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Genus YOSEMITIA Ragonot. 



YOSEMITIA DIDACTICA, new species. 



Fore wing gray, faintly carneous, the costal half white with longi- 

 tudinal lines of black dustings; a streak near center of costa; discal 

 dot single, black, rounded; outer line distinct, black, double, dentate, 

 fainter below and parallel to the margin. Hind wing whitish, 

 translucent, broadly pale gray shaded at the apex. Expanse, 20 mm. 



Cotypes. — Male and female, No. 16467, U.S.N.M.; Tehuacan, Mex- 

 ico, May and June, 1913 (R. Miiller). 



Near Y. graciella Hulst, but much more slender and deHcate in 

 build. 



Genus VITULA Ragonot. 



VITULA MALACELLA, new species. 



Light gray, the costa white to the cell; discal dots blackish, faint; 

 outer hne slight, oblique, white, with gray edges, situated close to the 

 margin; a purple-black line on basal third of costa, ending in a small 

 angle with a tuft below. Hind wing whitish, gray on costa and ter- 

 men. Expanse, 10 mm. 



Type.— Male, No. 16468, U.S.N.M.; Tehuacan, Mexico. May, 1911 

 (R. Miiller). 



MOODNOPSIS, new genus. 



Venation of Moodna except that veins 8 and 9 of fore wing and 

 7 and 8 of hind wing are still distinct, not coincident. Hind wing with 

 seven veins; 8-9 of fore wing stalked; 2 before angle of cell; labial 

 palpi porrect; veins 4-5 of fore wing stalked; labial palpi slender, 

 compressed, over twice as long as head ; cell of hind wing moderate, 

 less than half the length of the wing, veins 4 and 5 separate. 



Type of the genus. — Moodnopsis dedpiens, new sprcies. 



MOODNOPSIS DECIPIENS, new species. 



Dark gray, obscurely marked ; a broad dark band for inner line, 

 oblique, sUghtly irregular but indistinct; discal dot double, generally 

 separated; outer line defined by interrupted dark streaks on the veins, 

 itself of the ground color, the wing slightly tinged with purpHsh, 

 especially outwardly; terminal dark powdering; fringe with a pale 

 line at base. Hind wing pale fuscous, with dark terminal Hne and 

 pale one at base of fringe; fringe gray. Expanse, 28 mm. 



Cohjpes. — Two females. No. 16469, U.S.N.M.; Orizaba, Mexico 

 (Schaus collection). 



The specimens were identified as EpJiestia Tcuehniella Zellner, which 

 I have also from Orizaba, but the resemblance is only superficial. 



