812 A. R. Grote's Notes on the Zi/gsenidse. of Cuba. 



CROCOTA, Hiibner. 

 Crocota pallicornis, n. s. 



Wiugs, full; size,. moderate. Primaries dark ferruginous tawny, a 

 little paler subterminally, with obsolete ornamentation. Costa arched 

 from base to apex, the latter a little depressed. External margin 

 nearly straight, a little rounded, hardly oblique. At extreme base a 

 small aggregation of white scales, and the wing seems to be dusted 

 very sparsely with whitish scales. A blackish discoloration beyond 

 the discal cell, and one, fainter and smaller, situate above internal 

 nervure. The subterminal space is indicated by a paler shade, which 

 is rather distinctly margined inwardly, the wing gradually deepening 

 in color again to external margin. Secondaries, pale dull rosy or red- 

 dish oehreous, contrasting with the dark primaries and general color; 

 a bl-ickish discal dot and one before the anal angle. 



Head, palpi and thorax, dark ferruginous tawny; palpi, approxi- 

 mate at the tips, projected horizontally; the head is rather small. 

 Antennae, moderate, rather short and stout, covered with dull, obscure 

 whitish scales, which are characteristic. Abdomen, above, concolor- 

 ous with secondaries. 



Under surface of the wings dull, reddish orange; primaries a little 

 the darker; a blackish, discal dot on both pair, otherwise immaculate. 

 Legs and under surface of abdomen, a little darker than prima- 

 ries beneath; the former are mostly dull brownish externally. Exp. 

 9 , 1.10 inch. Length of body, 0.45 inch. 



IFah'dat. — Cuba, (Gundlach). 



Number 604, Gundlach' '.*>• MS. Catalogue. 



C. pallicornis, is the third Cuban species of the genus described. It 

 is more nearly allied to C. disparilis, Grate, than to C. heros, but the 

 thick, whitish autennEe and very different ornamentation will separate 

 the two sufficiently. From what I have seen I conjecture that the 

 Cuban Crocotas are more constant in their ornamentation than our 

 United States species, but I would draw the attention of the Cuban 

 Entomologists to the fact of the known variability of species of this 

 LTenus. so that they may avoid the erection of species on slight differ- 

 ences, as has been done with regard to our species from the Atlantic 

 District.* I would finally mention the circumstance that, in the set 



Dr. Eerrich-Schaeffer, speaking of the Cuban C. heros, Groic. and ('. dispa- 

 rilis, Grote, (Corr. Bl. p. 118, No. 8, Aug. L866) says: "Ausser diesen beiden 

 cubanischen Arten besitze ich 7 aus den Vereingten Staaten, zu deren drei icb 

 keine Be&chreibung finden kann, welche aber moglicher Weise zum Thei) oder 

 alb; den Arten von Reakirt entsprechen." With a numerous series of spe- 



