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with black scales ; an indistinct basal line, curved to base of 
inner margin ; inner line darker brown, inwardly shaded with 
pale reddish brown, straight from costa to inner margin, 
followed in cell by a white spot, which is then followed by a 
small black spot ; a subterminal reddish-brown line, inwardly 
edged with buff, and followed by black spots on veins; ter- 
minal black points at tips of veins. Secondaries brown, 
thickly irrorated with black scales ; a subterminal black shade, 
widest at apex. Underneath brown ; darker discal points. 
Expanse 39 millim. 
flab. Jalapa, Mexico. 
Phurys dentilinea. 
Head and thorax light grey. Abdomen light brown.  Pri- 
maries light grey; a faint basal line; the inner line pale, 
slightly shaded outwardly with olivaceous brown, somewhat 
curved inwardly, more remote from base on inner margin 
than on costal margin, and preceded in the male by a small 
velvety black spot on the inner margin; reniform large, out- 
wardly and inwardly marked by a dark line, closely followed 
by two fine, dentate, darker grey lines; a buff line slightly 
shaded outwardly with brown from costa near apex to inner 
margin near angle; a subterminal fine dentate dark grey line; 
a terminal similar line. Secondaries light brown on basal 
two thirds; the outer margin dark greyish brown; a buff 
outer line between the pale and dark portion. Underneath 
light brown; a darker outer line. 
Expanse 42 millim. 
Hab. Orizaba, Mexico. 
Mocis griscescens. 
9 .—Body grey. Primaries grey; basal line fine, broad, 
straight from costa to median vein; inner line fine, velvety 
brown, outwardly shaded with reddish brown, outwardly 
oblique from cesta, angled on subcostal vein, preceded on 
inner margin by a velvety black spot; orbicular represented 
by a small buff point ; reniform large, oval, consisting of a 
fine brown line ; two fine oblique lines from costa to reniform, 
and a wavy fine line from reniform to inner margin; outer 
line fine, geminate, outwardly lunular, followed by a reddish- 
brown line, oblique from costa, forming two slight curves 
above and below vein 7, then straight to inner margin, and 
immediately followed by the subterminal blackish shade, 
which is straight from costa near apex to vein 7, then dentate 
to inner margin; a few black points on veins beyond the 
