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DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW SPECIES 
GLAPHYRIA DUALIS sp. nov. (PI. I, Fig. 1). 
Head, thorax and antenne pale straw-color; primaries pale ochreous var- 
iably sprinkled with brown scales which at times almost obscure the ground- 
color, crossed by two prominent dark lines; t. a. line blackish, outwardly oblique 
to below cubitus, then angled and inwardly oblique to inner margin; t. p. line 
blackish, bent inwards at costa, rounded outwardly opposite cell, parallel to t. a. 
line in lower portion, faintly bordered with white outwardly; reniform a dark 
dash; terminal row of black dots, fringes smoky, whitish outwardly. Sec- 
ondaries whitish, tinged with ochreous terminally, with faint dark discal dot 
and curved subterminal line; terminal row of black dots; fringes deep smoky, 
whitish-tipped. Beneath whitish, tinged with smoky with maculation of upper 
side repeated, t. p. line being especially prominent. Expanse 16 mm. 
Haerrat. San Benito, Texas (Mch. 16-23) ; Brownsville, Texas; 94, 3°2- 
Types, Coll. Barnes. 
Closely allied to dichordalis Hamp. of which species we examined 
the type in the British Museum, The primaries are slightly subfalcate 
with rather prominent bulge in central portion of outer margin. 
ERCTA DESMIALIs sp. nov. (PI. I, Fig. 2). 
Palpi brown above, white beneath; head and thorax brown; primaries 
brown over a whitish ground-color which is only apparent under the lense; a 
quadrate white patch near end of cell, resting on cubitus and bordered laterally 
by black lines; below this a second similar patch, the upper margin of which 
touches cubitus at inception of vein 2, the lower margin resting on vein I; a 
3rd white irregularly oval patch occupies the sub-terminal area between veins 3 
and 8, is outlined in black and connected with costa by a dark streak; fringes 
light smoky, dotted with white at base and cut by a dark line, above anal angle 
they are white. Secondaries brown crossed in the median area by two semi- 
parallel waved dark lines, the outer of which does not attain inner margin; the 
space between these lines is whitish sprinkled with brown scales; fringes as on 
primaries. Beneath essentially as above, but secondaries paler, being in some 
cases almost entirely white. Expanse 17-20 mm. 
Hasirat. Palmerlee, Ariz. 6 4’s, 6 9’s. Types, Coll. Barnes. 
Besides the above types there is a long series before us from the 
same locality ; the 3rd joint of the palpi we would consider to be short 
and blunt, not triangularly tufted as given in Hampson’s Key as one 
of the characteristics of the genus Ercta; in other respects however, 
