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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM. 
  

  

  ERIOPYGA 
  CRACERDOTA, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  Dark 
  gray, 
  with 
  slight 
  brown 
  tint; 
  fore 
  wing 
  with 
  the 
  subbasal 
  

   half-line 
  slender, 
  whitish; 
  inner 
  line 
  straight, 
  slightly 
  oblique, 
  whitish, 
  

   narrowly 
  and 
  obscurely 
  dark-edged 
  without; 
  claviform 
  absent; 
  

   orbicular 
  and 
  reniform 
  large 
  whitish 
  rings, 
  the 
  orbicular 
  slightly 
  

   oblique, 
  the 
  reniform 
  incised 
  without; 
  median 
  shade-line 
  slender, 
  

   dark, 
  bent 
  in 
  the 
  cell 
  between 
  the 
  stigmata; 
  outer 
  line 
  whitish, 
  

   sharply 
  bent 
  beyond 
  the 
  cell, 
  followed 
  by 
  a 
  row 
  of 
  square 
  dark-brown 
  

   dots; 
  subterminal 
  line 
  straight, 
  whitish, 
  distinct; 
  a 
  row 
  of 
  dark 
  mar- 
  

   ginal 
  dots, 
  cut 
  off 
  by 
  slender 
  pale 
  crescents. 
  Hind 
  wing 
  shaded 
  with 
  

   fuscous, 
  a 
  little 
  lighter 
  toward 
  base; 
  veins 
  dark. 
  Expanse, 
  30-31 
  

   mm. 
  

  

  Male 
  with 
  long 
  sparse 
  hair 
  on 
  the 
  cell 
  of 
  fore 
  wing 
  beneath 
  ; 
  antennsB 
  

   finely 
  ciliate; 
  side 
  pieces 
  of 
  genitalia 
  rather 
  conspicuously 
  covered 
  

   with 
  dark 
  yellowish 
  hairs. 
  

  

  Cotypes. 
  — 
  ^Thrce 
  males, 
  one 
  female. 
  No. 
  14545, 
  U.S.N.M., 
  Zacual- 
  

   pan, 
  Mexico, 
  August, 
  1909; 
  September 
  and 
  October, 
  1911 
  (R. 
  Miiller). 
  

  

  ERIOPYGA 
  CRENULATA 
  Butler. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  occurs 
  in 
  the 
  eastern 
  part 
  of 
  North 
  America 
  to 
  the 
  

   pfeins. 
  Hampson* 
  gives 
  also 
  localities 
  in 
  Mexico, 
  Central 
  America, 
  

   and 
  southward. 
  This 
  southern 
  form 
  is 
  distinct 
  from 
  the 
  northern 
  

   crenulata, 
  being 
  a 
  larger, 
  heavier 
  species, 
  with 
  coarse 
  and 
  more 
  promi- 
  

   nently 
  angled 
  markings. 
  The 
  male 
  anal 
  tuftings 
  are 
  less 
  developed, 
  

   the 
  pale 
  hairs 
  being 
  absent 
  and 
  they 
  are 
  apparentl}'- 
  less 
  extensible. 
  

   On 
  the 
  under 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  fore 
  wing 
  of 
  the 
  male 
  the 
  down-curved 
  hairs 
  

   extend 
  below 
  the 
  cell 
  and 
  are 
  not 
  confined 
  to 
  the 
  area 
  in 
  and 
  beyond 
  

   it, 
  as 
  Ilampson 
  correctly 
  figures 
  for 
  crenulata 
  (fig. 
  74). 
  The 
  typical 
  

   form 
  of 
  this 
  southern 
  species 
  occurs 
  in 
  Mexico, 
  Central 
  America, 
  

   Venezuela, 
  and 
  Ecuador. 
  To 
  the 
  southward 
  smaller, 
  less 
  strongly 
  

   marked 
  forms 
  occur; 
  whether 
  species 
  or 
  races 
  can 
  not 
  well 
  be 
  decided 
  

   from 
  the 
  present 
  material. 
  They 
  are 
  separately 
  described 
  below. 
  

  

  ERIOPYGA 
  VESQUESA, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  Large, 
  robust, 
  the 
  male 
  with 
  the 
  doAvn-curved 
  hairs 
  on 
  fore 
  wing 
  

   below 
  extending 
  below 
  the 
  cell. 
  Purplish 
  brown, 
  the 
  lines 
  pale, 
  fine; 
  

   subbasal 
  half-line 
  slightly 
  curved; 
  inner 
  line 
  oblique, 
  dislocated 
  in 
  

   cell, 
  preceded 
  by 
  black 
  dots 
  on 
  vein 
  1 
  ; 
  orbicular 
  and 
  reniform 
  both 
  

   large, 
  oblique, 
  pale-outlined; 
  outer 
  line 
  roundedly 
  angled 
  at 
  right 
  

   angles 
  on 
  upper 
  third, 
  followed 
  by 
  a 
  row 
  of 
  indistinct 
  double 
  black 
  

   dots; 
  subterminal 
  lines 
  erect, 
  nearly 
  straight, 
  the 
  terminal 
  space 
  

   appearing 
  a 
  little 
  paler, 
  with 
  distinct 
  crenulate 
  pale 
  marginal 
  line. 
  

   Ilind 
  wing 
  dark 
  brown, 
  the 
  veins 
  darker, 
  fringes 
  pale. 
  Expanse, 
  

   35-40 
  mm. 
  

  

  »Cat. 
  Lep. 
  Phal. 
  Brit. 
  Mus., 
  vol. 
  5, 
  1906, 
  p. 
  320. 
  

  

  