NO. 18Sn. NEW LEPIDOPTERA FROM MEXICO— DYAR. 69 



a pale creamy, lighter outwardly, terminating in an arc; upper half 

 of median space velvety black except for a costal cream-colored space 

 with curved lower edge that rests on the inner Una and occupies two- 

 thirds of the costal distance of median space; outer line double, black, 

 finely wavy; a row of black specks along the costal edge and in the 

 fringe; terminal space mottled with pale brown (ohve green?). 

 Hind wing wliitish, thin, a little shaded with gray, showing a faint 

 discal dot and an outer wavy gray line, broken in the middle. Ex- 

 panse, 25 mm. 



Type. — Female, No. 13933, U.S.N.M., Orizaba, Mexico, February, 



1909 (R. MiiUer). 



The specimen was kindly examined by Mr. W. Schaus, who labeled 

 it '^Emarginea, not in British Museum." 



Genus CHALCOPASTA Hampson. 



CHALCOPASTA RIANDANA, new species. 



Thorax and fore wing ocherous irrorated with brown, the fore wing 

 with large greenish bronzy patches; a triangular one at base, touch- 

 ing on median vein a spot that fills cell to end, crosses it to inner 

 margin at middle of wing and fills in all the terminal area but the 

 fringe, leaving a patch of the ground color on costa and covering the 

 position of the reniform. Hind wing whitish, stained with gray in a 

 submarginal band toward apex. Expanse, 33 mm. 



Type.— Male, No. 13902, U,S,N.M., Tehuacan, Mexico, September, 

 1908 (R. Miiller). 



CHALCOPASTA DYSNOA, new species. 



Uniform bronzy brown; on fore wing the inner line is traceable as 

 a darker line, bent at an angle on submedian; outer line similar, 

 excurved over cell; a dark mark for reniform; outer margin a little 

 excavate below apex. Hind wing dark brown, the fringe paler, at tip. 

 Expanse, 32 mm. 



Type. — Male, No. 13903, U.S.N.M., Tehuacan, Mexico, September, 



1910 (R. MuUer). 



A female specimen from the same locality has a bright white spot 

 in the cell and another larger one on the lower half of the reniform. 



Genus CIRRHOPHANUS Grote. 



CIRRHOPHANUS MIAIPHONA, new species. 



Thorax and fore wing orange yellow, the veins and folds lined with 

 dark brown except just at the margin where the linings fade out; 

 inner line slender, red, straight, bent at right angles on median vein; 

 a straight brownish red shade-band across middle of wing, touching 

 the apex of the inner line; marking on the discal cross-vein a little 

 heavier than the other linings; a faint oblique line beyond from costa 



