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])i.stingiii.sl);i1)le from dfcid and dcjiirla by the ah.sciice of the 

 biisiil black fascia on socoiKhirics. Allied to ([anlstiai by the 

 markings dI" Ihr iimlcr surface of fon- wings but, the cohjr is jmler, 

 \\\i' ))lack .s|)ots n(jt ocelhite and tlie (»ntrr line fragmentary. 



Cilrotella, n. p. 



The moth is closely sciilcd, tlio bofly parts being all approssedly squamous. 

 Ocelli. Fore tibiae with an inner terminal claw like spine and a short outer 

 s])inul(!. Middle tibiae spinose ; hind tibiae unarmed ; all the tarsi unarmed. 

 Palpi not exceeding the embossed front. Eyes naked. Male antennae stout 

 and rather short, entirely simple, being merely jjubescent beneath, scaled above. 

 Fore wings triangulate, apices rounded, entire ; hind wings rounded. 



This genus, named for Mr. A. R. Grotc, is erected for a small 

 species, recalling the Arctiid genus Einydia, Avith snow white pri- 

 maries. The genus falls in between IlelioUiis and Taraclie. The 

 neuration cannot as yet be studied. 



Grotella septempnnctata, n. s. 



5 . — Fore wings and thorax immaculate snow white. At the place of the 

 t. a. line are three peri)endicular black distinct rounded dots, one at the mid- 

 dle of the wing, one at costa, one at internal margin. This is succeded at 

 outer third by a second, nearly parallel row of four black dots in pairs, the 

 interspace between the second and third dots over the median nervules being 

 widest. Beneath the fore wings are blackish, except at internal margin, with 

 a black stained dot at outer third. Hind wings white beneath, with the costal 

 edge smoky and an indication of a transverse facia there apparent ; above 

 smoky outwardly, white at base. Antennae testaceous. Head above white, 

 face black; terminal palpal joints black. Tongue testaceous. Legs mostly 

 black or blackish, white or dotted. Lines of the thorax beneath white. 



Expanse, 21 m. m. Hah., Texas (G. W. Belfrage, Xovember). 



Lygrantlioecia roseitincta, n. s. 



Antennnae, simple, hairy, labial palpi, hairy, eyes naked, ocelli, fore tibae 

 with a double row of spinules and inner longer terminal claw; middle 

 and hind tibae iinarmed. Thorax of a light ochreous yellow, beneath drab ; 

 abdomen dark Quaker drab at upper portion, lower portion reddish, beneath. 



