INSECUTOR INSCITI^ MEJNSTRUUS 59 



NEW FORMS OF AMERICAN MOTHS 



(Lepidoptera) 



By HARRISON G. DYAR 



Family ARCTIID^ 



Pygarctia elegans haematodes, new variety. 



Head with the front entirely crimson, including the vertex 

 except for a small pale spot posteriorly. Else as in_ elegans 

 roseicapitis Neumoegen & Dyar. 



Type, male. No. 24019, U. S. Nat. Mus.; Orizaba, Mexico 

 (Schaus collection) ; paratypes, four males and four females, 

 Cuernavaca, Mexico, July and August, 1906 (W. Schaus) ; 

 Paso San Juan, Vera Cruz, Mexico (Schaus collection) ; 

 Jalapa, Mexico (Schaus collection) ; San Pedro Sula, Hon- 

 duras (E. Wittkugel, Dyar collection) ; Avangarez, Costa Rica, 

 July, 1908 (W. Schaus) ; Quirigua, Guatemala, March (Schaus 

 & Barnes). 



Euchaetias antica sinaloensis, new subspecies. 



Male as in antica antica Walker except that the base on 

 hind wing to inner margin is hyaline. Female somewhat 

 smaller than in antica antica, the coloration the same. Ex- 

 panse, male, 38 mm. ; female, 34-42 mm. 



Type, male, No. 24020, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; Venadio, Sinaloa, 

 Mexico (A. Kusche) ; paratypes, seven females with the same 

 data. 



Euchaetias albicosta densa, new subspecies. 



Male fore wing broader than in albicosta albicosta Walker, 

 not uniformly blackish but powdered with mouse-gray scales, 

 forming a wavy outer band as in the female. Hind wing more 

 evenly rounded, blackish throughout, without subhyaline base. 

 Female with outer wavy pale line on fore wings, not relieved 

 by a darker shade within. 



Types, two males. No. 24021, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; Venadio, 

 Sinaloa, Mexico (A. Kusche) ; paratypes, four females with 

 the same data. 



