NO. 2132. nmiSION OF THE SUBFAMILY HYPENINAF—^WHAU^. 391 



Anepischetos tucumanalis Dogiiin, Het. Amer. Sud, fasc. 8, 1914, 

 p. 80. 



Anepischetos lactiferalis Dognin, Het. Amer. Sud, fasc. 8, 1914, 

 p. 83. 



Hypena suavalis Moschler, Lep. Surinam, pt. 3, ISSO, p. 479, prob- 

 ably belongs here, as Moschler states it is related to Lividalis Hubner. 



Genus DIDA Druce. 



Dida Druce, Biol. rViitr. Amer., Het., vol. 1, 1891, p. 490. 



3fdle. — Palpi porrect, more than twice the length of head; third 

 joint less than half the length of second, moderately scaled. 

 Antennae pubescent. Legs smoothly scaled. Body slender. Fore 

 wings: Vein 3 from near lower angle; 4 and 5 from lower angle; 

 6 close to upper angle; 7, 8, and 9, 10 from areole; 11 free. Hind 

 wings: Veins 3 and 4 from lower angle; 5 close to angle; 6 and 7 

 from upper angle. 



Type of genus. — Dida cidaria Druce. 



ZOROTHIS, new genus. 



Male. — Palpi porrect, short, twice the length of head; second 

 joint fringed above and below; third joint, short, down curved. 

 Antennae minutely pubescent. Frontal tuft downbent. Legs 

 smooth. Wings broad. Fore wings: Apex acute; outer margin sinu- 

 ous; veins 3, 4, 5 equally apart; 6 from upper angle; 7, 8, and 9, 

 10 from areole; 11 free. Hind wings: Veins 3 and 4 from lower 

 angle; 5 above angle; 6 and 7 from upper angle. 



Type of genus. — Zorothis zacualpana Schaus. 



ZOROTHIS ZACUALPANA, new species. 



Jlfale. — Head, collar, thorax and fore wings grayish brown. Fore 

 wings: Some darker irrorations along costal margin; lines straight 

 on costa, then curved and inl)ent to inner margin, fine, minutely 

 wavy, dark brown; antemedial with a dark spot on costa; post- 

 medial broadly sliaded with dull brown on medial side, touching a 

 round black-brown spot on discocellular; termen darker shaded; 

 traces of a dull brown subterminal shade. Hind wings and abdomen 

 ocher brown, the abdomen irrorated with black; hind wings paler 

 shaded along costa; an interrupted fuscous terminal shade. Hind 

 wings below whitish thickly irrorated with brown; a brown 

 point on discocellular; a punctiform postmedial line; terminal line 

 dark brown cut by the veins. 



Expanse. — 22 mm. 



Habitat. — Zacualpan, Mexico. 



Type.— Cat. No. 19872, U.S.N.M, 



Collected by R. Miiller. 



