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Postmedial fine crenulate. A fine terminal black line, saggitate on veins. Secondaries 
whitish hyaline, smoky along the outer margin. Expanse, 34 mm. 
Habitat: Orizaba, Mexico. 
Mamestra gavisa, sp. nov. 
Body brown. Primaries dull brown, somewhat shaded with rufous ; a black 
streak at the base ; the veins indistinctly grayish ; the antemedial pale fawn color 
finely edged with dark scales ; the orbicular and claviform finely outlined with dark 
scales; the reniform grayish with a distinct white line outwardly, the postmedial 
fawn color, slightly crenulate and finely edged with dark scales; the terminal space 
except at apex dark gray with a terminal row of yellowish spots ; the fringe mottled 
gray and fawn color. Secondaries brown, pale at the base. Underneath a post- 
medial lice and discal spot on both wings. Expanse, 32 mm. 
Habitat: Las Vigas, Cobre de Perote, Mexico. J 
Mamestra ciniva, sp. nov. 
Head and thorax gray. Abdomen light brown. Primaries silvery gray, thickly 
speckled with white scales ; an interrupted black basal line ; the antemedial line 
black, oblique from the costa to middle of inner margin ; the median space a trifle 
darker ; some subterminal black scales ; a terminal gray line ; fringe white with two 
gray lines ; the orbicular and reniform very indistinct and faintly outlined with black. 
Secondaiies whitish ; the veins and outer margin smoky. Expanse, 22 mm. 
Habitat: Oaxaca, Mexico. 
This species somewhat resembles M. anguina Gr., and M. vecina 
Gr., but is much smaller. 
Hadena dyschoroides, sp. nov. 
Body reddish brown. Primaries light reddish brown, the terminal space except 
at apex dark brown ; the basal line black, geminate, indistinct ; the antemedial dark 
brown, sinuate, a dark median transverse shaded, angled below costa ; the postmedial 
fine wavy, dark brown inwardly shaded with violaceous and outwardly followed by 
two rows of dark points ; the dark terminal space preceded by a wavy violaceous line, 
a bright yellow spot in the reniform. Secondaries brown, the friDge reddish. Un¬ 
derneath grayish brown ; a dark postmedial spot on costa of primaries. Secondar.es 
with a discal spot and postmedial line. Expanse, 21 mm. 
Habitat: Orizaba, Mexico. 
Hadena orizabena, sp. nov. 
Head and thorax violaceous brown ; abdomen light brown. Primaries violaceous 
brown ; the central portion of median space darker ; some dark scales at the base 
the antemedial line paler, irregularly oblique from costa to a paler space on the middle 
of inner margin ; the postmedial similar, slightly sinuate to middle of inner margin 
also, but not quite touching the antemedial line ; orbicular very indistinct, reniform 
with a large white spot; a subterm’mal row of white points inwardly preceded by 
sagittate dark violaceous sfiadings. Some minut? jrecldish brown spots on costa and 
