coxae white. Wings black; the basal half of the primaries semi-hyaline except the costal and inner margin. Exp. 20 millim. Hab. Aroa, Venezuela. 7. PSEUDOMYA PICTA, Sp. nOV. Antennae black. Head black, with a large crimson spot. Collar yellow. Thorax black, a crimson spot laterally on patagia. Abdomen dorsally crimson at the base, followed by a broad yellow space, the terminal half brownish ; underneath brownish yellow. Legs black. Wings smoky brown, semi-hyaline, the margins a little darker. Exp. 22 millim. Hab. Aroa, Venezuela. 8. COSMOSOMA TIGRIS, Sp. nOV. Antennae black. Head black, streaked with metallic blue. Collar yellow, laterally metallic blue. Thorax with a metallic blue spot posteriorly; patagia yellow, outwardly edged with blue. Abdomen bright yellow, with a narrow black transverse band on the posterior portion of each segment; segments 2 and 3 laterally blackish ; a lateral row of metallic blue spots. Legs yellow with smoky streaks. Wings hyaline with narrow black margins, and the apex of the primaries broadly black ; some yellow at the base of the inner margin, and a yellow streak on the costal margin. Underneath, the costal margin of the secondaries broadly orange-yellow. Exp. 34 millim. Hab. Aroa, Venezuela. 9. COSMOSOMA PLUTONA, Sp. UOV. Head and thorax black. Collar dark metallic green. Abdomen dorsally very brilliant crimson; underneath black with a white |