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costa light brown, subcosta uniting therewith near the basal third, the 

 third vein well beyond the apex, the fifth just before the distal fourth, 

 its branch near the basal half. Halteres whitish transparent. Legs a 

 nearly uniform fuscous yellowish, the simple claws slender, slightly 

 curved, the pulvilli shorter than the claws. Genitalia ; basal clasp seg- 

 ment long, stout ; terminal clasp segment rather long, stout, irregularly 

 curved; dorsal plate broad, broadly and roundly emarginate, the lobes 

 irregularly rounded, sparsely setose ; ventral plate long, broad, broadly 

 and very deeply emarginate, the lateral angles rather stout, finger-like, 

 setose apically; style long, stout, broadly rounded distally. 



Female. Length 1.5 mm. Antennae nearly as long as the body, 

 sparsely haired, dark fuscous ; probably 14 segments, the fifth with a 

 stem 1-3 the length of the cylindric basal enlargement, which latter has 

 a length about three times its diameter. Palpi : first segment rather 

 stout, with a length twice its width, the second a little longer, more 

 slender, the third l /$ longer than the second. Coloration nearly as in 

 the male, except that the abdomen appears to be deep red. Ovipositor 

 short, stout, when extended with a length only about 1-3 that of the 

 abdomen ; terminal lobes narrowly elliptical, with a length three times 

 the width, rather thickly and coarsely setose. 



Pupa. Length 2.75 mm. Yellowish white ; cephalic horns stout, yel- 

 lowish brown ; thorax with a yellowish cast, thoracic horns rather 

 stout, curved ; antennal cases extending to the first abdominal segment, 

 wing cases to the third abdominal segment, the leg cases to the sixth ; 

 abdomen whitish, each of the segments dorsally with a short, trans- 

 verse row of two to five stout, chitinous spines, the posterior extremity 

 apparently unarmed. 



Type Cecid a2ii6, N. Y. State Museum. 



TIMETES. In rearranging the American Rhopalocera in the collection 

 of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia recently, I became 

 interested to know whether one or two of the red species of Timetes 

 were found in the United States. I found that we only had one au- 

 thentic specimen from the United States and it was taken by Mrs. 

 Slosson at Biscayne Bay, Florida. This specimen proves to be T. 

 peleus Sulz. (petreus Cramer). The other species in our lists is 

 eleuchea Hubn, and it is said to have been taken in Texas and Florida. 

 It is a species found in Cuba and would be likely to be also found in 

 Florida. It is not recorded from Mexico as far as I am aware. Peleus 

 and eleuchea are closely related and it is likely that the two have been 

 confused. Exact records for these insects are desirable as well as ex- 

 act identifications so that we may determine whether we are to list 

 both species or only one. I will be pleased to identify any material 

 and would also be glad to have exact data of correctly determined 

 specimens. HENRY SKINNER.. 



