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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM. 
  vol.44. 
  

  

  curved; 
  cell 
  hyaline, 
  with 
  blackish 
  central 
  spot 
  and 
  double 
  bar 
  at 
  the 
  

   end; 
  outer 
  line 
  gray, 
  crenulate, 
  central 
  segment 
  dislocated 
  outward 
  

   between 
  veins 
  3 
  and 
  5; 
  a 
  subterminal 
  wavy 
  shade. 
  Hind 
  wing 
  with 
  

   the 
  cell 
  hyaline, 
  a 
  small 
  central 
  black 
  dot 
  and 
  outward 
  reniform 
  mark 
  

   like 
  the 
  fore 
  wing 
  but 
  with 
  some 
  hyaline 
  area 
  beyond 
  it; 
  outer 
  line 
  

   and 
  margin 
  as 
  on 
  fore 
  wing. 
  Expanse, 
  47 
  mm. 
  

  

  Type.—U&ie, 
  No. 
  15234, 
  U.S.N.M., 
  Misantla, 
  Mexico, 
  June, 
  1912, 
  

   (K. 
  Miiller). 
  

  

  Apparently 
  allied 
  to 
  P. 
  rujinalis 
  Hampson 
  from 
  Venezuela.' 
  

  

  EDIA, 
  new 
  genus. 
  

  

  Palpi 
  porrect, 
  rostriform, 
  the 
  third 
  joint 
  downward 
  curved 
  and 
  

   hidden 
  in 
  hair, 
  extending 
  about 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  head 
  in 
  front. 
  

   Fore 
  wing 
  trigonate, 
  veins 
  2 
  to 
  5 
  well 
  separated, 
  the 
  lower 
  part 
  of 
  

   cell 
  rounded 
  ; 
  veins 
  6, 
  7 
  well 
  separated, 
  well 
  below 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  cell; 
  

   8, 
  9 
  stalked, 
  10 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  stalk, 
  11 
  far 
  removed 
  from 
  

   apex 
  of 
  cell. 
  Hind 
  wing 
  with 
  the 
  cell 
  produced 
  on 
  its 
  lower 
  half, 
  

   veins 
  2 
  to 
  5 
  well 
  separated, 
  6, 
  7 
  stalked 
  from 
  the 
  upper 
  angle 
  of 
  cell, 
  

   7 
  broadly 
  anastomosing 
  with 
  8 
  beyond 
  its 
  separation 
  from 
  6. 
  

  

  Allied 
  to 
  Protrigonia 
  Hampson. 
  ^ 
  

  

  Type-species. 
  — 
  Edia 
  microstagma, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  EDIA 
  MICROSTAGMA, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  Fore 
  wing 
  light 
  gray; 
  a 
  black 
  speck 
  at 
  base 
  of 
  costa; 
  inner 
  line 
  

   curved, 
  black, 
  broad, 
  distinct, 
  shaded 
  outwardly, 
  an 
  inward 
  notch 
  

   below 
  median 
  vein, 
  an 
  oblique 
  dash 
  slightly 
  within 
  on 
  inner 
  margin, 
  

   running 
  out 
  on 
  a 
  long 
  oblique 
  scale-tooth; 
  a 
  minute 
  whitish 
  spot 
  in 
  

   cell, 
  surrounded 
  by. 
  black; 
  a 
  brown 
  shading 
  beyond, 
  diffused 
  out- 
  

   wardly; 
  apex 
  broadly 
  brown 
  shaded, 
  in 
  which 
  are 
  black 
  streaks 
  on 
  

   the 
  veins 
  with 
  shorter 
  white 
  ones 
  above 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  frmge. 
  Hind 
  

   wing 
  fuscous 
  with 
  a 
  faint 
  outer 
  curved 
  dark 
  line 
  followed 
  by 
  wliitish 
  

   blotches 
  toward 
  tornus. 
  Expanse, 
  19-20 
  mm. 
  

  

  Cotypes.— 
  One 
  male, 
  one 
  female. 
  No. 
  15235, 
  U.S.N.M., 
  Tehuacan, 
  

   Mexico, 
  June, 
  1912 
  (R. 
  Miiller) 
  ; 
  Huachuca 
  Mountains, 
  Arizona, 
  July 
  

   24-30 
  (Dr. 
  W. 
  Barnes). 
  The 
  Arizonan 
  specimen 
  is 
  larger 
  and 
  lighter 
  

   than 
  the 
  Mexican 
  one, 
  the 
  brown 
  shade 
  on 
  middle 
  of 
  fore 
  wing 
  is 
  less 
  

   extensive 
  and 
  the 
  fringes 
  of 
  hind 
  wing 
  are 
  white. 
  A 
  second 
  specimen 
  

   from 
  Arizona 
  has 
  been 
  in 
  the 
  hands 
  of 
  Prof. 
  C. 
  H. 
  Fernald 
  for 
  many 
  

   years 
  (labeled 
  108) 
  and 
  will 
  ultimately 
  rest 
  in 
  Doctor 
  Barnes' 
  col- 
  

   lection. 
  

  

  SialDfainily 
  CRA^MiBIISr^. 
  

  

  . 
  Genus 
  DORATOPERAS 
  Hampson. 
  

  

  DORATOPERAS 
  SYSTRAPEGUS, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  Body 
  and 
  fore 
  wing 
  light 
  creamy 
  yellow, 
  the 
  fore 
  wing 
  sparsely 
  

   irrorated 
  with 
  black; 
  a 
  rather 
  large 
  black 
  discal 
  mark; 
  lines 
  brown, 
  

  

  I 
  Proc. 
  Zool. 
  Soc. 
  Lond., 
  1898, 
  p. 
  198. 
  » 
  Moths 
  of 
  India, 
  vol. 
  4, 
  1896, 
  p. 
  414. 
  

  

  