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orbicular brown filled, the reniform black-edged within, dif- 

 fuse without ; orbicular resting on median vein, along which a 

 black line runs to the reniform ; a white outer shaded band, 

 diffusely denticulate and partly bordered with black, sending 

 out a spur nearly to margin above vein 4 and running ob- 

 liquely to apex; subterminal line white, narrow, black above. 

 Hind wing pure white. Expanse, 29 mm. 



Type, male, No. 22695, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; Mexico City, 

 Mexico, June, 1919 (R. Miiller). 



Scriptania demerodes, new species. 



Fore wing gray-white, largely overspread with blackish gray. 

 Reniform, orbicular, a narrow shade along subcostal vein, 

 spreading out on the venules, a broad shade on median vein, a 

 narrow one on vein 1 and the terminal margin all white but 

 without dark borders. A blackish line from submedian fold 

 to vein 2, below base of vein 3 and between orbicular and 

 reniform. Hind wing whitish, shaded with gray, especially 

 along the margin ; a small faint discal dot. Expanse, 27 mm. 



Type, male. No. 22694, U. S. Nat. Mus.; Mexico City, 

 Mexico, June, 1919 (R. Miiller). 



Scriptania inquisita, new species. 



Apex of fore wing rather sharp, the outer margin excavate 

 slightly. Sordid white, with three large blackish specks along 

 the costa and three smaller ones toward apex ; inner margin 

 broadly dark reddish, terminal space light purplish ; a straight 

 pale subterminal line from apex to vein 2, preceded by black- 

 ish cuneiform streaks between the venules, which are also 

 blackish, radiating from a small discal dot at the lower corner 

 of the cell. Hind wing translucent whitish with a gray tint, 

 veins, terminal line and small discal dot darker. Expanse, 

 28 mm. 



Type, female, No. 22696, U. S. Nat. Mus.; Mexico City. 

 Mexico, April, 1919 (R. Miiller). Another female, Real del 

 Monte, Hidalgo, Mexico (gift of W. D. Kearfott). 



