324 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol. 50. 



Type of genus.— Blepiiria menippusalis Walker ^ = Scopifera longi- 

 palpalis Felder and Rogenhofer.^ 



The genus includes: 



Palpi not reaching end of abdomen: 



Scopiferamenippusalis Walker, Cat. Brit. Mus., vol. 16, 1858, p. 176. 



Scopifera antelia (Bleptina) Druce, Biol. Centr.-Amer., Het., vol. 

 1, 1891, p. 459, pi. 37, fig. 16. 



Palpi reaching end or beyond end of abdomen: 



Scopifera lycagusalis ( Mastygophoro) Walker, Cat. Brit. Mus., vol. 

 16, 1858, p. 150 = Bertu'ia monstralis Felder and Rogenhofer, Reise 

 Novara, 1873, pi. 120, fig. 33. 



Scopifera miralilis {Mastigoplionis) Butler, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 

 ser. 6, vol. 3, 1889, p. 359. 



Scopifera lygdus {Mastigopliorus) Druce, Biol. Centr.-Amer., Het., 

 vol. 1, 1891, p. 470, pi. 39, figs. 1, la. 



Scopifera antorides (Mastigopliorus) Druce, Biol. Centr. Amer., Het., 

 vol. 1, 1891, p. 47, pi. 39, figs. 2, 2a) = Mastigopliorus pandes Schaus, 

 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 30, 1906, p. 129. 



Scopifera poasalis (Mastixis) Schaus, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 

 vol. 11, 1913, p. 8. 



Also the following new species: 



SCOPIFERA FALSIRENALIS, new species. 



Male. — Palpi mottled brown and ocherous. Body and wings 

 grayish bro\sTi. Fore wings : Antemedial line dark brown, outangled 

 on median ; orbicular small, dark brown ; reniform narrow, incurved, 

 whitish, divided by a dark line, inw^ardly broadly shaded with dark 

 brown, which extends along postmedial to inner margin; outwardly 

 the reniform is followed by an ochreous shade to postmedial, which 

 is gray on costa, ocherous edged wath dark brown opposite reniform, 

 then gray and incurved below it; subterminal whitish from costa to 

 vein 7, followed by a fuscous brown streak from above vein 7 to apex, 

 and marked by a similar spot just below 7, from which point it is 

 wavy, indistinct, slightly darker than ground color; narrow dark 

 terminal spots; base of gray cilia paler. Hind wings: A faint post- 

 medial darker line, and a pale subterminal line. 



Expanse. — 25 mm. 



Habitat. — Orizaba, Mexico. 



Type.—CoX. No. 19764, U.S.N.M. 



SCOPIFERA PHRYGIALIS, new species. 



Male. — Palpi, head, and thorax brown; abdomen fuscous brown. 

 Fore wings brown, the lines on medial side and medial space below 

 cell dark brown, the medial space above median slightly paler, but 



1 Cat. Brit. Mus., vol. 16, 1858, p. 126. 



2 Reise Novara, 1873, pi. 120, fig. 35. 



