Insecutor Inscitiae Menstruus 



Vol. II NOVEMBER. 1914 No. II 



NEW AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA 



By HARRISON G. DYAR 

 Family ARCTIID/E 



Halesidota malodonta, new species. 



Thorax and abdomen buff-straw color; head and tegulae darker 

 shaded ; fore femora reddish inwardly. Fore wing pale yellow, veins 

 dark brown ; basal 6irea clear ; beyond this rows of brown dots in con- 

 fused rings, drawn into lines between the veins, subterminally forming 

 long cusps ; a terminal row of long ovate rings between the veins. Hind 

 wing cleeir creeimy white. Expanse, 45 mm. 



Type, male. No. 19073, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; Huadquina. Peru, 5,000 

 feet, July 26, 1911 (Yale Peruvian Expedition). 



The specimen was kindly exeutnined by Sir G. F. Hampson, who sug- 

 gested the name here used. 



This description should have appeared in my paper on the lepidoptera 

 of the Yale Peruvian Expedition, but was accidentally omitted. 



Pygarctia lorula, new species. 



Front of head gray, crimson next the eyes and on vertex ; collar and 

 thorax white ; abdomen crimson above, white below in the male, gray 

 below in the female. Wings white above, slightly tinged with gray on 

 costa of fore wing below. Expanse, 3 1 -36 mm. 



Cotypes, two males, two females, No. 19074, U. S, Nat. Mus.; 

 Kerville, Texas (through Dr. W. Barnes) ; Sabinal, Texas, September 

 (or April?) 10. 1910 (F. C. Pratt); San Antonio. Texas (J. Jermy). 



Apantesis moierra, new variety. 



Head and thorax black ; abdomen crimson laterally, a broad dorsal 

 dentate stripe ; venter black. Forewing black ; a row of flesh-colored 



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