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viz., the annulate antennae, the minute maxillary palpi, the triangularly 
scaled 2nd joint of the labial palpi and the general frail appearance, 
the species fits in so well with the definition that we place it in Ercta; 
the maculation is rather Desmiid in character. 
HEDYLEPTA? FUTILALIS sp. nov. (Pl. I, Fig. 3). 
Palpi, head, thorax and abdomen clear yellow, rear segments of latter pos- 
teriorly narrowly bordered with white, anal segment in @ with centro-dorsal 
black streak, bordered laterally with white, beyond which is smoky shading, anal 
hair pencil of a pale ochreous color; in 2 small black anal tuft bordered an- 
teriorly with white. Primaries clear yellow, slightly deeper outwardly; t. a. 
line black, fine, gently rounded outwardly; no orbicular; reniform a black dash; 
t. p. line black, from a point on costa half way between reniform and apex of 
wing, almost straight to vein 3, then inward and almost obsolete to just be- 
low reniform and again straight and distinct to inner margin; black terminal 
line; fringes dusky, cut by a darker line near base. Secondaries similar in 
color to primaries with blackish discal dash continued to inner margin just 
above anal angle by a black line; beyond the cell a slightly curved black line 
from costa to vein 2; outer margin of fringes as on primaries. Beneath paler 
than above with similar markings and slight smoky shade terminally. Ex- 
panse 14 mm. 
Hasitat. San Benito, Texas (Aug.); Brownsville, Tex. 1 ¢, 4 9. 
Types, Coll. Barnes. 
The palpi have the 3rd joint porrect, scarcely distinguishable, 
lying on the tufted 2nd joint; the species is very close in maculation to 
indicata Fabr., the type of the genus Hedylepta, which shows however 
a tufted patagium in the ¢, a feature lacking in our species; the ab- 
dominal markings are also different. According to Hampson’s Key 
this species would fall under Cliniodes, but we do not like the associa- 
tion and prefer to place it provisionally in Hedylepta Led. 
BLEPHAROMASTIX SANTATALIS sp. nov. (PI. I, Fig. 5). 
Palpi brownish outwardly, mixed with white on 3rd joint; front ochreous, 
lined laterally with white; vertex of head ochreous, collar white; thorax white 
with broad ochreous band anteriorly, abdomen ochreous, ringed with white; pri- 
maries white suffused with ochreous; an inwardly oblique dark basal line suf- 
fused along its edges with pale ochreous; t. a. line brown, slightly outwardly 
oblique to cubitus, then slightly bent outwardly and perpendicular to inner mar- 
gin; t. p. line brown, almost parallel to outer margin from costa to below vein 3, 
then rounded and bent strongly inwards and upwards to origin of vein 3, again 
rounded and inwardly oblique to inner margin, very close to or even touching 
t. a. line at this point; orbicular a large oval, filled with pale ochreous and par- 
tially outlined with brown; reniform a large quadrate ochreous patch, slightly 
oblique, outlined laterally with brown, the inner line touching bend of t. p. line; 
