NO. 1885. NEW LEPIDOPTERA FROM MEXICO— DYAR. 7l 



Genus STIRIODES Hampson. 



STIRIODES CONDISTICA, new species. 



Thorax and fore wing sulphur ^^ellow; tliree brown costal spots and 

 one on center of inner margin; a dot in center of cell and one below 

 vein 2; a faint line from the spot on inner margin followed by the 

 two other similar lines and a row of faint dots, the latter submarginal; 

 margin with a shallow subapical excavation. Hind wing straw yellow, 

 brighter outwardly, the veins darker-marked; a mark on discal cross- 

 vein; a narrow mesial brown line and a broader submarginal one. 

 Expanse, 30 mm. 



Type. — Female, No. 13908, U.S.N.M., Cuernavaca, Mexico, July, 

 1906 (W. Schaus). 



STIRIODES NEPOTICA, new species. 



A small species with the outer margin entire. Fore wing brownish 

 ocher, shaded with dark brown except in a mesial band and on ter- 

 men; two brown costal patches. Lines indistinct, showing faintly 

 as rows of dots. Hind wing blackish with yellow fringe. Expanse, 

 16 mm. 



Type.— Male, No. 13909, U.S.N.M., Salina Cruz, State of Oaxaca, 

 Mexico, September, 1906 (W. Schaus). 



CIRRODISTIS, ne\A/^ genus. 



Fore wing with an areole; legs unarmed; frons with prominence 

 with shovel-shaped process at middle; proboscis present; eyes large; 

 thorax clothed with hair-like scales; plate below the frontal promi- 

 nence short with pointed corners; fore wing with the outer margin 

 doubly excavated ; hind wing slightly excavated below apex. 



Genotype. — Cirrodistis henedicta, new species. 



CIRRODISTIS BENEDICTA, new species. 



Thorax and base of fore wing bronzy brown, the color sharply 

 limited by a darker line; rest of fore wing yellow; a faint mesial 

 narrow line, broken across cell; outer line near the margin, narrow, 

 brown, faintly duplicated; a brown line at base of fringe. Hind wing 

 yellowish with a mesial line followed by dark shading half way to the 

 margin with dentate edge; a brown line at base of fringe. Expanse, 

 30 mm. 



Type. — Female, No. 13910, U.S.N.M., Zacualpan, Mexico, Septem- 

 ber, 1910 (R. Miiller). 



LETABA, new genus. 



Fore wing with an areole; fore legs without spines; frons with a 

 truncate conical prominence; thorax and abdomen \\dthout crests; 

 eyes large, round; frontal prominence short, with flat tip, the edges 



