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SYLECTRA. 
Sylectra, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 341 (1816). 
Teratocera, Guénée, Sp. gén. des Lép. vii. p. 3839; Walker, Cat. xv. p. 1541. 
Hiibner’s name for this genus must stand: the two species belonging to it are both 
exceedingly common insects in our region and throughout Tropical South America and 
the West-Indian Islands. 
1. Sylectra ericata. 
Phalena erycata, Cram. Pap. Exot. iii. p. 170, t. 287. £. D ( 2)’, iv. p. 157, t. 370. f. E(¢)?. 
Sylectra ericata, Méschl. Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 1880, p. 440°; Beitr. zur Schmett.-Fauna 
von Surinam, iii. p. 62. | 
Syllectra ericata, Moschl. Beitr. zur Schmett.-Fauna von Jamaica, p. 58 *. 
Sylectra erycata, Grote, List of North American Moths, p. 42 (1882) ’°. 
Teratocera ericata, Guén. Sp. gén. des Lép. vii. p. 340°; Walk. Cat. xv. p. 15427. 
Tetratocera ericata, Druce, P. Z. S. 1884, p. 824°. 
Teratocera erycata, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1879, p. 58’. 
Syllectra mirandalis, Hiibn. Samml. exot. Schmett. ii. t. 223. ff. 1,2 (¢), 3,4(2). 
Sylectra mirandalis, Hiibn. Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 342. 
_ fab. Nowrn America®.—Guatemata, Panzos (Champion); Costa Rica (Van Patten, 
mus. D.); Panama, Chiriqui (Arcé), Volcan’ de Chiriqui 3000 feet (Champion). — 
CotomBia; Ectapor; Guiana, Surinam ! 2367; " AMAZONS 9; ANTILLES, San Domingo’, 
Jamaica 4&7, Guadaloupe ® 7, Dominica 8. 
This is a widely distributed and common species in the warmer parts of America. It 
varies very much in colour, some specimens being much brighter than others; those 
from the Antilles are generally the brightest (the two examples before me from 
Dominica are bright orange-red), but in all other respects they agree with specimens 
from the mainland, these latter varying in colour from orange-red to dull brown. 
2. Sylectra congemmalis. 
Syllectra congemmalis, Hibn. Zutr. Samml. exot. Schmett. ii. p. 21, ff. 809, 310. 
Sylectra congemalis, Hiibn. Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 341. 
Teratocera congemmalis, Guén. Sp. gén. des Lép. vii. p. 340'; Walk. Cat. xv. p. 1542*. 
Teratocera vitrimacula, Guén. Sp. gén. des Lép. vii. p. 340°; Walk. Cat. xv. p. 1542 *. 
Sylectra fictilina, Méschl. Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 1880, p. 440, t. 8. f.14°; Beitr. zur Schmett.- 
Fauna von Surinam, p. 62. 
Hab. Muxico, Teapa in Tabasco (H. H. Smith); Guatemata, Las Mercedes 3000 
feet, Volcan de Atitlan 3500 feet, Pantaleon 1700 feet, Zapote (Champion); Panama, 
Volcan de Chiriqui 2000 to 3000 feet (Champion), Chiriqui (Arcé, mus. D.).— 
Guiana, Surinam!?°, Cayenne?4; Amazons, Santarem*; BraziIL; ANTILLES, Cuba, 
San Domingo 2. 
This is a common insect in Guatemala and the State of Panama: from Mexico we 
