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Hillsboro County, Florida, September 7 and October 2, 1911 

 (F. Marloff). 



One of the types returned to the collection of Mr. Fred 

 Marloff. 



Subfamily HYPENINAE 

 Megachyta pulchellescens, new species. 



Fore wing dark purplish brown, the lines black blotched and 

 contrasted ; renif orm a large rounded yellowish cloud containing 

 two black points ; orbicular distant, a yellowish point in a black 

 ring ; subbasal and inner lines blotches, heaviest on inner margin, 

 there separated by a rounded yellowish mark; an indistinct 

 median blackish cloud ; outer line oblique and denticulate, 

 slightly excurved at median vein, blotched opposite cell ; sub- 

 terminal line pale irregular, blotched with black in the angles, 

 especially opposite cell ; a looped terminal black line. Hind 

 wing brown, with faint dark median band. Expanse, 31 mm. 



Type, male. No. 25394, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; Misantla, Mexico, 

 August, 1921 (R. Miiller). 



Family EPIPLEMIDAE 

 Epiplema anodontia, new species. 



Fore wing gray with slight brown shading ; inner and outer 

 lines brown, broken through mesially, conjoined, forming a 

 large angular loop on costa and a thickened arc on inner margin ; 

 a straight dark mark on termen between vein 3 and apex. 

 Lines on hind wing separate and parallel, irregular. Expanse, 

 18 to 20 mm. 



Types, male and female, No. 25295, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; San 

 Jose, Costa Rica, October, 1906 (W. Schaus) ; Guerrero, 

 Mexico, September, 1921 (R. Miiller). 



Similar to brevidens Dognin, smaller, grayer, the lines indis- 

 tinctly or not filled in with discolorous brown. 



Family GEOMETRIDAE 

 Subfamily GEOMETRINAE 

 Diastictis berta, new species. 



Light gray, slightly powdery ; fore wing with a small round 



