482 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIOyAL MUSEUM. vol. xxx. 



TEPHROCLYSTIA HELENARIA, new species. 



Foreirlmj. — Ground-color pale, ))ut so densely covered with olive- 

 fu.scous as to api)ear of that color, only the inner lines showing pale; 

 basal small, edg-ed by a dark line, outwardly paler; inner line from 

 before one-third of costa, anj^led in cell, then oblique inward to one- 

 fourth of inner margin, edged inwardly with palei'; outer line at two- 

 thirds, hardly ))ent below costa, then oblique, edged outwardl}" by a 

 broad line of cream-color; su])nmrginal line curved, pale, insinuate on 

 submedian fold, cell spot dark; in the central area throe dark ci'oss 

 lines are traceable, and sometimes two beyond outer pale line; mar- 

 ginal dark line interrupted; fringe checkered light and dark ])rown. 



IIhi(lirin<j. — With all the markings repeated but fainter, and with- 

 out basal line: the su})marginal obscurely denticulate. 



lender side paler and brighter; the margins of central fascia and the 

 cell spots blackish and diffuse; costa of forewing with dark shades. 



Head, palpi, center of thorax and dorsum cream-color; shoulders and 

 patagia, a lateral streak on abdomen, and a ring on basal segment 

 blackish; legs and abdomen l)eneath all cream-color. 



Expanse ofw!n(/s.- — 17-11> mm. 



Local Uy. — Brazil; 2 females; one. the type, from Sao Paulo, the 

 other from Castro, Parana, Brazil. 



^^/iA^— Cat. No. 9309, U.S.N.M. 



TEPHROCLYSTIA INDECISA, new species. 



Forewing. — Cream-color, suflfused with olive l)rownish; basal patch 

 brown, its edge bent in cell, crossed by a pale line, and followed by a 

 pale })and with dark traversing line; central fascia with its edges 

 broadly brown, divided above middle to costa t>y a })ale patch of ground- 

 color traversed by a brown line; pale ))and following clearest on costa; 

 sul)marginal line tine, wavy, dentate, followed ))y a pale patch between 

 veins 3 and 4; marginal line dark brown interrupted at the veins; 

 fringe cream-coloi", brown beyond veins; the subcostal vein l)roadly 

 cream-color, tht> median narrowly. 



Hiridwing. — Without the basal markings: the pale intervals ))roader 

 and the dark bands restricted and grayer; submarginal line sharply 

 dentate; the veins pale olive-])rown toward margin. 



Under side ochreous, with forewing nuich suti'used with gray; all 

 the lines fuscous; the outer edge of central fascia and shade preceding 

 su])marginal line conspicuous. 



Head and thorax brown, the veitex and a broad band across pro- 

 thorax white: al)domen with a brown band at base, the rest gra}'^. 



Kip<(nxe nf trill (/s. — 20 mm. 



Locality. — Jalapa. Mexico; 1 male. 



The antenna' possess to each joint pairs of slender fascicles of cilia. 



Tyjjc.—C'dt. No. 9810, U.S.N.M. 



