OF WASHINGTON, VOLUME XI, 1909. 19 



NEW SPECIES OF AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA. 



BY HARRISON G. DYAR. 



Family ERYCINID^E. 

 Tmetoglene eulesca, new species. 



Body black, the palpi orange. Wings black, with a slight blue reflec- 

 tion ; fore wings with a bluish white ray in the lower half of the cell, 

 one in the interspace above vein 2 and two in the submedian interspace, 

 none reaching the margin; a row of four large bluish-white spots 

 across the apex of the wing. Hind wing with white rays in all the 

 interspaces, not reaching the margin. Beneath the markings are 

 repeated, purer white. Expanse, 37 mm. 



Two specimens, Motzorongo, Mexico, May, 1908, from Mr. 

 R. Miiller. 



Type No. 12218, U. S. Nat. Mus. 



Tmetoglene laridetta, new species. 



Head black, the palpi and nape orange. Wings black with a blue 

 reflection, the fore wing with a white band across the apex, not attaining 

 the costa or outer margin and diminishing in width from the costa 

 outwardly. Hind wing with the fringe white. Beneath as above. Tip 

 of the abdomen orange. 



One specimen, Motzorongo, Mexico, August, 1908, from 

 Mr. R. Miiller. 



Type No. 12219, U. S. Nat. Mus. 



Tmetoglene meridae, new species. 



Head black, palpi and pectus orange. Legs black, lined with white 

 on the inner side. Abdomen with sublateral white lines. Fore wing 

 black, the area including the lower half of the cell and thence out- 

 wardly to above tornus filled with pale metallic blue except the veins 

 and margins ; in the black area above a diffuse white band crosses the 

 wing below apex, cut by the black veins. Hind wing pale metallic 

 blue, the veins and margin black. Beneath the markings are repeated, 

 but all are white with a bluish tint, the intravenular markings scarcely 

 more blue tinted than the subapical band. Expanse, 40 mm. 



One specimen, Merida, Venezuela, from Mr. S. Briceno. 

 Type No. 12220, U. S. Nat. Mus. 



Family SYNTOMIDyE. 

 Autochloris patagiata, new species. 



Antennae black, the tips white OT; the outer side; head black, with 

 metallic blue spots on the vertex, orange behind the eyes, some white 



