228 w. scHAUs. 



olive-green, interrupted and terminated with white; the orbicular whitish, with 

 a green central point; the reniform indistinct, mottled green and white. Sec- 

 ondaries yellowish white, the outer margin siiaded with dark gray; the fringe 

 basally greenish yellow, otherwise white. Underneath whitish, speckled with 

 gray along the costal margins and at apices; a minute grayish discal point ou 

 the secondaries. Expanse 30 mm. 



Hub. — Castro, Paninti. 



illaiiiei^tra iiiveipuiicta sp. nov.— Body brown. Primaries above dark 

 glossy brown; an indistinct basal Hue; the t. a. line narrow, dark, and nearly 

 straight, followed by another similar line; a dark median shade; the t. p. line 

 geminate, fine and indistinct; chiefly perceptible on the veins and followed by 

 a row of minute dark spots on the veins; a subtermiual row of large, very dark 

 spots, terminating at the inner angle with a pure white spot finely edged with 

 blackish scales; the reniform reddish brown; a terminal, undulating yellowish 

 line; the fringe wavy. Secondaries dark brown. Underneath brown, with a 

 distinct outer line and discal spot, the latter most distinct ou the secondaries. 

 E.tpaiise 42 mm. 



Hah. — Jalapa, Mexico. 



Closely allied to Mamestra dotafa Druce. 



If ecatera pareiiiti sp. nov. — Head and thorax brown, mixed with gray 

 scales. Abdomen brown. Primaries above grayish brown, palest along the inner 

 margin and on the median space; a narrow, dark, transverse, median shade: the 

 t. p. Hue dark, indistinct, divided by a series of grayish scales; the s. t. line yel- 

 low, shaded on either side by clusters of brown scales; the extreme margin 

 black; the fringe gray, mixed with yellow scales and cro.ssed by an irregular 

 paler shade; the orbicular and reniform dark, faintly outlined in giayish scales. 

 The secondaries dirty white, the outer margin narrowly shaded with dark brown ; 

 the fringe white, crossed by a fine dark line near the base. Underneath grayish ; 

 a minute discal i)oint ou each wing and an indistinct dark outer line. Expanse 

 27 mm. 



Hab — Jalapa, Mexico. 



Hadeiia tepeca sp. nov.--Head, collar and abdomen gray. Tliorax 

 darker. Primaries above olivaceous brown ; the costal margin spotted alter- 

 nately with black and white; the t. a. line broad, irregular, dark gray partly 

 outlined with black scales; the subcostal and submedian veins gray from the 

 base to the t. a. line, and between them a cluster of yellowish scales; the t. p. 

 line very dentate, fine, black, broadly shaded outwardly with dark gray ; the s. 

 t. shade bright yellow; a terminal black line interrupted by yellowish spots; 

 the fringe pale, crossed by two dark lines, interrupted by pale spots ; the orbicu- 

 lar and reniform dark gray, the latter inwardly shaded by a blackish line, which 

 extends to the inner margin close to the t. p. line. Secondaries brownish, whitish 

 towards the base and faintly showing the markings of the underside. Under- 

 neath whitish, the veins and costal margins dark, the secondaries with a discal 

 spot and an outer line most conspicuous on the veins. Expanse 22 mm. 



Hab. — Jalapa, Mexico. 



