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 New Species of Mexican Lepidoptera. 



BY WILLIAM SCHAUS, JR. 

 (Continued from p. 20, vol. vi.) 



MELAMERID^. 



Flavinia jalapae n. sp. — Above primaries black, with a large round spot 

 of brit^ht yellow near the apex, and a semiovate yellow space on the inner 

 margin from the base to near the internal angle. Secondaries bright yellow, 

 the outer margin bordered with black. Underneath the markings the same 

 as on the upperside, the apices of the primaries, however, faintly tipped with 

 white. Head and antennae black. Collar yellow. Abdomen black dorsally, 

 yellow laterally and underneath. Expands 35 mm.; 2 (5^(j^ i 9- 



Jalapa. 



LASIOCAMPID^. 



Coeculia fibra n. sp. — Male — Primaries above: basal half whitish, except 

 a small space at the base and two contiguous transverse lines close to this 

 small space, which are gray ; outer half gray, paler along the outer margin, 

 and separated from the inner whitish portion of the wing by two contiguous 

 dark gray, transverse lines. Secondaries grayish white, with indistinct cen- 

 tral and submarginal transverse grayish markings. The abdominal margin 

 clothed with long graj'ish scales. Underneath dull white, with a broad dark 

 transverse band on the primaries. Head and thorax brownish, mixed with 

 yellowish scales. Abdomen subdorsally grayish, laterally and underneath 

 3'ellow. Expands 35 mm. 



Female. — Above dark gray, with two contiguous transverse lines at the 

 base of the primaries of a darker shade, and two similar lines crossing the 

 same wing just beyond the cell. A submarginal, transverse, wavy band of a 

 slightly darker sliade than the ground color. Underneath uniform dull gray. 

 Head and thorax gray. Antenna; ochreous. Abdomen above gray, with 

 transverse rows of dark yellowish scales; underneath deep yellow. Expands 

 52 mm.; 2 (^(J" 2 $ $. 



Coatepec. 



Hydrias deformis n. sp. — Primaries above brown, a conspicuous round 

 l)lack spot in the cell, and a row of small black spots along the outer margin, 

 most conspicuous at the internal angle, and gradually diminishing towards 

 the apex. Secondaries brown, darkest in the centre and along the abdominal 

 margin; a couple of small black spots near the apex. Underneath uniform 

 light brown. Head, thorax and abdomen above, dark brown; underneath 

 paler. Expands 36 mm. ; i ? . 

 Paso de San }uan. 



Oclia macerra n. sf:). — Primaries above white, at the base a small, and at 

 the apex a large blotch of rich brown. Secondaries yellowish, white at the 

 base; a small, rich brown spot at the apex. Underneath whitish, the costal 

 margin of the primaries broadly bordered with brown. Head and thorax 

 white. Abdomen golden yellow, except a dorsal tuft of white hairs at the 

 base. E#ipands 20 mm.; 2 c?c?. 

 Paso de San Juan. 



