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Hind wing niori' irrayisli but dark, whitisli only on tlio disk, with a faint dark 

 discal mark and an outer nu-sial pale line. Abdomen with a lateral tuft of black 

 hair near base. Expanse, 23 mm. 



Male, Cuernavaca (Crawford). 



Type No. 1 4.4.^0, U. S. National Museum. 



Tile species resembles /'. citiiiuJdIis Dy.ir. bul the subteruiiM.il line is broken 

 jiowdery and indistinct. 



Yrias prophronis, n. s. 



Dark, lustrous, violaceous brown; lines black; inner irregularly flexiious; 

 reniform upright, narrow; outer line excurved over cell and inward to near 

 origin of vein two, then to inner margin with a slight out-curve; subterininal lines 

 wavv, pale. In the male, the tint is light violaceous, the subterniinal line slightly 

 relieved. The hind wings in this sex have three nearly straight black lines across 

 the middle and a subterniinal light macular one; a crenulate ternn'nal black line 

 on both wings. In the female the color is darker, more irrorate with blackish; a 

 dark shade occupies the space between the outer and subterniinal lines, the latter 

 being rather distinctly relieved. The hind wing is also more darkly shaded 

 than in the male, only the outer of the three median lines distinct, while the 

 subterniinal punctiform line has a crenulate black inner edging. Expanse 24 mm. 



Two males, one female, Cuernavaca (Crawford). 



Ty))c No. 14431, U. S. National Museum. 



Near to Y. repeniis Grote, but the outer line is less indented and angled, 

 while the sexual diinorphism is rather pronounced. 



PYRALIDAE 



Glyphodes quadristigmalis Giienee, one $ , two 9 9 , Cuernavaca 



(Crawford). 



Glyphodes infimalis modialis, n. siib.s. 

 Like G. tnfimaU.t Guenee in markings, but larger and of more robust build. 

 Expanse 2.5 mm. 



One male. Cuernavaca (Crawford). 



Type No. 1443.'?. U. S. National Museum. 



Loxostege autocratoralis, n. s. 



Fore wing yellow, the costa yellow-brown ; inner line nearly perpendicular to 

 costa, a little curved; orbicular and reniform brown, solid; outer line excurved 

 over cell to vein two, then perpendicular to inner margin; subterniinal line brown, 

 slender, close to the brown-shaded margin. Hind wing subhyaline whitish, shaded 

 with yellow; a brown line on the disk, slightly crenulate over the nervules, stop- 

 ping below vein two. where it is sharply bent upward; a brown marginal band, 

 the fringe more reddish brown. Expanse 20 mm. 



One female, Cuernavaca (Crawford). 



Type No. 14432. U. S. National Museum. 



Near L. manralis Lederer, but the markings more distinct, the subterminal 

 line narrow and close to the margin. 



