294 NOCTUID^. 



white ; the underside othreous white, the costal and terminal areas 

 irrorated with brown, a small discoidal luni;le and postmedial series 

 of slight streaks on the veins. 



Hah. Mexico, Orizaba, 1 J , type t J in Coll. Schaus. Exp. 28 

 millim. 



1551, Eriopyga tersa. 

 Ferigea tersa, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 481, pi. 93. f. 26 (1898). 



Head and thorax reddish brown, the scales tipped with grey ; 

 palpi fuscous at sides ; abdomen ochreous brown mixed with grey, 

 tinged with fuscous above in male, the anal tuft ochreous. Fore 

 wing grey-brown, more or less tinged with ochreous and irrorated 

 with white ; subbasal lino slightly defined by grey on outer side, 

 waved, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line defined by 

 grey on inner side, oblitjue, waved ; orbicular small, round, with 

 slight ochreous annulus defined by fuscous or almost obsolete ; an 

 indistinct diffused medial line excurved at middle ; reniform small, 

 round, ochreous, with two white points below it and traces of two 

 ochreous points above it ; postmedial line bent outwards below 

 costa, slightly incurved at discal fold, incurved and sinuous below 

 vein 4, with a scries of black points beyond it on the veins and some 

 white points on costa ; subterminal line represented by a punctiform 

 ochreous-white line with brown shade on its inner side, angled 

 outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a fine dark terminal 

 line with series of white points at the veins. Hind wing white, 

 the veins and marginal areas more or less suffused with ochreous 

 brown ; the underside with the costal and terminal areas irrorated 

 with brown, a small discoidal spot and curved postmedial line. 



Hah. Guatemala, V. de Atitlan, 3000' {Champion), 1 c?, 1 5 

 type, Cerro Zunil, 4000' {Champion), 1 J, Godman-Salviu Coll. 

 Exp. (5 30, 2 36 millim. 



1552. Eriopyga haruna. (Plate LXXXVI. fig. 24.) 



Mamestra bar una, Schaus, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. vi. p. ill (1898). 



S . Head and thorax deep purplish red, the hairs slightly tipped 

 with grey ; palpi at tips and antenna3 ochreous ; abdomen ochreous 

 with blackish bands, the anal tuft and ventral surface rufous. 

 Fore wing dark purplish red, the veins streaked with black, the 

 terminal area tinged with greyish fuscous ; an indistinct waved 

 antemedial line ; orbicular minute, elongate elliptical, with white 

 annulus ; reniform white, ill-defined and incomplete above and 

 below ; postmedial line very indistinct, bent outwards below costa, 

 incurved below vein 4 and angled outwards at vein 1 ; subterminal 

 line represented by a series of black points in interspaces of costal 

 half, curved inwards to costa ; a terminal series of black points. 

 Hind wing pale straw-yellow, the terminal area slightly tinged 

 with fuscous. Underside of fore wing whitish, of hind wing yellow, 

 with the costal area slightlv irrorated with fuscous. 



