NO. 1885. NEW LEPIDOPTERA FROM MEXICO— DYAR. 81 



Hind wing white, a little washed with gray outwardly. Fore wing 

 blackish shaded below with crimson fringe. Hind wing white. 

 Expanse, 25 mm. 



CotyiKS. — Females, No. 13963, U.S.N.M., Tehuacan, Mexico, Sep- 

 tember, 1908 (R. Miiller); Mexico City, Mexico, July, 1910 (R. 

 Miiller). 



Sir G. F. Hampson suggested the specific name, and remarks that 

 the species is near to Antarclisea fiacillalis Walker, an undescribed 

 species in the British Museum from Arizona 



ANTARCH.ffiA DMA, new species. 



Palpi and orbits ros}^; head, thorax, and abdomen whitish yellow. 

 Fore wing whitish yellow with a gray overcast, the costa on basal 

 fourth deep rose color; an oblique stripe from apex of a grayish 

 color, bent parallel to costa near its middle and becoming obsolete 

 before reaching base of wing; the stripe is edged below by clear 

 yellow of the ground color, without the grayish shadings; fringe 

 darkly gray-shaded. Hind wing pale straw color. Expanse, 

 36 mm. 



Type.— Female, No. 14237, U.S.N.M., Tehuacan, Mexico, May, 

 1911 (R. Midler). 



Family NOTODONTID.^. 

 Genus CERURA Schrank. 



CERURA DUONUMENIA, new species. 



Fore wing gray, the normal white ground, appearing only at base 

 below median vein and in two large lunate marks in the submarginal 

 line above vems 2 and 3. Several irregular black Imes across the 

 wing, barely discernible, and a discal mark; submarginal line more 

 distinct, velvety black in places, especially apically, and in streaks 

 beyond cell and above vein 1 . The upper streak is dislocated inward 

 and edged with white; the lower is somewhat lunate and also edged 

 with white. A row of black dots in the fringe. Hind wing grayish, 

 darkly on the veins and margin, the fringe wliitish with dark spot- 

 tings. A discal dot and mesial line showing through from beneath. 

 Expanse, 32 mm. 



Type.— One male, No. 13861, U.S.N.M., Tehuacan, Mexico, Sep- 

 tember, 1910 (R. Miiller). 



Genus SCHIZURA Doubleday. 

 SCmZURA DOSPEPPA, new species. 



Fore wing reddish gray; base shaded with blackish, especially 

 subcostally; no markings beyond, except the lower half of the outer 

 line, which is })ale, waved and shghtly bordered with blackish ; sub- 

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