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subbasal line fine, outangled in cell, expanding on inner margin ; 

 antemedial from quadrate costal spot, fine, double, wavy; 

 median line broad, wavy to vein 3 where it forms a round spot 

 is slightly inbent and vertical below vein 2, being joined at 2 

 by a spot and streak from median ; postmedial and subterminal 

 from rather large costal spots, outbent to vein 6, then slightly 

 inbent and broken up into coarse striae ; black terminal spots 

 preceded by some slightly whitish shading. Hind wings tilleul 

 buff faintly tinged with avellaneous and with similar irrora- 

 tions ; postmedial line faintly indicated ; cilia whitish. Fore 

 wings below whitish buff suffused with fuscous except on 

 margins ; a black postmedial spot on costa and curved dark 

 line ; other spots on costa indistinct. Hind wings below whitish 

 irrorated with avellaneous ; a fine postmedial line. 



Expanse, 36 mm. 



Habitat. — Volcan Santa Maria, Guatemala. 



Type.— Cat. No. 25631, U. S. Nat. Mus. 



Allied to H. ranuncula Dognin. 



Hydriomena morelosia, new species. 



Male. — Palpi white with a lateral fuscous patch before tip. 

 Head white, the vertex mottled with green and black. Thorax 

 mottled green and white with some black scales. Abdomen 

 whitish, dorsally irrorated with fuscous, less so at base. Fore 

 wings green, the markings fuscous edged with black; a basal 

 streak from costa not reaching inner margin ; a narrow sub- 

 basal line, outangled above median, then vertical ; antemedial 

 broad, outangled in cell, closely followed by the narrower medial 

 line which is less oblique on costa, both lines somewhat inter- 

 rupted below subcostal and almost vertical from cell to inner 

 margin ; postmedial broad from costa to vein 4, then obsolete 

 to vein 2, narrow below it to inner margin ; subterminal from a 

 costal spot, outset and broad from below vein T to below vein 

 4, fine and outcurved to vein 3, broader and curved to vein 2, 

 then parallel with postmedial ; paired terminal black spots ; 

 cilia vinaceous drab with roseate spots. Hind wings buffy 

 brown ; cilia whitish buff with dark sjwts. 



