NO. 2139. NEW LEPIDOPTERA FROM MEXICO— DYAR. 29 



Genus HYMENOMIMA Warren. 



HYMENOMIMA DOGNINANA, new species. 



Gray, irrorate with black; a black spot on costa at inner line and 

 before discal dot; inner line black, faint and powdery; traces of 

 mesial line by dot at origin of vein 2 and a dash across vein 1 ; outer 

 line distinct, strongly denticulate on the veins, scarcely excurved 

 above; subterininal Une powdery, irregularly flexuous; terminal dark 

 spots between the veins. Hind wing with inner half hne; discal dot 

 smaU; mesial line like outer of fore wing and followed by a distant 

 brown duplication; subtermen and termen as on fore wing. Ex- 

 panse, 34 mm. 



r?/p^.— Male, No. 18888, U.S.N.M.; Misantla, Vera Cruz, Mexico, 

 August, 1910 (R. Midler). 



Mr. Paul Dognin kindly examined the specimen and labeled it 

 "nearest to Ilymenomima subnigrata Warren." 



Genus NESALCIS Warren. 



NESALCIS NEBETTA, new species. 



Gray, powdered with black; iimer line narrow, crenulate, indis- 

 tinct, preceded by dull violaceous ; an olive cloud on discal cross- vein ; 

 outer line black, dentate on the veins, followed by olivaceous patches 

 on the veins; sub terminal line pale, crenulate, near the margin; 

 black terminal lumules in the excavations between the veins. Hind 

 wing similar, without inner line, but with a small linear, black, discal 

 spot. Expanse, 37 mm. 



Tyjye. — Male, No. 18889, U.S.N.M.; Cuernavaca, Mexico, June, 

 1906 (W. vSchaus). 



Close to N. laeca Schaus from Costa Rica, but larger, with darker 

 ground color and less bright spots beyond the hues. 



Genus AMPHIDASYS Treitschke. 



AMPHIDASYS ANTENNATISSIMA. new species. 



Male antennae very heavy, long, strongly bipectinate. Fore wing 

 square and broad; hind wing deeply crenulate on the margin. Dark 

 brown, irrorate and shaded with black; fore wing mth inner hne 

 strongly curved, preceded by a black shade below median vein; 

 mesial Hne distinct, curved above, obUque below, crossing a small 

 wliite discal dot; outer Une produced centrally and dentate on veins 3 

 and 4; followed by a broad ocherous lightening that runs obUquely 

 toward apex; terminal black spots between the veins. Hind wing 

 similar; no inner hne, the mesial crossing the discal dot; outer fol- 

 lowed by a purpUsh black shade that fills in even to the ends of the 

 dentations, then the lightening as on fore wing; traces of powdery 

 whitish subterminal Hne. Expanse, 50 mm. 



