CLEAR-WING MOTHS OF FAMILY AEGERIIDAE 201 



Paranthrene mexicanus Beutenmuller, Mem. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 1, pt. 6, 

 p. 316, pi. 32, fig. 12, 1901. 



"Male. — Head black; palpus and collar white. Thorax black; patagia 

 tipped with white. Abdomen black with a white band on the second 

 and the last four segments. Anal tuft black. Legs black with white 

 bands. Forewings brown-black, white between the veins on the outer 

 part. Hindwings black. Underside of all wings same as upper." 

 (Beutenmiiller.) 



Expanse : 12 mm. 



Distribution. — New Mexico. 



Type. — In the American Museum of Natural History. The species 

 is known only from the unique type specimen. 



