440 HETEROCERA. 
Svensk. Vet-Ak. 8 (7) 5-6, 10, 20-1 no. 7 sp. 1 (1859); Wlsm. & Drnt. Ent. Mo. Mag. 33 
42 (1897) ; Wlsm. Pr. Z. Soc. Lond. 1897 58-61 no. 6 sp. 7-17 (1897) ; Stgr-Rbl. Cat. Lp. 
Pal. 2 75-6 no. 214 sp. 1383-97 (1901); Frnld. Bull. US. Nat. Mus. 52 444-7 sp. 4961-90 
(1902); Meyr. Gn. Ins. Wytsm. 100 (Lp-Het. Pter.) 8, 15-17 no. 15 sp. 1-81 Pf. [1]: 14 
(1910) : Lp. Cat. Junk 17 21-6 (1913). 
1. Pterophorus epileucus, sp. n. Oo 
Antennae minutely biciliate ; white. Palpi short, slender, reaching scarcely to half the width of the eyes ; 
white. Head somewhat rough, with upstanding scales above; white. Thorax white. Forewings 
widening outwardly from the base, the lobes divergent, the tornal lobe scarcely narrower than the 
apical, but somewhat more acuminate, the fissure rounded at the base; white, dusted with brownish 
scales, more thickly near the base of the dorsum, on the outer half of the cell, before a small crescent- 
shaped brownish spot which precedes the fissure, and along the middle of the lobes; cilia white, with 
one or two very faint brownish shade-streaks. Exp. al. 14-15 mm. Hindwings whitish, with a very 
faint tawny gloss; cilia white. Abdomen and Legs white. 
Type 3 (85450); 9 (65451) Teapa, Mus. Wlsm. (Godm-Salv. Coll.) BM. 
Hab. Central America—Mexico: veRA cruz: Jalapa (AZ. Trujillo): taBasco: Teapa, 
Il. (A. H. Smith): Guerrero: Tierra Colorada, X. (H. H. Smith)—GuvaTEMALA: ALTA 
VERA PAZ: Cahabon, 800 ft., ILI. 1880 (G. C. Champion): BasA VERA Paz: San Gerénimo, 
1879-80 (G. C. Champion): SACATEPEQUEZ: Zapote, 2000 tt., V-VI. 1879 (G. C. Cham- 
pion) : SUCHITEPEQUEZ: San Isidro, 1600 ft., 10-23. IX.1880 (G. C. Champion): RETAL- 
HULEU: Las Mercedes, 3000 ft., X—-XI. 1880 (G. C. Champion)—Costa Rica: CARTAGO: 
Volcan de Irazu, 6000-7000 ft. (Hl. Rogers). Nineteen specimens. 
2. Pterophorus homodactylus Wkr. 
Pterophorus homodactylus Wkr. Cat. Lp. BM. 30 941 sp. 41 (1864). Lioptilus homodactylus 
Wism. Pter. Cal-Or. pp. ix-x, xi, xvi, 50-3 Pf. 3-8-9 (1880)?; Cqlt. Pap. 2 62 (1882)? ; 
Klct. Bull. Buff. Soc. NH. 4 47, 48-51 (1882)‘; H.Edw. Bull. US. Nat. Mus. 35 137 
(1889) °. Pterophorus homodactylus Frnld. Rp. Mass. Agr. Coll. 85 120, 121-2 (=sep. pp. 38, 
89-40) Pf. 4°1-2 (I. 1898)°: Spel. Bull. Hatch Exp-Stn. Mass. Agr. Coll. 40, 41-2 
Pf. 4-1-2 (30. VIL. 1898)"; Wlsm. Ent. Mo. Mag. 34 193 (1898)*; Fruld. Bull. US. Nat. 
Mus. 52 445 sp. 4962 (1902)°; Meyr. Gn. Ins. Wytsm. 100 (Lp-Het. Pter.) 16 sp. 45 
(1910) *°: Lp. Cat. Junk 17 24 (1913) ™. 
Type 5S (1844:1, United States) BM. 
Hab. AMERICA, N-C. Canada". United States‘““—New York“: Buffalo, 
® Hupatorium purpureum, V-VI. ex. VI. (D. 8. Kellicott)*7—Conorapo: LARIMER: 
Loveland, 5000 ft., VII. 1891 (W. G. Smith)—Orneon ***", Jogepyinn?: Siskiyou 
Mts., 15. VI. 1872 (Wism.)’—Catirornia® &7%" + gyagpa?: Hatchet Creek, 14-17. 
VIl. 1871 (Wism.): siskryou*: Mt. Shasta, VIII. 1871 (Wism.)?: [loc. t], ® Solidago 
missouriensis, VI. ex 28. VI. (D. W. Coguillett)* = Central America —MExico : 
GUERRERO: Sierra de las Aguas Escondidas, 9500 ft., VII. (H. H. Smith) ; Omilteme, 
VII. (A. A. Smith). 
