NO. 1885. NEW LEPIDOPTERA FROM MEXICO— DYAR. 103 



whitish along costa, else colored as the fore wing; mesial hne i)r()- 

 jected in tlie middle, the projected segment somewhat more dis- 

 tinctly broken into dots than on the fore wing. Costa at base in the 

 male with a bladder-like swelling and a tuft of whitish hairs below. 

 Expanse, 34 mm. 



Tifpe.—^lfile, No. 14038, U.S.N.M., Orizaba, Mexico, January, 1909 

 (R. Miillcr). 



i\Ir. Schaus remarked upon this specimen that it is like P. ompTialo- 

 hasis Hampson, but with the lines more distinct. 



Genus PILOCROCIS Lederer. 



PILOCROCIS CAUDATELLA, new species. 



Straw-color, shaded with brown except the median space on fore 

 wing and base of hind wing; inner line blackish, curved; orbicular 

 a dot; reniform an oval ringlet; outer line with its middle segment 

 ])rojected, with tliree rounded teeth, the lower segment obhque; a 

 black cloud near middle of termen; a line at base of fringe. Hind 

 wing with discal dot and mesial line similar to the outer line of fore 

 wing; a line at base of fringe. Antennae of the male with a tuft of 

 black hair in the middle; abdomen with a terminal brush of light 

 brown hairs ; a black spot on fore tibia ; a black dorsal line on second 

 abdominal segment; a curved line on penultimate segment \vith 

 double dorsal lines on the last. Expanse, 25 mm. 



Tifpe.—Msde, No. 14039, U.S.N.M., Msantla, Mexico, June, 1910 

 (R. Muller). 



!Mr. Schaus kindly examined the specimen. 



Genus PYRAUSTA Shrank. 



PYRAUSTA DILECTICOLOR, new species. 



Yellow and bronzy brown; fore wing with a central yellow mark 

 composed of two elliptical spots, the inner nearly crossing the wing, 

 the outer from vein 2 to costa, joined by a dash on median vein; 

 slight indistinct spots in a line beyond the outer edge of each. Hind 

 wing wath the base yellow, limited by a mesial line with its middle 

 segment projected and defined from the outer ground by a parallel 

 row of yellow dots; a brown discal patch. Fringe indistinctly 

 spotted with yellow on both wings. Termen of hind wing excavated 

 at anal ange. Expanse, 22 mm. 



Tyi:)c. — Female, No. 14040, U.S.N.M., Misantla, Mexico, October, 

 1909 <R. Muller). 



Genus DICHOGAMA Lederer. 



DICHOGAMA COLOTHA, new species. 



White; costa of fore wing narrowly black to the outer line; inner 

 line straight, black, oblique from costa at base to inner third of inner 



