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curved, running in along the interspace 2-3, then nearly 

 straight to inner margin ; subterminal line a trace ; a dark line 

 at base of fringe. Hind wing with a faint discal dot, outer, 

 subterminal and terminal lines as on fore wing. A brown 

 streak at base of costa. Expanse, 21 mm. 



Type, male, paratype, female. No. 22762, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; 

 Zacualpan, Mexico, May, 1919 (R. Miiller) ; Guadalajara, 

 Mexico (Schaus collection). 



Chrysaugin^ 



Tetraschistis decadens, new species. 



Fore wing vinous gray, the basal third a little yellowish 

 tinted, lines very faint, dark, obscurely double and drawn to- 

 ward the center of the wing. A small dark discal dot. Hind 

 wing pale at the base, dark gray on the outer half. Expanse, 

 21 mm. 



The male has a little excavation of the costa just beyond the 

 middle, marked with white. 



Types, male and female. No. 22763, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; Mex- 

 ico City, Mexico, May, 1919 (R. Muller). 



Phycitin^ 



Mescinia indecora, new species. 



Fore wing gray, with a lilacine tint, irrorated with blackish, 

 especially in a broad shade along submedian from base to mid- 

 dle. Lines very indistinct, the outer shaded, running obliquely 

 inward from near apex. Discal dot large, blackish, somewhat 

 diffused. Hind wing translucent whitish, the veins and ter- 

 minal line gray ; a yellowish shade along inner margin. Ex- 

 panse, 23 mm. 



Similar in size to M. discella Hampson, but obscurely 

 marked. 



Type, female. No. 22764, U. S. Nat. Mus.; Zacualpan, 

 Mexico, June, 1919 (R. Miiller). 



