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Show 228 MR. W. SCHAUS ON NEW HETEROCERA [Mar. 6, oblique ; veins 4 and 5 stalked ; vein 6 from upper angle of cell; veins 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 stalked. Secondaries in the male with the outer margin very oblique, slightly excavated, the anal angle very acute; on the inner margin a fold enclosing a long tuft of hairs. The female has the outer margin slightly rounded, the anal angle also rounded; veins 3 and 4 stalked; 5 absent; 6 from upper angle of cell ; 8 absent. Abdomen extending far beyond the secondaries, moderately stout. 13. PTYCHOTRICOS ZEUS, sp. nov. Head black, bordered behind with orange. Thorax brownish black. Abdomen dorsally blackish; a subdorsal small orange basal spot; laterally and dorsally on the last segments brilliant metallic blue; underneath black with white bands. Fore coxae white. Primaries above dark brownish black ; the veins brownish ; some brown streaks at the base, and a terminal row of oval lanceolate spots with dark centres; two semi-hyaline spots in the cell, and three transverse similar spots beyond the cell; a diaphanous shade below the median vein ; a minute metallic blue spot on the inner margin. Secondaries black; a small hyaline spot at the base crossed by the black median vein ; a tuft of long yellow hairs on the inuer margin near the base. Underneath black, with all the semi-hyaline spots more distinct. Exp., 3 49 millim., $ 48 millim. Hab. Aroa, Venezuela. Pam. ARCTIID^E. 14. ACLYTIA RUFIYENTRIS, Sp. nOV. Palpi black, crimson at the base. Head black, with two crimson spots behind the antennae. Collar black, with a lateral crimson spot. Thorax black. Abdomen black dorsally, crimson underneath and apparently between the segments above also; the anal segment entirely black. Coxae and trochanters crimson. Primaries above dull brown. Secondaries with the margins broadly smoky black and the disk vitreous. Underneath, the wings are similar, but more thinly covered with scales. Exp. $ 41 millim. Hab. Jalapa, Mexico. MACH2ERAPTENUS, gen. nov. Antennae toothed. Body stout. Palpi very short. Primaries long and narrow; apex rounded; outer margin very oblique ; inner angle rounded; inner margin slightly sinuate; vein 6 from upper angle of cell; veins 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked. Secondaries triangular, costal margin rounded ; outer margin excavated ; discocellular straight; vein 5 absent; veins 6, 7, 8 stalked. Obs. Allied to Cratoplastis, Feld. |