﻿NO. 
  1951. 
  NEW 
  LEPIDOPTERA 
  FROM 
  MEXICO— 
  DYAR. 
  281 
  

  

  out 
  of 
  line; 
  three 
  lower 
  outer 
  spots, 
  the 
  upper 
  two 
  quadrate, 
  middle 
  

   one 
  large, 
  lower 
  one 
  minute. 
  Hind 
  wing 
  with 
  five 
  small 
  spots 
  across 
  

   the 
  disk 
  in 
  an 
  irregular 
  row, 
  the 
  upper 
  two 
  separated 
  only 
  by 
  a 
  vein. 
  

   Beneath 
  the 
  markings 
  are 
  repeated; 
  the 
  hind 
  wings 
  are 
  washed 
  with 
  

   dense 
  gray 
  irrorations; 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  whitish 
  costal 
  spot 
  beyond 
  the 
  

   middle, 
  not 
  shown 
  above, 
  two 
  spots 
  within 
  it 
  across 
  the 
  disk 
  and 
  

   another 
  subbasal 
  below 
  vein 
  8. 
  Expanse, 
  35 
  mm. 
  

  

  Type. 
  — 
  One 
  male. 
  No. 
  14490, 
  U.S.N.M., 
  Tehuacan, 
  Mexico, 
  August, 
  

   1911 
  (R. 
  Muller). 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  is 
  close 
  to 
  T. 
  ovinia 
  Hewitson, 
  but 
  the 
  subapical 
  spots 
  

  

  of 
  the 
  fore 
  wing 
  are 
  not 
  in 
  line 
  and 
  the 
  spots 
  on 
  the 
  hind 
  wing 
  below 
  

  

  are 
  narrow. 
  

  

  Genus 
  AMBLYSCIRTES 
  Scudder. 
  

  

  AMBLYSCmTES 
  TUTOLIA, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  Black, 
  slightly 
  bronzy, 
  the 
  fringes 
  pale 
  outwardly; 
  the 
  fore 
  wing 
  

   has 
  a 
  small 
  elliptical 
  yellowish 
  spot 
  in 
  the 
  outer 
  lower 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  cell; 
  

   three 
  small 
  costo-subapical 
  spots 
  and 
  a 
  small 
  spot 
  below 
  above 
  vein 
  3 
  ; 
  

   male 
  with 
  a 
  narrow 
  oblique 
  black 
  brand. 
  Beneath 
  the 
  spots 
  are 
  

   repeated, 
  increased 
  in 
  number, 
  the 
  fore 
  wing 
  having 
  a 
  row 
  of 
  seven 
  

   beyond 
  the 
  cell-spot, 
  the 
  fourth 
  and 
  fifth 
  projected 
  outward, 
  the 
  

   seventh 
  an 
  oblique 
  dash; 
  brand 
  repeated, 
  surrounded 
  by 
  black; 
  a 
  

   broad 
  light 
  yeUow 
  shade 
  above 
  vein 
  1, 
  beginning 
  at 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  

   wing 
  and 
  spreading 
  outwardly. 
  Hind 
  wing 
  below 
  brownish 
  black, 
  

   with 
  eight 
  spots 
  in 
  a 
  broad 
  circle 
  and 
  a 
  central 
  one 
  in 
  the 
  cell, 
  all 
  

   small, 
  whitish, 
  elliptical. 
  Expanse, 
  32 
  mm. 
  

  

  Type 
  — 
  One 
  male. 
  No. 
  14491, 
  U.S.N.M., 
  Sierra 
  de 
  Guerrero, 
  Mex- 
  

   ico, 
  August, 
  1911 
  (R. 
  Muller). 
  

  

  Genus 
  STAPHYLUS 
  Godman 
  and 
  Salvin. 
  

  

  STAPBnrHJS 
  HOLAPHEGGES, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  Black 
  above, 
  slightly 
  bronzy, 
  without 
  markings; 
  brown-black 
  

   below. 
  Palpi 
  grayish 
  beneath, 
  having 
  white 
  scales 
  intermixed; 
  

   abdomen 
  with 
  the 
  venter 
  gray 
  with 
  central 
  black 
  line. 
  Expanse, 
  

   22 
  mm. 
  

  

  Cotypes. 
  — 
  Five 
  specimens, 
  No. 
  14492, 
  U.S.N.M., 
  Misantla, 
  Mexico, 
  

   July, 
  1911 
  (R. 
  Miiller). 
  

  

  Genus 
  ARGOPTERON 
  Watson. 
  

  

  ARGOPTERON 
  DIVIDITUM, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  Black; 
  fore 
  wings 
  with 
  yeUow-hyaline 
  spots; 
  a 
  square 
  one 
  in 
  the 
  

   end 
  of 
  the 
  ceU 
  separated 
  by 
  the 
  median 
  vein 
  from 
  a 
  larger 
  one 
  below, 
  

   of 
  which 
  the 
  lower 
  portion 
  is 
  cut 
  by 
  vein 
  2; 
  three 
  small 
  costo- 
  

   subapical 
  spots, 
  fused, 
  separated 
  only 
  by 
  the 
  veins; 
  a 
  small 
  spot 
  

   below 
  above 
  vein 
  3. 
  Hind 
  wing 
  with 
  a 
  large 
  spot 
  beyond 
  the 
  cell, 
  

  

  