302 PROCEEDIlSlGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol. 50. 



Differs from typical Hypenopsis in having the third joint of palpi 

 very short. 



HYPENOPSIS ? MUSALIS, new species. 



Male. — Head, collar, thorax, and fore wings greenish yeUow, 

 probably green when fresh. Abdomen fuscous gray; anal hairs 

 luteous. Fore wings: Basal fourth of costa black; markings black; 

 a wavy outcurved antemedial line followed by triangular spots on 

 costa and inner margin; a curved line on discocellular; a fine post- 

 medial line, outcurved beyond cell, lunular dentate; a subterminal 

 black shade wide on costa, narrowdng opposite cell, and expanding 

 near tornus; cilia whitish with large greenish gray spots at termen. 

 Hind wings grayish. 



Expanse. — 11 mm. 



Habitat. — Trinidad River, Panama, 



Type.—Csit. No. 19744, U.S.N.M. 



Differs from Hypenopsis in having the long slender palpi and 

 serrate antemiae of TracJii/smatis Schaus. 



NEOPTISTA, new genus. 



Male. — Palpi obliquely ascending with triangular tuft above; 

 third joint minute, concealed. Antennae pubescent. Fore wings 

 moderately broad; apex acute; outer margin obliquely rounded; 

 veins 3, 4, 5 equally apart; 6 below upper angle; 7 from upper 

 angle; 8, 9, 10 on long stalk from end of cell; 11 free. Hind wings: 

 Veins 3 and 4 stalked; 5 well above angle; 6 and 7 from upper angle. 



Type of genus. — Neoptista villalis Schaus. 



The following species is also included in this genus: 



Neoptista lorna (Thalpocliares?) Schaus, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, 

 vol. 30, 1904, p. 162. 



NEOPTISTA VILLALIS, new species. 



Male. — Head and collar lilacinc brown. Thorax and fore wings 

 purplish. Abdomen grayish brown above. Fore wings: A black 

 point as orbicular and one as reniform; a postmedial dark line, 

 slightly curved on costa, inbent to middle of inner margin, almost 

 straight, followed by a broad fuscous shade between su])me(Uan 

 fold and vein 3; a wavy subterminal line, black, inwardly edged 

 with grayish white; terminal black spots; cilia shaded with fuscous. 

 Hind wings whitish, suffused with pale brown; terminal gray points. 

 Fore wings below gray, liind wings white; terminal black points; 

 a discocellular spot on hind wings. 



Expanse. — 18 mm. 



Habitat. — Orizaba, Jalapa, Mexico. 



Type.— C&t. No. 19745, U.S.N.M. 



