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MESCINIA BEROSA, new species. 



Fore wing grayish white, shaded with dull vinous on the basal 

 third, along inner margin and up terminal space; inner line whitish, 

 narrow, indistinct, showmg as a cusp centered on vein 1 ; discal dots 

 black, separated; outer Ime straight but denticulate, whitish, narrow, 

 parallel to the margin, preceded by a black shade centrally only; 

 terminal line dark, powdery. Hind wing pale fuscous, darker on the 

 termen. Expanse, 11 mm. 



Type.— Femsile, No. 16398, U.S.N .M.; Trinidad River, March, 1912 

 (Busck). 



MESCmiA TRILOSES, new species. 



Fore wing very pale gray, famtly pinkish, the costa white; inner 

 Ime blackish, powdery and diffused, but broad, upright and nearly 

 straight, not reaching the costa or margm; discal dots jomed; outer 

 line oblique, straight, whitish, edged with blackish, distinctly within, 

 narrowly and famtly without. Hind wing soiled whitish, fuscous on 

 the margin. Expanse, 11 mm. 



Type.— Male, No. 16396, U.S.N.M.; Taboga Island, February, 1912 

 (Busck). Also four males and seven females with additional locali- 

 ties, Tabogilla Island, February, 1912 (Busck); Alhajuelo, April, 1911 

 (Busck). 



MESCINIA MOSCES, new species. 



SimUar to the above, the inner line broken and indistmct, lost in a 

 general longitudmal powdering which is strong in the discal area; 

 colors rather brighter, the pinkish gray of the inner area contrasting 

 with the white costa; outer Ime strongly black-edged. Expanse, 

 12 mm. 



Ty^f.— Female, No. 16397, U.S.N.M.; Taboga Island, February, 

 1912 (Busck). Also one male and five females with additional local- 

 ity, Corozal, Canal Zone, AprU, 1911, and May, 1912 (Busck). 



HYPERMESCINIA, new genus. 



Differs from Mescinia in havmg veins 2 and 3 of fore wing comci- 

 dent. 



Type of the genus. — Hypermescinia lamhella, new species. 



HYPERMESCINIA LAMBELLA, new species. 



Whitish gray, the costa white; lines dark gray, powdeiy, straight; 

 inner line a little irregular centrally; outer line doubled; discal dots 

 joined. Hind wing whitish in the male, pale fuscous in the female, 

 the veins and termen darker. Expanse, 10 mm. 



Type.—KdlQ, No. 16399, U.S.N.M.; Tabernilla, Canal Zone, May, 

 1907 (Busck). Also three females, Porto BeUo, February, 1912 

 (Busck); La Chorrera, May, 1912 (Busck); Trinidad River, June, 

 1912 (Busck). 



