334 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



A NEW PERICOPID AND SOME NEW ZYG.^:NID^ 



FROM CUBA. 



BV B. NEUMOEGEN, NEW YORK. 



My esteemed friend, Dr. L. Gundlach, has left to me the task of 

 describing several new Bombyces, which he discovered within the last 

 few years in Cuba. Some of the specimens which are uniques, are, unfor- 

 tunately, in such a poor state that a thorough description was well-nigh 

 impossible. In one case I had to refrain entirely, on account of the 

 dilapidated condition of the insect. All tlic types belong to the Museo 

 Cubano Zoologico de Gundlach, lately acquired by the Spanish Govern- 

 ment, 



Daphne^ nov. gen. 



Head well developed. Eyes large, hairy. Clypeus indentated. 

 Palpi prominent, outwardly curved. Antennae large, bipectinate, 

 tapering at tip. Legs scaled, the tibiae well armed and with a large 

 hairy tuft. Abdomen long, slender and tapering. Primaries nearly 

 double as long as broad. Exterior and interior margins rounded. Sub- 

 costal nervure arcuated near apex. Median nervules equi-distant. 

 Submedian parallel with interior margin. Secondaries, margins well 

 rounded, 7-veined. Costal nervure curvilinear. The ornamentation is 

 ■black and steel blue, the veins blackish. The genus is allied to 

 Gnophcela, Wlk., and should stand at the head of the Pericopinae. 



Daphtie cyanojjiela, nov. spec. 



Head, prothorax and abdomen of bright orange colour. Palpi the 

 same, with black edges above. Eyes and antennae black. Anal tuft some- 

 what paler than abdomen. Legs grayish black. Thorax and wings rich 

 metallic blue. Black costa and black broad marginal bands on both 

 wings, reaching to centre of inner and anal margins respectively. Fringes 

 grayish black. 



Below the same as above. 



Expanse of wings : 46 mm. Length of body : 15 mm. 



Type, $. No. 131, M. C. Z. de G. 



F/iaio, nov. gen. 



Head and eyes large. Tongue well developed. Antennae long, 

 bipectinate, somewhat tapering at tips. Front prominent, pilose. 

 Thorax pilose, with large patagi*. Primaries very long and well drawn 



