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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM. 
  vol.44. 
  

  

  by 
  a 
  brownish 
  cloud; 
  in 
  the 
  male 
  the 
  basal 
  and 
  terminal 
  spaces 
  are 
  

   filled 
  in 
  with 
  pale 
  purplish. 
  Hind 
  wing 
  pale 
  yellow 
  with 
  a 
  dark 
  

   crimson 
  patch 
  on 
  basal 
  half 
  of 
  inner 
  margin, 
  in 
  the 
  male 
  forming 
  also 
  

   a 
  small 
  spot 
  at 
  end 
  of 
  cell. 
  Expanse, 
  male 
  54 
  mm. 
  ; 
  female 
  70 
  mm. 
  

   Cotypes. 
  — 
  Three 
  males, 
  one 
  female, 
  No. 
  15218, 
  U.S.N.M., 
  Cuerna- 
  

   vaca, 
  Mexico, 
  June, 
  1906 
  (W. 
  Schaus), 
  June, 
  1912 
  (R. 
  MiiUer). 
  

  

  Family 
  SYNTOMID^. 
  

   Genus 
  EUROTA 
  Walker. 
  

  

  EUROTA 
  DESCINTES, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  Black; 
  collar 
  with 
  white 
  point 
  at 
  side; 
  fore 
  coxae 
  marked 
  with 
  

   white; 
  fore 
  femora 
  fringed 
  with 
  crimson; 
  abdomen 
  with 
  lateral 
  row 
  

   of 
  elliptical 
  white 
  spots, 
  and 
  a 
  small 
  sublateral 
  row, 
  the 
  ventral 
  

   valve 
  of 
  the 
  male 
  narrowly 
  edged 
  with 
  white, 
  anal 
  tuft 
  crimson; 
  

   antennse 
  with 
  white 
  at 
  the 
  tip; 
  fore 
  wing 
  with 
  the 
  costa 
  swollen 
  at 
  

   base, 
  containing 
  an 
  elongate 
  whitish 
  hyaline 
  spot; 
  a 
  white 
  point 
  at 
  

   base; 
  a 
  quadrate 
  spot 
  below 
  the 
  costal 
  mark, 
  two 
  near 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  

   the 
  wing 
  and 
  a 
  row 
  of 
  four 
  pyriform 
  ones 
  before 
  apex. 
  Hind 
  wing 
  

   with 
  a 
  spot 
  near 
  base 
  and 
  a 
  large 
  quadrate 
  one 
  outwardly, 
  with 
  a 
  

   small 
  spot 
  below 
  it. 
  Expanse, 
  46-51 
  mm. 
  

  

  Cotypes. 
  — 
  Five 
  males, 
  five 
  females, 
  No. 
  14691, 
  U.S.N.M., 
  Morelos, 
  

   Mexico, 
  7,000 
  feet, 
  1906 
  (W. 
  Schaus). 
  

  

  Near 
  E. 
  vulcanus 
  Walker, 
  but 
  the 
  fore 
  legs 
  only 
  with 
  a 
  red 
  fringe, 
  

   the 
  white 
  markings 
  smaller 
  throughout 
  and 
  the 
  swelling 
  at 
  base 
  of 
  

   costa 
  larger. 
  

  

  Family 
  LITHOSIID^. 
  

  

  Genus 
  PTYCHOGLENE 
  Felder. 
  

   PTYCHOGLENE 
  STENODORA, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  Black, 
  with 
  slight 
  blue 
  reflection; 
  fore 
  wing 
  with 
  a 
  vermillion 
  

   subcostal 
  stripe, 
  widening 
  outwardly 
  from 
  base 
  and 
  terminating 
  a 
  

   little 
  obliquely 
  halfway 
  between 
  cell 
  and 
  margin. 
  Hind 
  wing 
  with 
  a 
  

   costal 
  stripe 
  terminating 
  before 
  apex. 
  Beneath 
  the 
  whole 
  of 
  the 
  

   fore 
  wing 
  is 
  red 
  except 
  a 
  narrow 
  costal 
  stripe 
  and 
  broad 
  outer 
  mar- 
  

   gin; 
  hind 
  wing 
  with 
  the 
  red 
  area 
  only 
  a 
  little 
  wider 
  than 
  above. 
  

   Expanse, 
  36 
  mm. 
  

  

  Cotypes.— 
  Two 
  females, 
  No. 
  14300, 
  U.S.N.M., 
  Tehuacan, 
  Mexico, 
  

   June, 
  1910 
  (R. 
  Miiller). 
  

  

  Family 
  ARCTIID.E. 
  

  

  Genus 
  EUCHAETIAS 
  Lyman. 
  

  

  EUCHAETIAS 
  CRESSIDA, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  Head 
  pale 
  gray 
  in 
  front, 
  orange 
  on 
  the 
  vertex. 
  Abdomen 
  orange 
  

   above, 
  white 
  with 
  a 
  gray 
  tint 
  below, 
  with 
  dorsal 
  and 
  lateral 
  rows 
  of 
  

  

  