No. 1742. NEWLEPIDOPTERA FROM MEXICO— BY Alt. 265 



wing pale gray, darker on the margin, the inner margin powdery 

 gray; traces of a pale mesial line. Expanse, 35 mm. 



One female, Tehuaean, Mexico, September, 1909 (H. Muller). 



Type.— Cat. No. 13026, U.S.N.M. 



Allied to ( 'a nocharis < longata 1 1 ulst from Texas, but larger, powdery 

 gray, not uniform lilaceous gray, and the lines farther apart. 



Genus MERIS Hulst. 

 MERIS MEXICOLA, new species. 



Dark gray, powdery, intermixed with olivaceous; inner line black, 

 diffused, curved; a large clouded discal spot; outer line broad, black, 

 narrowly excurved at vein 4, inwardly dentate on the veins, roundedly 

 curved outwardly, the points of the dentations Idled in with white 

 dots; traces of a submarginal black line; a row of black points 

 between the veins at the base of the fringe. Hind wing pale at the 

 base, outwardly shaded with gray and olivaceous; a rounded dark 

 discal mark; traces of an outer dark line, showing only on the inner 

 margin. Expanse, 35 mm. 



Two males, Mexico City, Mexico, December, 1909 (R. Midler). 



Type.— Cat. No. 13027*, U.S.N.M. 



Allied to Meris alticola Hulst from New Mexico, but the wings are 

 greener and marked with distinct lines; the pectinations of the 

 antennae are much shorter. 



Family MEGALOPYGID.E. 



Genus MEGALOPYGE Hubner. 



MEGALOPYGE LAMPRA, new species. 



Dark purplish brown, head, teguhe and patagia with large yellowish 

 white spots, abdomen indistinctly ringed with white. Fore wing 

 dark brown on the basal half, the veins in and above the cell and an 

 ellipse below the median vein outlined in white; the dark space is 

 sharply limited at the end of the cell, thence incurved and outward 

 to tornus; outer area with white lines on the veins and in the inter- 

 spaces, forming a continuous white line next to the dark area, narrow- 

 ing outwardly, the margin again brown; a, dark spot above vein 0. 

 Hind wing whitish, the veins narrowly brown; outer margin narrowly 

 and inner margin broadly brown. Expanse, 30 mm. 



One male, Misantla, Mexico, March, 1909 (R. Midler); one male, 

 Santa Cruz, Mexico (II. Schwarz). 



Type.— Cut. No. 13027, U.S.N.M. 



This appears to be the species figured in the Biologia Centrali- 

 Americana (pi. SO, lig. (i) as M< (/alojn/ge rudlata Schaus. However, 

 radiata is quite another species, having no white spots on the collar. 



