﻿NO. 
  1951. 
  NEW 
  LEPIDOPTERA 
  FROM 
  MEXICO— 
  DYAR. 
  301 
  

  

  Genus 
  MATIGRAMMA 
  Grote. 
  

   MATIGRAMMA 
  PSEGMAPTERYX. 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  Soft 
  bluish 
  gray, 
  dark 
  in 
  tone; 
  lines 
  blackish, 
  wavy, 
  not 
  contrasted, 
  

   forming 
  about 
  ten 
  dark 
  specks 
  along 
  the 
  costa; 
  inner 
  and 
  median 
  

   lines 
  slender, 
  waved; 
  a 
  dot 
  toward 
  base 
  of 
  cell; 
  reniform 
  a 
  large, 
  

   kidney-shaped 
  pale 
  area; 
  outer 
  line 
  a 
  little 
  more 
  distinct 
  than 
  the 
  

   others, 
  edging 
  the 
  pale 
  reniform, 
  broken 
  below 
  but 
  joined 
  by 
  a 
  line 
  

   from 
  costa 
  within 
  reniform; 
  three 
  wavy 
  lines 
  between 
  reniform 
  and 
  

   margin, 
  the 
  inner 
  one 
  shaded 
  and 
  forming 
  an 
  enlargement 
  below 
  

   vein 
  2; 
  a 
  waved 
  terminal 
  dark 
  line; 
  fringe 
  crossed 
  by 
  light 
  streaks. 
  

   Hind 
  wing 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  color 
  as 
  fore 
  wing, 
  crossed 
  by 
  seven 
  indistinct 
  

   waved 
  dark 
  lines, 
  the 
  subterminal 
  one 
  a 
  little 
  the 
  most 
  distinct 
  and 
  

   well 
  scalloped; 
  fringe 
  as 
  on 
  fore 
  wing. 
  Expanse, 
  32 
  mm. 
  

  

  Type.— 
  Female, 
  No. 
  14437, 
  U.S.N.M., 
  Cerritos, 
  San 
  Luis 
  Potosi, 
  

   Mexico, 
  August, 
  1911 
  (R. 
  Miiller). 
  

  

  Genus 
  PROTHYMIA 
  Hubner. 
  

  

  PROTHYMIA 
  CATAPLEXIS, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  Yellow; 
  vertex, 
  sides 
  of 
  front 
  and 
  bases 
  of 
  patagia 
  crimson. 
  Fore 
  

   wing 
  yellow; 
  costa 
  crimson 
  on 
  basal 
  half, 
  the 
  crimson 
  band 
  notched 
  

   beneath; 
  outer 
  half 
  of 
  wing 
  crimsom, 
  the 
  inner 
  border 
  oblique 
  and 
  a 
  

   little 
  irregular, 
  the 
  crimson 
  area 
  inclosing 
  a 
  yellow 
  triangular 
  area 
  on 
  

   inner 
  margin. 
  Hind 
  wing 
  fuscous 
  tinged. 
  Beneath, 
  fore 
  wing 
  dark 
  

   gray, 
  crimson 
  tinged 
  toward 
  apex. 
  Hind 
  wing 
  whitish. 
  Expanse, 
  

   19 
  mm. 
  

  

  Type. 
  — 
  F'emale, 
  No, 
  14517, 
  U.S.N.M., 
  Sierra 
  de 
  Guerrero, 
  Mexico, 
  

   October, 
  1911 
  (R. 
  Miiller). 
  

  

  Genus 
  PLEONECTYPTERA 
  Grote. 
  

   PLEONECTYPTERA 
  IGNILINEA, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  Fore 
  vnng 
  dark 
  violeceous 
  gray, 
  the 
  two 
  lines 
  nearly 
  straight, 
  

   parallel, 
  dark, 
  shaded 
  with 
  coppery 
  red, 
  the 
  outer 
  with 
  a 
  following 
  

   pale 
  border 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  red 
  tint 
  prevails 
  ; 
  reniform 
  outlined 
  in 
  dark 
  

   faintly; 
  subterminal 
  space 
  darker, 
  purplish, 
  irregularly 
  limited 
  out- 
  

   wardly 
  by 
  the 
  paler 
  marginal 
  area; 
  narrow 
  dark 
  terminal 
  dashes. 
  

   Hind 
  wing 
  lighter 
  than 
  fore 
  wing, 
  but 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  general 
  tone; 
  

   traces 
  of 
  a 
  mesial 
  darker 
  line. 
  Expanse, 
  25 
  mm. 
  

  

  Type. 
  — 
  Female, 
  No. 
  14547, 
  U.S.N.M., 
  Tehuacan, 
  Mexico, 
  August, 
  

   1910(R.MiiUer). 
  

  

  Genus 
  PANGRAPTA 
  Hubner. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  species 
  are 
  placed 
  provisionally 
  in 
  this 
  genus. 
  The 
  

   specimens 
  are 
  all 
  females. 
  

  

  