26 FROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. voi..r,l. 



curved, olive brown with a narrow following light area; mottlings 

 finely strigose, heavier subterminaUy. Expanse, 29 mm. 



Type. — Male, No. 18876, U.S.N.M.; Sierra de Guerrero, Mexico, 

 July, 1913 (R. Miiller). 



APICIA VOLCANICA, new species. 



Slaty gray, finely powdered with whitish outwardly; inner fine 

 bent at right angles on median vein, pale yellow, with narrow brown 

 outer edge; discal dot black, with a trace of brown median line on 

 costa above it; outer Ime straight, angled subcostally, reaching costa, 

 brown, a brown radiation within, and a very distmct broad, pale 

 yellow band without, ending at the subcostal angle; terminal space 

 dark, in spite of the white powdering. Hind wing gray on inner area 

 and margin, costal half or more of wing whitish; discal dot black; a 

 short mesial line, less than half the wing, brown, with pale yellow 

 beyond. Expanse, 30 mm. 



Type.— Mole, No. 18877, U.S.N.M.; Popocatepetl Park, Mexico, 

 8-10,000 feet, July, 1906 (W. Schaus). 



Differs from all the species of the vibicaria group by the uncolored 

 costal half of the hind wing. 



APICIA YSSONE, new species. 



Nearly solidly dark grayish, somewhat olivaceous witliui the outer 

 line; inner line lost; discal point dark; outer fine distinct, narrow, 

 pale straw color, the line itself ohvaceous brown, angled well below 

 costa. Hind wing with a single line, curved in the middle, hke the 

 fine on forewing; basal field ohve gray as on fore wing; outer field 

 slaty gray. Below, without lines, pale yellowish with faint, pale 

 irrorations. Expanse, 28 mm. 



Type.— Male, No. 18878, U.S.N.M.; Zacualpan, Mexico, September, 



1910 (U. Miiller). 



APICIA MESENTERICA, new species. 



Olivaceous gray, washed with whitish shades; costa touched with 

 brownish; lines appearing pale from the narrow, distinct edges, them- 

 selves olive brown; inner fine bent at right angles on median vein; 

 outer straight to costa without angle; terminal space mottled, a gray 

 band rising from tornus to about middle, edged wdth pale without. 

 Hind wing yellowish, like the paler parts of forewing; a gray half 

 band from the margin, fading out toward costa; a mark from tornus 

 as on forewing. Below immaculate yellowish. Expanse, 29 mm. 



Type. — Male, No. 18879, U.S.N.M.; Cuernavaca, Mexico, May, 



1911 (R. Miiller). 



