﻿NO. 
  1951. 
  NEW 
  LEPIDOPTERA 
  FROM 
  MEXICO— 
  DYAR. 
  287 
  

  

  FamUy 
  PERICOPIDiE. 
  

   Genus 
  PERICOPIS 
  Hutaner. 
  

  

  PERICOPIS 
  ZELADON, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  Head 
  and 
  thorax 
  dark 
  brown; 
  patagia 
  light 
  yellow 
  on 
  basal 
  third. 
  

   Abdomen 
  red 
  above 
  with 
  dorsal 
  dark 
  brown 
  stripe; 
  venter 
  light 
  yel- 
  

   low, 
  with 
  lateral 
  brown 
  stripe; 
  legs 
  lined 
  with 
  light 
  yellow. 
  Fore 
  

   wing 
  dark 
  brown 
  with 
  a 
  broad 
  hyaline 
  V-shaped 
  marking, 
  its 
  apex 
  

   on 
  tornus, 
  becoming 
  3^ellow 
  on 
  costa 
  and 
  inclosing 
  a 
  square 
  discal 
  

   patch; 
  a 
  small 
  projection 
  between 
  veins 
  4 
  and 
  5. 
  Hind 
  wing 
  reddish 
  

   orange; 
  a 
  submarginal 
  black 
  band 
  containing 
  irregularly 
  shaped 
  

   powdery 
  whitish 
  spots; 
  discal 
  venules 
  black 
  marked 
  ; 
  an 
  outer 
  short, 
  

   more 
  or 
  less 
  distinctly 
  developed 
  black 
  line, 
  between 
  veins 
  2-7, 
  or 
  

   shorter; 
  when 
  present 
  the 
  line 
  is 
  bent 
  outward 
  between 
  veins 
  4 
  and 
  

   5 
  and 
  may 
  be 
  preceded 
  by 
  semihyaline 
  patches 
  beyond 
  the 
  discal 
  

   cross 
  vein. 
  Expanse, 
  63 
  mm. 
  

  

  Cotypes. 
  — 
  Seven 
  males, 
  No. 
  14513, 
  U.S.N.M., 
  Orizaba, 
  Mexico, 
  

   March 
  and 
  May, 
  1911, 
  August, 
  1906 
  (R. 
  Miiller); 
  Jalapa, 
  Mexico 
  

   (Schaus 
  collection). 
  

  

  Family 
  NOCTUID^. 
  

  

  Subfamily 
  ^G-ROTIN-^. 
  

  

  Genus 
  LYGRANTHOECIA 
  Grote 
  and 
  Robinson. 
  

  

  LYGRANTHOECIA 
  AMBLYS, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  Ocherous 
  ; 
  thorax 
  olivaceous 
  brown 
  ; 
  fore 
  wing 
  olivaceous 
  ocherous 
  ; 
  

   basal 
  and 
  terminal 
  spaces 
  vinous 
  brown, 
  the 
  basal 
  space 
  with 
  a 
  

   central 
  angle, 
  slightly 
  edged 
  with 
  whitish; 
  a 
  large 
  diffuse 
  dark 
  discal 
  

   cloud. 
  Hind 
  wing 
  ocherous, 
  shaded 
  with 
  black 
  at 
  base, 
  subcostally 
  

   and 
  along 
  inner 
  margin; 
  a 
  broad 
  outer 
  black 
  margin; 
  discal 
  mark 
  

   large, 
  black, 
  semicircular. 
  Expanse, 
  22 
  mm. 
  

  

  Cotypes. 
  — 
  Four 
  males, 
  four 
  females, 
  No. 
  14668, 
  U.S.N.M., 
  Cuer- 
  

   navaca, 
  Mexico, 
  July 
  and 
  August, 
  1906 
  (W. 
  Schaus). 
  

  

  The 
  females 
  are 
  a 
  little 
  darker 
  and 
  more 
  contrastingly 
  colored 
  than 
  

   the 
  males, 
  while 
  the 
  discal 
  mark 
  is 
  square 
  and 
  distinct 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  

   same 
  vinous 
  brown 
  color 
  as 
  the 
  basal 
  and 
  terminal 
  areas. 
  

  

  Genus 
  MISELIA 
  Hubner. 
  

  

  MISELIA 
  TRANSVITTA, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  Light 
  gray, 
  minutely 
  irrorate; 
  a 
  black 
  basal 
  dash, 
  forked 
  at 
  its 
  

   apex; 
  inner 
  line 
  whitish, 
  broadly 
  curved, 
  its 
  termination 
  on 
  inner 
  

   margin 
  close 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  outer 
  line, 
  which 
  is 
  similar, 
  whitish, 
  both 
  

   veiy 
  indistinct; 
  between 
  them 
  and 
  bordering 
  the 
  inner 
  line 
  is 
  a 
  broad 
  

   oblique 
  black 
  shade, 
  its 
  lower 
  end 
  truncated 
  by 
  the 
  outer 
  line; 
  

  

  