156 (GEORGE D. HULST. 



EIRYCREON Led 



Eurycreoii aureolalis ts^). nor. — The size and markings uf E. chortaUs 

 Grote, but with the fore wings bright, smooth, deep golden yellow, and the hind 

 wings yellow fuscous; beneath, with orbicular and reniform evident, and outer 

 and marginal lines on all wings ; color of wings yellow fuscous ; lines fuscous. 



One % , Arizona. 



STEIVIIRGES Led. (Agathodes Guen.) 



Steuurges floridalis sp. Moy.— Expands 31 mm. Palpi dirty whitish ; 

 head same color in front; white between the antennae and along eyes in front; 

 thorax white ; patagise dirty yellow. Abdomen, first segment white, the next 

 reddish brown above, edged behind wil^ white, then olive-brown, slightly annu- 

 lated with dark brown at segments ; blackish anteriorly on sides ; fore wings 

 with costa narrowly white ; a bi-oad mixed pink and brown-red band starts from 

 inner margin at middle and runs straight to costa, striking it two-thirds dis- 

 tance out from base, and there meets and merges with a similar band from centre 

 of outer margin ; these lines are edged with a fine metallic silver line ; field 

 within the line basally, and apical space dirty olive ; space at outer angle ferru- 

 ginous ; at base in olive space is a dark fuscous dash ; fringe wine red towards 

 apex, whitish posteriorly ; marginal line white, fine ; outer border not angulated ; 

 hind wings pale fuscous, with an ochreous reddish tinge ; beneath, pale dirty 

 fuscous ; legs pure white. 



One % , Indian River, Florida. Near S. inomtralis, Guen. 



ItlECiASTES Guen. 



Megastes cceligenalis sp. nov. — Expands 40 mm. Palpi and front dull 

 ochreous; vertex yellow, white between autennse and eyes; thorax and abdo- 

 men fuscous, lighter dorsally ; fore wings fuscous hyaline ; costa and base fuscous, 

 the costa, within edge, black, especially near middle of wing ; a fuscous olive 

 broad intra-medial band oblique ; orbicular and reniform prominent, annulate ; 

 space beyond band thinly fuscous, almost hyaline ; a narrow shading running 

 from orbicular to anal angle and a costal apical line soon returning beyond itself 

 to costa near apex ; outer margin somewhat falcate, sinuous, angulate at middle ; 

 hind wings shining semi-hyaline ; angulate at middle of anterior margin ; this 

 angle and at the outer angle dark brown ; two faint submarginal cloudings near 

 apex ; margin blackish ; beneath, semi-hyaline ; orbicular and reniform distinct ; 

 two outer dark lines on fore wings, and apically on hind wings ; margins brown ; 

 legs cinereous fuscous. 



One % , Indian River, Florida. Near M. grandalk Guen. 



OROBENA Guen. 



Orobena reluctalis sp. nov. — Expands 16 mm. Labial palpi ochreous 

 brown, white at tij) ; maxillary palpi quite prominent, white ; clypeus swollen, 

 ochreous at top, white below ; vertex white ; collar white ; patagise edged with 

 white, otherwise with the thorax golden ochreous; abdomen ochreous, rather 

 broadly annulated with white ; fore wings golden, with a brownish shade ; two 



