226 w. scHAUs. 



A mat lies teinporata sp. nov. — Palpi dark velvety brown, tipped with 

 liglit l)iown. Head brown. Collar dark velvety brown margined with gray. 

 Thorax and abdomen light brown. Primaries above light brown, the costal 

 margin darker, aud the outer margin beyond the subterminal light gray; the 

 basal line fine, grayish, indistinct; the t. a. line grayish, boidered with darker 

 scales, especially at the inner margin; a median darker brown shade; the t. p. 

 line wavy, dark, most distinct towards the inner margin ; the s. t. very irregular 

 yellowish, inwardly shaded with darker scales and followed on the gray outer 

 margin by some clusters of light brown scales; a terminal row of black points; 

 the orbicular and reniform grayish, the former interrupting a velvety dark 

 brown streak extending from the t a. line to the reniform ; the claviform edged 

 anteriorly with dark brown. Secondaries grayish brown, lighter at the base: 

 the fringe light gray. Underneath: primaries brownish, with a discal spot. 

 Secondaries whitish, the costal margin reddish brown ; a black spot in the cell ; 

 both wings crossed by an indistinct transverse line. Expanse 32 ram. 



Hah. — Jalapa, Mexico. 



^OCtua totoiiaca sp. nov. — Palpi, head and collar reddish brown. Thorax 

 dark brown. Abdomen light grayish brown above, reddish brown underneath. 

 Primaries above very dark brown ; the costal margin cream-yellow at the base, 

 shading to rufous at the t. p. line, and inwardly bordered with black as far as the 

 orbicular, which is small, elongated, reddish brown, circled with black; the 

 reniform slightly paler than the ground color, also circled with black; the t. p. 

 line fine, dark, and only visible at the costal margin ; the s. t. shade fine, very 

 slightl.y wavy, dark, beyond which the margin is lilacine flecked with brown ; a 

 terminal row of small, triangular, black spots; fringe brown <at the base, grayish 

 outwardly. Secondaries brownish gray, the fringe paler. Underneath brown, 

 the costal margins tinged with red ; a dark costal spot on the primaries; on the 

 secondaries a discal spot and indistinct outer line. Expanse 35 mm. 



Hab. — Jalapa, Mexico. 



Cariiea«Ies inizteca sp. nov. — Palpi and head dark reddish brown. Collar 

 l^lack, anteiiorly bordered with yellow, so that the black forms a triangular spot. 

 Thorax violaceous brown. Abdomen brown. Primaries above lilacine brown ; 

 the costal margin broadly creamy yellow to the t. p. line; at the base a velvety 

 brown spot below the median vein ; the base of the inner margin yellowish ; the 

 t. a. line fine, dark, geminate, only from the median vein to the inner margin ; 

 a dark velvety brown streak in the cell, interrupted by the orbicular and reni- 

 form, and not extending beyond the latter; the orbicular and reniform spots are 

 posteriorly finely edged with dark brown scales ; the claviform partially outlined 

 in velvety brown scales; the t. p. line very fine, wavy, geminate and indistinct, 

 followed by a series of oblong yellowish gray clusters of scales ; the subterminal 

 consisting of a few dark marks near the apex; fringe reddish brown. Secon- 

 daries whitish, semi-hyaline, the veins yellowish and the margins brownish. 

 Underneath: the primaries with the disc brown; the secondaries whitish, the 

 costal margin flecked with brownish scales; a discal spot and an indistinct outer 

 line. Expanse 37 mm. 



Hah. — Jalapa, Mexico. 



Very closely allied to Agrotis stentzi Led. 



