﻿NO. 
  1951. 
  NEW 
  LEPIDOPTERA 
  FROM 
  MEXICO— 
  DYAR. 
  313 
  

  

  Genus 
  TEPHRINOPSIS 
  Warren. 
  

  

  TEPHRINOPSIS 
  CONIARIA, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  Pale 
  straw 
  color, 
  powdered 
  with 
  brown; 
  fore 
  wing 
  with 
  a 
  large 
  

   discal 
  dot 
  and 
  four 
  bands 
  of 
  powdery 
  brown; 
  inner 
  one 
  broken 
  

   centrally; 
  mesial 
  one 
  nearly 
  contiQuous, 
  but 
  more 
  distinct 
  on 
  costa 
  

   and 
  inner 
  margin; 
  outer 
  one 
  represented 
  by 
  marks 
  on 
  the 
  costa 
  and 
  

   margin; 
  subterminal 
  one 
  distinct, 
  broad, 
  preceded 
  by 
  a 
  lighter 
  shade 
  

   of 
  the 
  ground 
  color. 
  Hind 
  wing 
  with 
  mesial 
  line 
  strongly 
  angled 
  in 
  

   its 
  middle, 
  its 
  lower 
  limb 
  distmct, 
  its 
  upper 
  limb 
  obsolete; 
  a 
  sub- 
  

   marginal 
  pale 
  shade, 
  defined 
  by 
  absence 
  of 
  brown 
  irro 
  rations. 
  

   Expanse, 
  21 
  mm. 
  

  

  Type.— 
  One 
  female, 
  No. 
  14452, 
  U.S.N.M., 
  Orizaba, 
  Mexico, 
  August, 
  

   1911 
  (R. 
  Miiller). 
  

  

  The 
  species 
  looks 
  like 
  Microxydia 
  pulverosa 
  Schaus, 
  but 
  it 
  has 
  the 
  

  

  lines 
  of 
  the 
  hind 
  wing 
  bent 
  at 
  an 
  angle. 
  It 
  also 
  resembles 
  Tephrirm 
  

  

  suhmarcata 
  Schaus, 
  but 
  this 
  also 
  has 
  straight 
  bands 
  on 
  the 
  hind 
  

  

  wing. 
  

  

  Genus 
  DIASTICTIS 
  HUbner. 
  

  

  DIASTICTIS 
  LAMITARIA, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  Light 
  lilacine 
  gray, 
  fuiely 
  dusted 
  with 
  brown; 
  head 
  and 
  collar 
  dull 
  

   ocherous 
  shaded; 
  fore 
  wmg 
  with 
  the 
  inner 
  line 
  very 
  fine 
  and 
  slender; 
  

   a 
  small 
  dark 
  discal 
  mark; 
  mesial 
  line 
  just 
  beyond, 
  fine, 
  slender, 
  

   irregularly 
  waved 
  centrally; 
  outer 
  line 
  similar, 
  straighter, 
  bent 
  out- 
  

   wardly 
  on 
  submedian; 
  subterminal 
  line 
  shaded, 
  with 
  a 
  blotch 
  above 
  

   vein 
  5; 
  all 
  the 
  outer 
  lines 
  show 
  dark 
  stains 
  on 
  the 
  costa. 
  Hind 
  wing 
  

   whitish, 
  freckled 
  with 
  purplish 
  on 
  lower 
  two-thirds; 
  discal 
  dot 
  small; 
  

   traces 
  of 
  an 
  outer 
  line 
  near 
  inner 
  margin. 
  Expanse, 
  28 
  mm. 
  

  

  Type.— 
  One 
  male. 
  No. 
  14453, 
  U.S.N.M., 
  Cerritos, 
  San 
  Luis 
  Potosi, 
  

   Mexico, 
  August, 
  1911 
  (R. 
  Miiller). 
  

  

  Allied 
  to 
  D. 
  tenehrosata 
  Hulst. 
  

  

  Genus 
  ANISODES 
  Guenee. 
  

  

  ANISODES 
  MESOTURBATA, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  Ground 
  color 
  hght 
  ocherous 
  brown, 
  shaded 
  and 
  powdered 
  with 
  

   dark 
  rust}^ 
  brown 
  except 
  in 
  the 
  outer 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  median 
  space; 
  inner 
  

   line 
  dark 
  bro\vn, 
  straight, 
  except 
  for 
  a 
  bend 
  at 
  right 
  angles 
  on 
  sub- 
  

   costa; 
  discal 
  mark 
  a 
  minute 
  light 
  point 
  in 
  a 
  dark 
  ring; 
  mesial 
  line 
  

   dark, 
  shaded, 
  dentate 
  on 
  the 
  veins, 
  bent 
  inward 
  on 
  submedian; 
  

   outer 
  line 
  nearly 
  resolved 
  into 
  dots 
  on 
  the 
  veins, 
  bent 
  outward 
  sub- 
  

   costally 
  ; 
  veins 
  slightly 
  darker 
  outwardly. 
  Hind 
  wing 
  the 
  same 
  except 
  

   for 
  the 
  inner 
  line; 
  mesial 
  shade 
  just 
  beyond 
  the 
  discal 
  mark; 
  space 
  

   between 
  it 
  and 
  the 
  outer 
  line 
  pale. 
  Expanse, 
  28 
  mm. 
  

  

  Type. 
  — 
  One 
  male, 
  No. 
  14454, 
  U.S.N.M., 
  Cerritos, 
  San 
  Luis 
  Potosi, 
  

   Mexico, 
  August, 
  1911 
  (R 
  .Miiller). 
  

  

  