NO. 2239. NEW LEPIDOPTERA FROM MEXICO— DTAR. 363 



of the line. Face purple, vertex white; three raised white spots on 

 the abdomen. Expanse, 27 mm. 



Type. — Male, Cat. No. 21295, U.S.N.M. ; Zacualpan, Mexico, March, 

 1915 (K. Miiller). 



Near B. mustela Druce (Biol. Cent.-Am., Lep. Het., pi. 50, fig. 3), 

 but I think distinct. 



Subfamily Larentiinae. 

 Genus TEPHROCLYSTIA Hubner. 



TEPHROCLYSTIA ANALIS, new species. 



Fore wing rather pointed, dark gray, obscure ; discal spot distinct, 

 black, rounded ; inner line wavy, double, whitish-filled on costa ; outer 

 line rather thick and black, broken, distinct only to vein 3; a sub- 

 terminal broad shade, dentate roundedly and a little whitish beyond, 

 also fading out below; a terminal broken black line. Hind wing 

 pale, unmarked over disk, a small gray discal dot ; anal area broadly 

 irrorate with black, with traces of an outer line. Expanse, 19 mm. 



Ty^e.— Female, Cat. No. 21296, U.S.N.M. ; Zacualpan, Mexico, Sep- 

 tember, 1913 (R. Miiller). 



Similar to 2'. chrodna Druce, but the hind wing very different. 



TEPHROCLYSTIA CHIMERA, new species. 



Large, dark gray, a lighter area emanating from discal mark, which 

 is oval, black ; lines faint ; inner and outer double, blackish, the outer 

 angled inwardly subapically and a little whitish-filled ; inner angled 

 in cell ; subterminal line obsolete, marked only by some whitish scales ; 

 a terminal black line. Hind wing gray, nearly unmarked to median 

 vein; anal area broadly black-scaled, showing a double outer pale 

 band, which is continued faintly across wing; discal dot blackish. 

 Expanse, 24 mm. 



Type. — Female, Cat. No. 21297, U.S.N.M.; Zacualpan, Mexico, 

 June, 1914 (E. Miiller). 



TEPHROCLYSTIA CAPITATA, new species. 



Fore wing violaceous gray, reddish in median space; subbasal line 

 black, angled subcostally; inner line oblique, straight, touching the 

 discal dot with a sharp angle, then oblique to costa ; discal dot round, 

 black ; outer line curving from costa, parallel to inner line to vein 2, 

 then forming an outward angle on submedian fold ; subterminal line 

 slight, blackish, wavy, with inconspicuous white patches. Hind wing 

 a little lighter than fore wing ; a black streak along submedian fold ; 

 a thick black median bar from fold to margin ; a faint outer double 

 black line; a black terminal line as on fore wing. Expanse, 19 mm. 



Type.— Female, Cat. No. 21299, U.S.N.M.; Zacualpan, Mexico, 

 March, 1914 (E. Miiller). 



