192 inse;cutor insciti^h; menstruus 



NEW AMERICAN MOTHS ^ ^ 

 (Lepidoptera) 



By HARRISON G. DYAR 



Family LIMACODIDyE 



Natada miradora, new species. 



Thorax dark brown, the head and dorsum of abdomen 

 tinged with dark red. Fore wing dark brown, with a glossy 

 sheen through the middle, which widens broadly on the inner 

 margin ; a blackish discal dot ; outer line slender, tremulous, 

 from costa before apex, exserted and diffused below. Hind 

 wing lighter brown, with some purple in the fringe beyond 

 anal angle. Beneath wood-brown, sparsely irrorated with 

 black, especially on hind wings. Expanse, 27 mm. 



Type, male. No. 24872, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; Mirador, Mexico, 

 June, 1921 (R. Miiller). 



Nearest N. increscens Dyar, smaller, the outer line less rigid. 



Semyra frances, new species. 



Dark brown ; fore wing with an erect silvery line, entering 

 cell, to near inner margin, irregular, narrow, indented on sub- 

 median fold ; a round red spot beyond it below median vein ; 

 outer line whitish, slender, tremulous, pointed to margin below 

 apex, squarely reentrant at vein 2, preceded by brown dashes 

 and followed by brown at apex ; a clouded brown marking at 

 end of cell. Hind wing uniform, a little lighter. Expanse, 

 19 mm. 



Type, female. No. 24873, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; Formosa, Argen- 

 tina (P. Jorgensen). Named for Miss Frances M. Appleby. 



Nearest to S. eucharista Dyar, smaller, the hind wing with- 

 out any red tint. 



Semyra phrygia, new species. 



Markings as in S. paula Dyar. Darker brown, without red 

 tint, a little larger, the discal wedge more fully trigonate. 

 Expanse, 24 mm. 



Type, male. No. 24874, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; Sao Paulo, Brazil, 

 October 24, 1915. 



