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Show 238 MR. W. SCHAUS ON NEW HETEROCERA [Mar. 6, 45. DALMERA FUMATA, sp. nov. Palpi and head orange. Collar whitish. Thorax and abdomen orange. Primaries above pinkish yellow, palest along the costa ; at the end of the cell an oblique black streak ; below this and from near the base of the subcostal vein to nearly the middle of the outer margin a heavy smoky-black shade, and from this a similar but smaller shade extends towards the inner margin. Secondaries above bright yellow ; orange along the inner margin. Underneath, the wings are orange, the primaries having the base of the costa and a mark at the end of the cell black. Exp. 31 millim. Hab. Castro, Parana. Obs. Closely allied to D. tijucana, Schaus. Fam. LASIOCAMPIDJE. 46. OCHA BRUNNEA, Sp. nOV. Above entirely dark brown. The primaries with two indistinct transverse median lines, slightly flecked with white ; a submarginal irregular row of small black spots, almost imperceptibly flecked with greyish scales. Underneath lighter brown, with a few white scales on the costal margins of both wings at about two thirds from the base. Exp. 20 millim. Hab. Castro, Parana. 47. OCHA PALSA, sp. nov. Above light brown. The primaries with the base and a broad shade through the cell darker ; a black discal point and a marginal row of conspicuous black points; the basal lines indistinct; the outer line geminate, angular; a few black streaks between the end of the cell and the apex. Underneath light brown, with a marginal row of indistinct dark spots. Exp. 22 millim. Hab. Castro, Parana. 48. OCHA PAMATA, sp. nov. Head and thorax light brown. Abdomen dorsally blackish, otherwise light brown. Primaries above light reddish brown ; a dark streak at the base of tbe cell; the inner line fine, dark, geminate, wavy, and outwardly curved; the outer line also geminate, wavy, and outwardly shaded with whitish ; veins 6-10 distinctly whitish; from the cell to the outer margin between veins 4 and 7 a dark shade containing three clusters of reddish-brown scales, which are contiguous to an irregular, fine, white marginal line ; a small dark subapical spot between veins 9 and 10 ; the fringe pale, with dark spots. Secondaries above dark brown, with the costal margin broadly light brown, crossed by wavy white lines ; some paler scales along the inner margin; fringe alternately buff and dark brown. Underneath dark brown ; tbe costa finely and the inner margin of the primaries broadly buff; the |
