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and a dorsal darker brown tuft at base. Fore wings purple brown; 

 costa finely white; antemedial white points on veins preceded by 

 a large cluster of white scales between cell and submedian; a black 

 point on discocellular; a series of white points from costa near apex 

 to sinus on inner margin; these points larger towards costa, and 

 geminate except on vein 3 and 4; parallel subterminal points from 

 apex to vein 5 and on inner margin. Hind wings dull pale brown, 

 darker on outer margin. Fore wings below pale silky brown, whitish 

 on inner margin. Hind wings below white without fovea. 



Expanse. — 40 mm. 



Habitat. — Cayuga, Guatemala. 



Type.—C&t. No. 22478, U.S.N.M. 



This species in color and in the macular postmedial lines re- 

 sembles H. muscosa Schaus; in the presence of the cluster of scales be- 

 fore the antemedial line it approaches H. sparsipennis Walker. 



Family MEGALOPYGIDAE. 



NORAPE FRONTALIS, new species. 



Male. — ^Body and wings white, the latter somewhat silvery. 

 Antennae with the shaft and pectinations crimson. Frons light 

 brown. Throat and tarsi dark brown. 



Expanse. — 27 mm. 



Habitat. — Cayuga, Guatemala. 



Type.— Cat. No. 22479, U.S.N.M. 



ARCHYLUS LOANUS, new species. 



Male. — ^Body v/hite; pale brown shading on collar behind, on tips 

 of patagia, and forming fine segmental lines on abdomen; throat and 

 palpi brown; antennae streaked brown and white. Fore wings 

 white; a brown spot at base; subbasal brown spots on costa and in 

 cell; smoky streaks at end of cell, and shorter streaks beyond it; 

 longer fuscous brown streaks above end of cell on costal and sub- 

 costal veins; pale ochreous shading on inner margin and medially 

 from submedian to median; postmedial short, paired ochreous 

 streaks at veins; pale ochreous marginal spots on interspaces. Hind 

 wings white. Wings below white, the costal margin of fore wing 

 shaded with brown. 



Expanse. — 25 mm. 



Habitat. — Venadio, Sinaloa, Mexico. 



Type.— C&t. No. 22480, U.S.N.M. 



TROSIA ROSITA, new species. 



Male. — Antennae fuscous, the base of shaft white; head, front of 

 collar, and four spots on thorax crimson, the collar and thorax other- 

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