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and the bases of the wings slightly ydiowish. Head white. Collar and thorax white 

 with large gray spots margined with black. Abdomen above bright yellow with a 

 dorsal row of large black spots, and two lateral rows of small black spots. Under- 

 neath white. Legs circled with gray and yellow. Expanse, 42 mm. 



Female. -Differs in having the transverse bands on the primaries paler and 

 broadei-. The secondaries are crossed by a basal and two central rows of light gray 

 spots margined with a darker shade of gray, and on the extreme margin below the 

 apex is a row of five similarly colored spots. The abdomen has the dorsal and the 

 lateral spots gray, margined with black. Expanse, 52 mm. 



I (j^, 2 9 9- ^^- I'^irva. Rinconada, State of Vera Cruz. 

 Carales divina n. sp. 



P] imaries whitish, thickly powdered with drab scales ; along the costa three 

 brown blotches extending to the median vein ; beyond the cell a wavy brown band 

 crosses the wing from the costal margin to the inner margm ; a subterminal wavy 

 brown line, and a terminal series of semi-lunular brown streaks ; fringe brown. On 

 the costal margin two short fine dashes of pink and a small pink spot at the base of 

 the wings. Secondaries slightly tiaiisparent, gray, with the outer half of the wing 

 rather darker and an indistinct spot at the end of the cell. Underneath the wings 

 are thinly covered with scaler, uniform grayish, indistinctly showing the markings of 

 the upper side ; at the four apices are a few whitish spots, and at the centre of the 

 costal margins of the primaries a dash of pink. Head, collar, and thorax gray, with 

 trtc) round black spots on the collar. Abdomen above pink with a dorsal and lateral 

 row of black spots ; underneath whitish. Thorax underneath pink. Legs gray; 

 fore femora pink. Anteiuire t^ray, [)ink at the base. Expanse, 55 mm. 



f cJ*, I 9' fc>und in copulation on a Pine at an elevation of 10,000 

 feet on the Cofre de Perote. 



Opharus tristis n. sp. 



Primaries above unilorm dull l)lack, slightly transparent. Secondaries similar 

 but whuibh near the base. Underneath the same as above, with the white at the base 

 of the secondaries more conspicuous. Head, thorax and abdomen dull black ; on the 

 latter dorsally are two rows of white spots, each placed on the extreme outer portion, 

 and just below laterally on either side are two rows of smaller white spots. Femora 

 streaked with white. Expanse, 50 mm. 



1 ^. Jalapa. 



Family LITHOSIID^E. 



Crambomorpha tolteca n. sp. 



Primaries above silvery gray-white, with the inner margin broadly shaded with 

 brown. Secondaries pale yellowish. Underside yellow, with the base of the primaries, 

 and also the outer margins broadly gray ; the inner and the costal marghis of the 

 secondaries whitish. Head, thorax and abdomen above gray, underneath yellowish. 

 Antenna; ochreous. Expanse, 34 mm. 



2 (^(^, 2 9 9- L^^ Vigas and Coatepec. 

 Leptidule aeetes n. sp. 



Primaries ochreous, darkest on the margins and with a darker band crossing the 

 wing from the costal margin near the apex to the middle of the inner margin. 

 Secondaries ochreous, slightly hyaline, darkest around the outer margins. Head, 

 thorax and abdomen ochreous. Antennae black. Expanse, 21 mm. 



I (^. Paso de San Juan. 



