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Symmoca novimundi n. sp. 



Second joint of labial palpi dark bronzy brown with light ochreous 

 inner sides and apex; terminal joint dark brown with the extreme tip 

 ochreous. Face light ochreous. Head dark fuscous. Antennae dark fus- 

 cous with apical third pale ochreous. Thorax dark fuscous with the tips 

 of the patagia and two small posterior dots whitish ochreous. Forewings 

 dark fuscous with a small ill-defined whitish ochreous spot below costa 

 near base; with a concolorous, ill-defined, larger spot on the end of the 

 cell touching costa and with a small whitish ochreous costal spot at the 

 apical fourth, sometimes with an opposite small dorsal dot; cilia dark 

 fuscous. Hindwings light fuscous with whitish fuscous cilia. Abdomen 

 dark fuscous with light anal tuft. Legs dark fuscous with light ochreous 

 annulations at the base of the joints. Alar expanse: 12-13 mm. 



Habitat: Roxborough, Pa., September, F. Haimbach, Coll ; 

 Montclair, N. J., August, W. D. Kearfott, Coll. 



Type: Cat. No. 19230, U. S. N. M. 



This is the first record of this interesting old world genus from 

 America; the species is typical of the genus and very close to the 

 European 5. quadripuncta Haworth, but is smaller, with the 

 markings more whitish, not yellow and with the palpi differently 

 colored. 



Ethmia zavalla n. sp. 



Labial palpi white, second joint black exteriorly. Face and head white. 

 Antennae dark brown with white basal joint. Thorax white with one 

 posterior and two lateral black dots; patagia white with black basal dash. 

 Forewings white with extreme costal base black and with 10 black dots 

 besides a marginal series of 13 black dots; three dots in a line from base 

 of costa to basal third of dorsum; two others in a line at igh" angles w th 

 the first, to the first costal marginal dot; one dot in the middle of this 

 angle on the cell, two at the end of the cell and one beyond the cell; the 

 first dorsal and the first costal marginal spots are nearly opposite and 

 are both elongated; cilia white with a black apicaltuft. Hindwings whitish 

 fuscous with white cilia; vein 8 free, not connected with the cell by a cross 

 vein. Abdomen whitish fuscous. Anterior legs white, barred with black, 

 tarsi annulated with black; posterior legs whitish with dusky tarsi. Alar 

 expanse: 18 mm. 



Habitat: Zavalla Co., Tex., April F. C. Pratt, Coll. 



Type: Cat. No. 19231, U. S. N. M. 



Allied to the following species, E. prattiella and to E. coranella 

 Dyar, in size and ornamentation; different from the former in 

 the fewer and larger black dots, from the latter by the absence of 

 any longitudinal streaks; from both in the coloration of the palpi. 



