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Show 232 MR. W. SCHAUS ON NEW HETEROCERA [Mar. 6, submedian vein, leaving on the inner margin a large yellow spot edged with red ; on the yellow basal portion some small red spots ; the inner transverse band bordered with red ; some greyish spots ou the costa and in the cell between the two bands; a terminal row of grey spots between the veins ; fringe yellow, spotted with grey. Secondaries red. Underneath, wings yellow ; an outer row of black spots on the primaries. Exp. 3 36 millim. Hab. Aroa, Venezuela. GRAPHEA, gen. nov. Antennae finely pectinated. Abdomen fairly stout. Primaries long, narrow; apex slightly acute ; outer margin rounded, then oblique; vein 6 from upper angle of cell; veins 7, 8, 9 stalked. Secondaries long, narrow; veins 4 and 5 stalked; 6 and 7 from upper angle of cell; 8 from end of cell, nearly touching 7 in its entire length. 27. GRAPHEA MARMOREA, sp. nov. Head and thorax brownish yellow; the collar and patagia edged with brown ; two brown points on the collar. Abdomen pink dorsally, yellow underneath. Anterior portion of primaries from base of inner margin to apex yellowish, covered with rows of small, irregular orange spots, interrupted by an inner broad brown band and a large black spot at the end of the cell, connected with the costal margin by a brown shade ; the posterior portion of the wing brownish mottled with lilacine ; a terminal white line; the extremities of the veins whitish lilacine. Secondaries pink, slightly hyaline. Underneath yellowish pink, showing indistinctly the markings of the upper surface. Exp. 45 millim. Hab. Aroa, Venezuela. CRESERA, gen. nov. Antennae finely pectinated. Primaries long; the outer margin oblique; the inner angle rounded; veins 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked. Secondaries with the outer margin well rounded. Veins 3 and 4 from lower angle of cell; 5 absent; 6 and 7 stalked ; 8 from half the length of cell. 28. CRESERA ANNULATA, sp. nov. Head and collar buff, the latter brown laterally. Thorax buff; patagia outwardly brown. Abdomen pink dorsally, yellowish underneath. Primaries above brown; the costal margin and apical third of the wing, except the outer margin, buff, with a number of ring-shaped brown spots, those on the costal margin with only a minute central buff point, the others consisting of fine rings ; a subapical transverse brown line; the outer margin and inner angle lilacine. Secondaries pink. Underneath yellowish ; the primaries showing the marks of the upper surface ; secondaries with a brown discal spot. Exp. 44 millim. Hab. Bio Janeiro. |
