NO. 2054. NEW LEPIDOPTERA FROM MEXICO— DYAR. 409 



Genus AURORA Ragonot. 



AURORA DIMIDIATELLA, new species. 



Fore wing gray-white on costal half, irrorated with darker, the 

 inner half carneous gray; colors divided by a white line along median 

 vein, edged with blackish below, especially in submedian fold, diffused 

 and fading beyond vein 2. Hind wing pale fuscous tinted. Expanse, 

 21 mm. 



Type.— Female, No. 16523, U.S.N.M.; Tehuacan, Mexico, Sep- 

 tember, 1912 (R. MuUer). 



Genus BANDERA, Ragonot. 



BANDERA HOMIOTES, new species. 



Fore wing gray-white on costal half, whiter in the cell, the inner 

 half carneous gray; colors divided by a white hne along median vein, 

 edged with black below along submedian fold as far as origin of vein 2. 

 Hind wing pale fuscous. Expanse, 16 mm. 



Type.— Female, No. 16524, U.S.N.M.; Oaxaca, Mexico (Schaus 

 collection) . 



On one wing vein 5 is present, very short and close to the margin, 

 but I regard this as an abnormality. 



