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some reddish shading; a brown shade-line from middle of costa 

 curves out below vein 6 to outer line; outer line angled at vein 

 7, inwardly oblique to vein 2, curved, a tooth on submedian fold; 

 subterminal line even, arcuated; some purple and brown suffusion 

 above anal angle. Hind wing similar, the outer line irregularly 

 curved, not angled; subterminal area as on fore wing. Expanse, 

 40 mm. 



r?/^^.— Female, Cat. No. 21287, U.S.N.M.; Cuernavaca, Mexico, 

 June, 1914 (E. Miiller). 



This may prove a dimorphic form of S. eucore. 



Genus PHEROTESIA Schaus. 



PHEROTESIA DENTATA, new species. 



Fore wing light olive brown, densely irrorate with black, some- 

 what mottled ; outer line only visible, black, sharply but irregularly 

 dentate on the veins; discal dot small, black; a black cusp at origin 

 of vein 2 ; black terminal cusps between the veins. Hind wing sor- 

 did yellowish at base ; outer half mottled with brown-gray ; forming 

 a submarginal series of spots ; discal dot small. Expanse, 29 mm. 



Type. — ^Male, Cat. No. 21288, U.S.N.M. ; Cuernavaca, Mexico, June, 

 1914 (R. Miiller). 



Genus NESALCIS Warren. 



NESALCIS CEDIOPASA, new species. 



Fore wing reddish gray, irrorate with black, a coppery reddish 

 shade beyond outer line; inner line black, thick, curved, spotted on 

 discal and submedian folds, its ends faint; discal dot round, black, 

 large; outer line black, thick, spotted on the veins, extruded at 

 veins 3^, arched inward below vein 2; faint black dots for subter- 

 minal line; terminal line crenulate, forming black spots between 

 the veins. Hind wing similar ; no inner line ; outer line less irregu- 

 lar. Expanse, 33 mm. 



Type.— M^ilQ, Cat. No. 21289, U.S.N.M. ; Zacualpan, Mexico, July, 

 1914 (R. Miiller). 



Subfamily Hemitheinae. 



Genus RACHEOSPILA Guenee. 



RACHEOSPILA CARA, new species. 



Wings translucent, green, mottled with yellowish ; fore wing with 

 the costa dark purple rather broadly ; a terminal red-purple line, dis- 

 located on to the fringe at ends of veins ; a straight outer line, purple, 

 edged with yellow, dotted on the veins; a little purple along inner 

 margin. Hind wing with the outer line curved, fainter than on fore 

 wing ; termen the same ; a little red-purple on inner margin at the end 



