﻿NO. 
  1951. 
  NEW 
  LEPIDOPTERA 
  FROM 
  MEXICO— 
  DYAR. 
  323 
  

  

  BALLOVIA, 
  new 
  genus. 
  

  

  With 
  the 
  characters 
  of 
  Pristarthria 
  Ragonot/ 
  but 
  the 
  antennae 
  of 
  

   the 
  male 
  have 
  only 
  a 
  single 
  tooth 
  in 
  the 
  basal 
  sinus. 
  

   Type-species. 
  — 
  Ballovia 
  cistipennis, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  BALLOVIA 
  CISTIPENNIS, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  Fore 
  wing 
  gray, 
  with 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  of 
  a 
  whitish 
  shade 
  through 
  the 
  

   middle; 
  a 
  large 
  rounded 
  black 
  spot 
  in 
  the 
  center 
  of 
  the 
  wing 
  in 
  the 
  

   position 
  of 
  the 
  inner 
  line, 
  outlined 
  by 
  the 
  whitish 
  shading, 
  wliich 
  in 
  

   dark 
  specimens 
  forms 
  an 
  amiulus 
  about 
  it; 
  discal 
  mark 
  lunate, 
  dark, 
  

   faint; 
  outer 
  line 
  whitish, 
  curved 
  inward 
  below 
  costa 
  and 
  at 
  sub- 
  

   median 
  fold, 
  a 
  dark 
  gray 
  shade 
  within 
  it 
  in 
  pale 
  specimens, 
  widening 
  

   below; 
  subterminal 
  line 
  whitish, 
  preceded 
  and 
  followed 
  by 
  gray 
  dots, 
  

   which 
  are 
  illy 
  contrasted 
  in 
  dark 
  specimens. 
  Hind 
  wing 
  whitish, 
  

   translucent, 
  a 
  little 
  yellowish 
  tinted 
  on 
  margin; 
  inner 
  margin 
  folded 
  

   and 
  swollen 
  in 
  the 
  male, 
  covering 
  yellowish 
  androconia. 
  Expanse, 
  

   20-21 
  mm. 
  

  

  Cotyijes.—FoMY 
  males, 
  one 
  female. 
  No. 
  15238, 
  U.S.N.M., 
  Wildey, 
  

   Barbados, 
  October 
  31, 
  1911 
  (H, 
  A. 
  Ballou, 
  Commissioner 
  of 
  Agri- 
  

   culture, 
  Imperial 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture 
  for 
  the 
  West 
  Indies), 
  

   larvae 
  injurious 
  to 
  cowpeas. 
  

  

  Family 
  COSSIDiE. 
  

   Genus 
  GIVIRA 
  Walker. 
  

  

  GIVIRA 
  GABRIEL, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  Dark 
  gray. 
  Fore 
  wing 
  pale 
  gray 
  on 
  the 
  central 
  third, 
  brownish 
  

   gray 
  at 
  base 
  and 
  in 
  a 
  large 
  area 
  over 
  the 
  discal 
  venules; 
  a 
  semilunate 
  

   deep 
  brown 
  bar, 
  touching 
  the 
  costa 
  subapically, 
  surrounded 
  by 
  wliite; 
  

   a 
  similar 
  upright 
  angular 
  marking 
  on 
  middle 
  of 
  inner 
  margui, 
  nearly 
  

   reaching 
  costa; 
  a 
  slight 
  olivaceous 
  tint 
  in 
  the 
  shading 
  along 
  inner 
  

   margin; 
  reticulations 
  indistinct, 
  dotted 
  along 
  the 
  costal 
  area, 
  very 
  

   fine 
  on 
  lower 
  part 
  of 
  wing. 
  Hind 
  wing 
  whitish 
  gray, 
  finely 
  powdery- 
  

   reticulate. 
  Expanse, 
  34 
  mm. 
  

  

  One 
  male, 
  Cerritos, 
  San 
  Luis 
  Potosi, 
  Mexico, 
  August, 
  1911 
  (R. 
  

   Muller). 
  

  

  Type.—^o. 
  14468, 
  U.S.N.M. 
  

  

  GIVIRA 
  FELICOMA, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  Reddish 
  brown, 
  the 
  costa 
  and 
  outer 
  area 
  of 
  wing 
  gray, 
  aU 
  with 
  

   dense, 
  short, 
  clouded 
  gray 
  strigse; 
  a 
  dark 
  cloud 
  at 
  end 
  of 
  cell, 
  followed 
  

   by 
  brighter 
  reddish; 
  dark 
  also 
  between 
  the 
  discal 
  venules, 
  which 
  

   are 
  themselves 
  reddish 
  lined. 
  Hind 
  wing 
  whitish, 
  with 
  but 
  few 
  gray 
  

   strigse. 
  Expanse, 
  36 
  mm. 
  

  

  iMonog. 
  Phyc. 
  et 
  Gall., 
  M6m. 
  Lep. 
  Romanoff, 
  vol. 
  7, 
  1893, 
  p. 
  326. 
  

  

  