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apex of cell, 7 anastomosing wath 8 nearly to apex. MaxUlaiy palpi 

 thickly filiform, poiTect, distinct; labial palpi densely scaly, poiTect, 

 slightly oblique, the thii'd joint short, a little deflexed. Male an- 

 termse smooth, ciliate. 



Type of the genus. — Pseudodivona commensella, new species. 



PSEUDODIVONA COMMENSELLA, new species. 



Fore wing with the costa grayish white, broadly; a vinous-black 

 patch near base; inner area broadly vinous-brown, shaded nearly 

 to median vein and vein 2, cut broadly by the inner line, which is of 

 the pale ground color, and bent on submedian; a black bar on median 

 vein beyond; veins outwardly dotted and streaked with black, cut 

 by the outer line, faintly, except on costa, where the line is bordered 

 with black on both sides; terminal dots large, nearly confluent. 

 Hind wing pale grayish, semitranslucent, costa and veins darker. 

 Expanse, 19-21 mm. 



Cotypes. — Thi-ee males. No. 16463, U.S.N.M.; Jalapa and Orizaba, 

 Mexico (Schaus collection). 



Resembles ZopJiodia dryopella Schaus very closely in markings. 

 One specimen is labeled '' Vitula edmandsii Pack." in Sir G. F. 

 Hampson's wi-iting and on another is the same name in Mr. Schaus's 

 hand; but this determination is extremely wild and must be due to 

 some mistake. 



Genus ANCYLOSTOMIA Ragonot. 



ANCYLOSTOMLA ARGYROPHLEPS, new species. 



Fore wing carneous white along costa, base of imier area and be- 

 yond ceU; a broad band of red-brown shaded with blackish, from 

 base to apex, through the cell; a broad area of the same color about 

 tornus; a silvery line along median vein and base of vein 5 with one 

 black dot at end of cell; traces of a similar marking on vein 1, with 

 a dot; terminal dots black, minute; fringe red-purple. Hind wing 

 whitish, the veins streaked with brown; termen shaded with fuscous 

 in the female. Expanse, 20-24 mm. 



Cotypes. — One male, two females, No. 16464^ U.S.N.M.; Oiizaba, 

 Mexico (Schaus collection); Cuernevaca, Mexico, July, 1906 (W. 

 Schaus); Orizaba, Mexico, August, 1911 (R. Miiller). 



CACTOBROSIS, ne>A/' genus. 



Fore wing long and narrow^; veins 2 and 3 before the end of the 

 ceU, 4 and 5 stalked, 6 below the apex of the cell, straight, 8 and 9 

 long-stalked, 10 and 11 on the cell. Hind wing with the cell reaching 

 to the middle of the wing, vein 2 before its end, 4 absent, 3 and 5 

 stalked, 6 from the apex of the cell, 7 and 8 anastomosing, but well 

 marked at apex. Labial palpi upturned, smooth, cylindrical, 



