394 K0CTUID.T5. 



2o78. Biyomima chryselectra. (Plato C VIII. fig. 4.) 



Haiiriia chri/seleclrn, Grote, Can. ¥a\\. xii. p. 244 (1880); Smith, Cat. 



Noct. N. Am. p. 147. 

 Pcrufra U„i,pia, II. Kchv. Tapili.., iv. p. 122(1884) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. 



N. Am. p.' 154. 



$ . Head and thorax whitish suffused with pale pinkish : i)alpi 

 tinged with fuscous at sides ; tegulas with a few black scales ; 

 ])rothoracic crest mixed Avith brown ; tarsi blackish ringed with 

 white; abdomen ochreous dorsallj- suffused with fuscous, the base 

 ■white. Fore wing white irrorated with a few dark scales, the 

 ante- and jiostmedial areas pale pinkisli ; subbasal line dou])le, 

 dark, waved, from costa to subnicdian fold ; antemedial lino 

 double, dark, irregularly waved ; claviforra absent ; orbicular and 

 reniform small, defined by black, the former round; an irregular 

 medial shade obsolescent except towards costa; postmedial line 

 double, bent outwards below costa, then waved, excurvcd to vein 4, 

 then strongly incurved and bent outwards to inner margin, some 

 white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line defined only by 

 fuscous dentate marks on inner side, dentate, above and below 

 vein 5 angled inwards to near postmedial line ; a terminal series of 

 small black lunules ; cilia ochreous white. Hind wing whitish 

 tinged with brown, the terminal area broadly fuscous brown ; 

 traces of a discoidal point and postmedial line ; cilia pale yellow ; 

 the underside white slightly irrorated with brown and the terminal 

 area tinged Avith brown. 



JJaf>. U.S. .v., Colorado, Arizona, Cochise Co., "Wilgus, 1 2 • 

 Exj). 32 millim. 



Suhsjy. 1. Head and thorax suffused with deep olive fuscous ; fore 

 wing with the ante- and ])0stmcdial areas deep olive -fuscous, the 

 dentate medial shade strong. 



Bab. Mexico, Orizaba (Scharts), 1 $ . 



Genus BLEPHARIDIA. ^^ ^ 



Blrphriridin, Piing. Iris, xiii. p. 122 (I'JOO) lama. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint fringed with long 

 hair in front ; frons smooth ; ejes large, rounded ; antenna; of male typically 

 minutely serrate and fasciculate; head and thorax'clothcd witli hair and haii- 

 like ficalcs, the pro- and nictathorax with spreading crests ; tibia' fringed with 

 hair; abdomen wifli dorsal crest at base only. Fore wing with the terineii 

 crenulate; veins ,'i and .'i from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle; from 

 10 anastomosing witii S to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with 

 veins 3. 4 froin angle of cell ; ;") obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ; 0, 7 

 shortly stalked ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. 



Sect. I. Antennas of male bipecliuate with moderate branches, the apical third 

 serrate. 



2579. Blepharidia amicina. 



Hadcna amichia, Staud. Iris, viii. p. 322 (1895); id. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 171. 



c? . Head and thorax rufous, the scales slightly tipped with grey ; 

 abdomen rufous, the anal tuft pale rufous. Fore wing rufous 



