SOME LEPIDOPTERA FROM MEXICO 



HARRISON G. DYAR 

 U. S. NATIONAL MUSEITM, WASHINGTON, D. C. 



Prof. C. F. Baker liris li.iiulcd iiic for identification a lot of Lepidoptera, 

 taken in Mexico liy Messrs. McConneil and I). L. Crawford. The following 

 species arc represented: 



NYMPHALIDAE 

 Phyciodes elada Hcwitson, two $ S , Guadalajara (McConneil). 



LYCAENIDAE 

 Lycaena marina Reakirt, one i , Guadalajara flMcConnell). 



SYNTOMIDAE 



Chrysocale principalis ^^'alker, two 2 5, Oaxaca (Crawford). 



Syntomeida melanthus Cramer, one 5 , Vera Cruz (Crawford). 



Dinia aeagrus Cramer, two S $ , Tapachula. Chiapas and Vera Cruz 



(Crawford). 



Sphecosoma cognata ^^'alker, one S , one 9 . Vera Cruz (Crawford). 



Isanthrene perboscei Guerin, one 9, Jalapa (Crawford). 



LITHOSIIDAE 



Ptychoglene haematodes, n. s. 



Black; forcwing with a large crimson patch, occupying most of the wing, 

 leaving a very narrow black costal edge, a broader inner margin and a rather wide 

 outer margin, which is oblique, widening toward tornus; the patch varies in size 

 in the individuals, in some extending down only to submedian fold, in others to 

 vein one or below; the outer margin is a little indented at about vein four. Hind 

 wing with a broad costal ray, not attaining apex, nor crossing cell. 



Seven specimens, mountains near Cuernavaca (Crawford) ; Popocatepetl 

 Park, 8000 feet, June, 1906 (W. Schaus) ; Salazar, 10,000 feet (W. Schaus). 



Type No. 11.1.29, U. S. National Museum. 



Nearest to P. erythropliora Fclder. but the red patch much larger. 



ARCTIIDAE 



Apantesis proxima Guerin, one 9 , A''era Cruz (Crawford"). 



NOCTUIDAE 



Chloridea obsoleta Fabricius, one $ , Cuerncvaca (Crawford). 

 Eupanychis mexicana TTanipson, one 9, Cuernavaca (Crawford). 

 Prorachia daria Druce, one i , one 9 , Cuernavaca (Crawford). 

 Oxycnemis mexicana Dyar. one 9 , Cuernaxaca (Crawford). 



Pleonectyptera cuernavacalis, n. s. 

 Brown, not reddish; lines ))ale, even, the outer a little bent over cell, marked 

 on tlie cost.-i with blackish shades; reniform present, dark browu filled; sub- 

 teruiinal line irregular, powdery, dotted, with a rounded black cloud at veins S-t. 



