RECURVARIA.—EPITHECTIS, . 47 
Hab. AMERICA, N-C-I. United States'~’ — Eastern Srares’*-? — Ken- 
TucKY 21} ”_Texas'®*'?, Central America—Mexico: guerrero: Amula, 6000 ft., 
VILL. (A. H. Smith). West Indies °— St. Crorx: 6-14 V. (Gudmann, Hedemann) *. 
A single specimen only (65785) received from Amula. 
EPITHECTIS Meyr. 
Type 1: Phalaena Tinea mouffetella L. (Snln. 1882). 
§Bracuura Hnmn. Schm. Deutsch. Tin. 189, 230-3 no. 419 sp. 3833-7 (1870), Tbl. 85 no. 419 
(1876) ; Stn. Ent. Mo. Mag. 7 166 (1870) ; Stgr-Wk. Cat. Lp. Eur. 292 no. 195 sp. 1871-7 
(1871); Snln. Vlind. Nederl. Micr. 430, 671-3 no. 46 sp. 1 Pf. 8° 259, 271 (1882). 
Type 2: Gelechia lathyri Stn. 
Erituectis Meyr. HB. Br. Lp. 569, 580-1 no. 8 sp. 1-2 (1895); Stgr-Rbl. Cat. Lp. Pal. 2 
154 no, 313 sp. 2850-8 (1901); Meyr. Pr. Linn. Soc. NSW. 29 259, 303-4 no. 14 sp. 78 
(1904): Jr. Bomb. NH. Soc. 16 592 (1905);- Busck Bull. US. Nat. Mus. 52 501-2 
sp. 5608-13 (1902): Pr. US. Nat. Mus. 25 772, 816-9 Pf. 30°17 (1903) ; Splr. Schm. Eur. 
2 356 no. 15 sp. 1-9 (1910). 
Type 3: Gelechia attributella Wkr. (=diffcilisella Chmb. ; Chmb. 1873). 
§Taverrz Chmb. Can. Ent. (4 192-3), 5 229-82 (1873); Busck Pr. US. Nat. Mus. 25 816-7 
Pf. 80°17 (1903). 
[ Taygete Chmb. regarded as homonymous with Taygetis Hb. Verz. Schm., 55-6 (1816) Busck J. c.] 
Type 4: Parasia ? subsimella Clms. (Clms. 1860). . 
*Parasta (? Dp.) Clms. Pr. Ac. Nat. Sc. Phil. 12 173 (1860) ; Clms-Stn. Tin, N. Am. x, 136-7 
(1872); Busck, Pr. US. Nat. Mus. 25 816, 819, 934 (1903). 
1. Epithectis lasciva, sp.n. (Tab. IT. fig. 8.) 
Antennae ochreous, stained and obscurely annulate with blackish. Palpi ochreous, a black band before the 
apex of the median joint, a narrower one at the base, and another wider one before the apex of the 
terminal. Head dull ochreous, mixed with smoky fuscous scales. Zhorax ochreous, with some black 
scaling posteriorly and on the tegulae. Morewings pale ochreous, with some streaky shades of darker 
brownish ochreous above and below the fold, along the cell, and beyond it; a short black streak, at the 
base, reaches nearly to the flexus, but does not actually touch the margin, and is followed by three, 
elongate, black costal spots, gradually increasing in size—the first near the base, the second before the 
middle, the third, and most conspicuous, beyond the middle; below each of the two latter are a few 
black dots, and beyond the last is a series of small marginal black spots running around the apex and 
termen ; cilia ochreous dusted with smoky fuscous. Hwp.al.85 mm. Hindwings pale grey ; cilia pale 
greyish ochreous, Abdomen greyish ochreous. Legs pale ochreous. 
Type 3 (5843 Wlsm. Det. 1908) US. Nat. Mus. [PZ (83607) Mus. Wilsm. BM.1} 
Hab. Panama: canau zone: Tabernilla, VI. 1907 (4. Busck). Two specimens. 
2.-Epithectis platysoma, sp. n. 
Antennae dull brown above, inclining to ochreous beneath. Palpz pale fawn-ochreous, blotched with dull 
brown on the outer side of the median joint to beyond the middle, as well as broadly around the base 
and narrowly before the apex of the terminal joint. Head brownish ochreous, face paler. Thorax dull 
