SOME LEPIDOPTERA FROM MEXICO 



HARRISON G. DYAR 

 U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM, WASHINGTON, D. C. 



Prof. C. ¥. Baker lias liaiidcd ini- for idiiitificatiou a lot of Lepidnptera, 

 taken in Mexico by Messrs. McCoimcIl and 1). I,. Crawford, 'riu- following 

 species arc represented : 



NYMPHALIDAE 



Phyciodes elada Hcwitson, two S i . Cuailalajara (McCunnell). 



LYCAENIDAE 



Lycaena marina Rcakiit, one $ . Guadalajara (McConnell). 



SYNTOMIDAE 



Chrysocale principalis ^^'alke^, two $ 9, Oaxaca (Crawford). 



Syntomeida melanthus Cramer, one 9 , Vera Cruz (Crawford). 



Dinia asagrus Cramer, two S S . Tapacliula. Chiapas and \'era Cruz 



(Crawford). 



Sphecosoma cognata \\'alker. one S , one 9 , Vera Cruz (Crawford). 



Isanthrene perboscei Guerin. one 9 , Jalapa (Crawford). 



LITHOSIIDAE 



Ptychoglene hasmatodes, n. s. 



Black; forcwini; with a large crimson ]iatcli. occii|ivin!T most of the wing, 

 leaving a very narrow black costal edge, a broader inner margin and a rather wide 

 outer margin, which is oblique, widening toward tornus ; the patch varies in size 

 in the individuals, in some extending down only to submedian fold, in others to 

 vein one or below; the outer margin is a little indented at about vein four. Hind 

 wing witli a broad costal ray, not attaining apex, nor crossing cell. 



.Seven si)ecimens, mountains near Cuernavaea (Crawford) ; Poi)ocati|)etl 

 Park, 8000 feet, .Tnne, 1906 (W. Schaus) ; Salazar. 10.000 feet (W. Schaus). 



Type No. 1 1.42.0. U. S. National Museum. 



Nearest to /'. rri/tlirophorii I'lldtr. but tlic r(<l patch much larger. 



ARCTIIDAE 



Apantesis proxima (Inerin, one 9, \''era Cruz (Crawford). 



NOCTUIDAE 



Chloridea obsoleta Fabricius, one S , Cnerne\aca (Crawford). 

 Eupanychis mexicana ITamp.son. one 9 . Cuernavaea (Crawford). 

 Prorachia daria Druce, one S , one 9 , Cuernavaea (Crawford). 

 Oxycnemis mexicana Dyar. ..ne 9. Cucrna\aca (Crawford). 



Pleonectyptera cuernavacalis, n. s. 

 Brown, not reddish; lines pale, even, the outer a little lunl over etll. marked 

 on the eost.i with bl.ickish shades; reniform l)resent, d.irk lirown tilled; sub- 

 terminal line irregular, powdery, dotted, with ,a roinidcd bl.-ick cloud .at veins ."i-l.. 



