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tinct, the inner line vertical from lower angle of cell, the outer 

 line outwardly edged by the subterminal russet vinaceous shade 

 which is broad from costa to vein 5, then narrow and wavily 

 outcurved and parallel with termen ; some white scaling ter- 

 minally between veins 5 and 7 ; a terminal dark line ; cilia 

 iridescent dark gray to russet vinaceous. Hind wings huffish 

 isabella, the costa whitish ; termen narrowly tawny olive ; cilia 

 whitish gray with dark spots at veins. Fore wings below whit- 

 ish avellaneous, the apex broadly fawn color; dark costal spots 

 separated by light buff. Hind wings below whitish irrorated 

 with wood brown ; a wavy postmedial wood brown line, and a 

 fine terminal line. 



Expanse, 29 mm. 



Habitat. — Las Vigas, Perote, Mexico. 



Type.— Cat. No. 25635. U. S. Nat. Mus. 



Hydriomena subgrisea, new species. 



Male. — Palpi steel black, the base below white. Head, collar, 

 and thorax green ; black spots on tegulae outwardly, on thorax 

 anteriorly and on patagia. Abdomen dorsally fuscous or blue 

 black with a small buff spot on each segment posteriorly; 

 laterally and underneath whitish with mouse gray irrorations ; 

 the dorsal tuft at base of abdomen blue black. Fore wings 

 green almost entirely effaced by the deep brownish drab trans- 

 verse bands, the green portions with darker green and fuscous 

 striae, the bands edged with black and partly dark striated ; an 

 outbent black basal line ; subbasal band slightly outbent ; ante- 

 medial, medial and postmedial bands suffusing in cell, leaving 

 a narrow green line from median beyond vein 2 to near vein 1 

 and a curved green line on inner margin from vein 1 to green 

 space preceding the antemedial band ; some salmon pink suf- 

 fusion above veins 1. 2 and 5 ; the outer edge of postmedial 

 band dentate from costa to vein 5, then lunular; subterminal 

 band very broad especially between veins 7 and 4 where it is 

 deeply outcurved on each interspace, between veins 4 and 3 

 it is obsolete, this interspace being green, its inner edge be- 

 tween veins 4 and is broadly black ; veins on postmedial space 



