1865.] 243 



ITnhitat. — Cuba, (Poey.) Collection Entom. Societ}-, Philadelphia. 



Namher 166, Puri/'s MSS. Cataloijuc. 



One 9 specimen is labelled " Vera Cruz." ]Mr. Walker gives an ex- 

 tended habitat for this species. The United States specimens in the 

 British Museum Collection probably belong to//. tesseUan's, the others, 

 including the specimen from Venezuela from which Mr. Walker drew 

 up the description of H. tessellarisj belong to H. cinctipes, I have no 

 doubt. 



Halisidota cubensis, n. sp. 



Primaries irregularly and entirely mottled with brownish and pale 

 streaks. A few brighter scales on internal margin at base, where the 

 markings are more determinate. Secondaries semi-transparent, the 

 scales slightly aggregated along the terminal margin. Internal margin 

 sparsely covered with longer and paler scales. Under surface of both 

 wings without prominent coloration, merely discolorous. 



Palpi, long and prominent, paler beneath, laterally darker colored. 

 " Front," brownish; base of antennae, pale, and between these a trans- 

 verse line of pale scales; behind, covered with brown scales. Protho- 

 racic pieces brown, edged with pale and pale vermillion hairs. Tegulfe, 

 brown, broadly margined inwardly with pale scales. Disc of the thorax 

 brown, mixed with pale hairs arranged longitudinally. Abdomen, pale 

 vermillion above. An obsolete dorsal row of brown spots, observable 

 in certain specimens towards the anus. Anal hairs entirely brown. 

 Laterally, a double row of distinct brown segmentary spots. Beneath, 

 immaculate, whitish cream-color. ]-.egs, whitish ; all the femora pale 

 vermillion on their inward surface. Five coincident specimens. Exp. 

 % and 9 , 1.80 to 2.10 inches. Length of body, 0.70 to 0.80 inch. 



liab if at. —Cnhn, (Poey.) Coll. Ent. Soc. Philad. 



Number 611, Poey's MSS. Catalogue. 



Resembles the description of ITaltsidota {Halcsidota') s?r?'^osa Walk., 

 from Jamaica, but the under abdominal surface has not " four rows of 

 black spots." There are other diiferences which prevent its reference 

 to that species, as will be seen from a comparison of Mr. Walker's de- 

 scription with that of Halisidota cuhenais. 



EUHALISIDOTA, nov. gen. 

 Size somewhat larger than Halisidota, which the single species re- 

 sembles, but is sufficiently distinguished by the shape of the wings and 

 the neurational characters. Costa straight, not so depressed before the 

 apices as in Halisidota ; external margin evenly rounded, not excavate 

 below the apices; internal angle rounded and not prominent. The 



