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men), the subbasal space shaded with blackish; reniform and orbicu- 

 lar joined to form a thick, conspicuous, white, bilobed marking, be- 

 yond which black powdering lills in t<> the faintly indicated outer 

 line; subtenuinal line white, dentate, visible near costa only, lost 

 below in a black shade; three white spots close to the margin cent rail v ; 

 a black cloud at the anal angle; a terminal broken black line; fringe 

 black and white. Hind wing blackish, the fringe irregularly black 

 and white. Expanse, 25 mm. Beneath the fore wing is blackish 

 with an outer black line; reniform and terminal space whitish. Hind 

 wing irrorated with black, the apex broadly ocherous; discal dot 

 and outer line black. 



One male, Xaeualpan, State of Vera Cruz, Mexico, August, 1909 

 (R. Miiller). 



Type— Cm. No. L2956, U.S.N.M. 



Genus HYSSIA Guenee. 



HYSSIA PRODENIFORMIS Smith. 



This species occurs in Mexico, though not hitherto recorded. 

 Hanipson treats it under Folia, but he had no specimens before him, 

 which accounts for the error and also for the extremely poor figure, 

 which not only gives no idea of the insect, but is entirely misleading, 

 not only the markings but the shape of the wing being wrongly rep- 

 resented. 1 have a specimen from Mexico City, Mexico, September, 

 1909 (R. Miiller). 



Genus POLIA Oehsenheimer. 



POLIA NAIDA, new species. 



Head and thorax gray intermixed with black, wit bout markings. 

 Fore wing smooth uniform dark slaty gray; basal dash black, long; 

 lines slender, crenulate, illy defined, approximate toward inner 

 margin, joined by a black mark at claviform; reniform and orbicular 

 slightly paler, rounded, black-ringed, the reniform with a dark red 

 crescentic center; subtenuinal line pale, illy denned, waved; a black 

 dash on vein '_' at margin ; fringe black spotted. Hind wing whitish. 

 Expanse, 25 nun. 



Two males, one female, Mexico City, Mexico (R. Miiller), one 

 specimen taken in August , L909. 



Type. -Cat. No. L2957, U.S.N.M. 



Allied to Polio stntinaria Schaus, but without the diversified 

 ground color of t hat species. 



POLIA EUCYRIA, new species. 



Antennae of male ciliated; prothorax with divided crest. Fore 

 wing dark brown from the base to the outer line, leaving a sub- 



"< ;l i. Lep. Thai. Brit. Mus., vol. ■"•. pi. si. fig. 18. 



