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It is known to me by the single female type from Brazil. .1/. lampra 

 is allied to .1/. superba Ily. Edwards, bul differs in the markings on 

 the outer part of the wing. 



MEGALOPYGE CYRTOTA, new species. 



White, the long hairs tipped with brown. Fore wing white, shaded 

 with brown, the white showing mosl distinctly on the long curled 

 hairs of subterminal area; a rounded triangular dark patch on basla 

 hall' of inner margin, composed of brown and purplish black scales; 

 a black spot at end of cell and another between it and the margin. 

 Hind wing creamy white. Expanse, 32 mm. 



One female, Mexico City, Mexico, dune. 1(H)!) (R. Midler.) 



Type. Cat. No. 13028, U.S.N.M. 



The pattern of coloration is as in Megalopyge lapara Schaus. The 

 present species is small and slender, the fore wings considerably 



elongated. 



MEGALOPYGE TRUJILLINA, new species. 



Seven females, ( 'uerna \ aca. Mexico. July, 190(3 (W. Schaus.) 

 Type.— Cat. No. L3029, U.S.N.M. 



Closely allied to Megalopyge trujiUo Schaus, and possibly not 

 specifically distinct therefrom. The specimens are somewhat smaller 

 and show a, yellowish olivaceous lint on the outer part of the wing, 

 which is not nearly so distinct in trujiUo. The whitish submarginal 

 line on t he wing is more or less well indicated, in t he series considerably 

 more distincl than in trujiUo, while the whitish patch at the base of 

 tin 1 wing is less distinct and contrasted, due largely to the general 

 paler tint of t he coloral inn. 



MEGALOPYGE CODIOPTERIS, new species. 



Five male-, ten females, Cordoba, Jalapa, and Cuernavaca, Mexico 

 (W. Schaus). 



Type. Cat. \'o. 13030, U.S.N.M. 



Again allied to Megalopyge trujlllo Schaus and to the preceding, 

 but more divergent. The yellow color is still more intensified, 

 forming the ground color, though still overwashed with brownish to 

 the margin. Tin 1 form i- nearest to trujiUina, being the same but 

 lighter and more yellow, nearly intermediate between trujiUina and 

 Megalopygi defoliata Walker. One of the specimens is in fact labeled 

 "defoliata," but I take that species to be the still lighter form in 

 which the margin of the wing is clear yellow, the brown shading 

 having wholly or largely retreated therefrom. In defoliata, too, the 

 basal shadings are darker, having more of a blackish than purplish 

 tint. 



