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Synelys pergracilis, n. sp. 



Expands 29 mm. Fore wings rusty white, basal line black, sinuous, 

 distinct, beginning about one-third length of w'ing out, running very 

 obliquely to near base on inner margin ; middle field dull white ; 

 discal spot pure white, oval ; outer field brown, less so towards apex ; 

 outer line black, sharp, unevenly sinuous, very oblique ; this is followed 

 by a light, even, rather broad, and another submarginal light line, evenly 

 and regularly scalloped ; a row of marginal black points ; hind wings 

 corresponding with fore wings in lines and colour, the basal line very close 

 to base, the outer black line beyond discal point ; on both fore and hind 

 wings the outer black line is edged with reddish outwardly ; beneath 

 light ochreous, the fore wings stained somewhat with fuscous. 



South Florida. 

 Eois Cross ii, n. sp 



Expands 16 mm. Head and thorax in front, yellow ; thorax behind, 

 and abdomen, reddish violet, the abdomen interlined with yellow ; fore 

 wings reddish violet, base and costa yellow, the basal part mixed with 

 violet, the wings crossed with three faint irregular tremulous and angulate 

 lines ; hind wings reddish violet, with lines as in fore wings ; beneath, 

 reddish pink. 



Florida; from Mr. Edward Winslow Cross, in whose honour I name 

 this insect. 

 Eois purpurascens, n. sp. 



Expands 15 mm. Fore and hind wings of a bright rust colour, 

 the outer margins with a broad band, purple in colour, somewhat broader 

 at apex ; the wings are crossed by about three faint indeterminate cross 

 lines of a deeper red or red-purple colour ; the fore wings have the 

 basal half of costa yellowish, the base being purple ; thorax yellow ; 

 abdomen purple. 



Cocoanut Grove, Fla. National Museum, type number 4699. The 

 head and part of the abdomen of the type are gone, but the wings 

 are fresh and clear, and the insect is a very distinct one. 



Nemoria Dyarii, n. sp. 



Expands about 16 mm. Front and collar orange red ; thorax green, 

 yellowish behind ; abdomen yellowish, washed with violet red above ; 

 wings deep yellowish green, on anterior and outer margins edged with 

 reddish violet, the costa and fringes being of this colour ; the fore wings 

 have indications of cross lines basal and outer, these faint, broken and 



