No. 1742. VEW LEPIDOPTERA FROM MEXICO /Ml/,'. 243 



HYDRCECIODES ANASTAGIA, new species. 



Antennae of the male ciliate. Head and (horax brown, the patagia 

 largely yellow and rufous intermixed. Abdomen brown above 

 more ocherous below. Fore wing yellow, densely irrorate with 

 rufous: subbasal and inner lines of the ground color, edged with 

 rufous; a straight brown line from near base on vein 1 outward to 

 inner line at middle of cell; orbicular and claviform outlined in 

 brown, the median space beyond these marks densely shaded with 

 brown; mesial line brown, angled outward to lower angle of cell" 

 reniform rounded, of the ground color, irrorate with rufous with three 

 small white spots on its lower edge; outer line of the ground, edged 

 with brown, crenulate on the veins; subterminal space light; ter- 

 minal space darkly shaded, the subterminal line clearly shown bv 

 the separation of the colors, but not appearing as a line; veins nar- 

 rowly dark lined; fringe dark. Hind wing fuscous shaded, the veins 

 darker, the margin tinged with rufous. Expanse, 28 mm. 



One male, Orizaba, State of Vera Cruz, Mexico (Schaus collection). 



Type.— Cat. No. 12960, U.S.N.M. 



HYDRGECIODES MENDICOSA, new species. 



Male antennae bipectinate with long branches. Pale clayey yel- 

 low, the markings rather light brown; subbasal line obsolete; inner 

 line upright, crenulate, single, most strongly indented on vein 1 ; or- 

 bicular of the ground color, scarcely defined; median shade upright, 

 bent outward narrowly centrally to the lower angle of the cell, this 

 bend scarcely noticeable in' the male specimen before me, but dis- 

 tinct in the female. Reniform rather more distinctly defined than 

 the orbicular with small yellowish white dots on its edge below and 

 outwardly; outer line with its outer edge obsolete, a series of little 

 bars on the veins forming projections on the inner edge; subterminal 

 space light; terminal space darkly shaded, the limiting line twice 

 indexed; fringe dark, somewhat checkered. Hind wing pale with 

 dark terminal line. Expanse, 27 to 33 mm. 



One male, one female, Mexico City, Mexico (K. M filler ), one speci- 

 men taken September, 1906. 



Type.— Cat. No. 12961, U.S.N.M. 



HYDRCECIODES FELOVA, new species. 



Anteniue of male bipectinate with short branches, about as long as 

 the diameter of the shaft or longer. Yellow, densely irrorated with 

 rufous, the outer half of the wing shaded with umber brown; lines 

 brown, single, crenulate on the veins; orbicular and claviform of the 

 ground color, neatly outlined in brown; median shade line distinct, 

 angled on lower edge of median vein; reniform of the ground color 

 with white specks about the margin , especially at the angles; terminal 



