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WEKIVAs n. gen. 

 (Type nodosella Hulst) 



Labial palpi long filiform, ascending; maxillary palpi very small; 

 tongue wanting; antennoe crenulate pubescent, hardly bent above 

 base, a small ridge of scales in bend; ocelli present; legs long, 

 slender; spurs slender, long; middle and hind tibise with tuft at end. 

 Genitalia of S : uncus broad, rounded, almost semicircular, spine 

 very short; harpe broad, with a long incurved spine at upper end 

 and one at base; lower plate wanting. Fore wings broad, oval, 10 

 veins, 4 and 5 separate, 10 stemmed with 8 and 9; hind wings 

 rounded, oval, 7 veins, 2 at angle, 3 and 4 long stemmed, 5 wanting. 



]. W. uodosella n. sp.— Expands 14—16 mm. Labial palpi, front, and 

 thorax light fuscous, washed strongly with reddish ; abdomen ochreous fuscous, 

 with reddish shade at base. Fore wings narrowly along costa, and on more than 

 posterior half deep reddish ; a not very broad whitish stripe just before subcostal 

 vein not reaching apex; this is edged behind with a blackish band which grad- 

 ually fades away into the reddish ground color. Hind wings light fuscous, 

 darker with a yellowish red shade outwardly. 



Florida. April. 



I have an impression this may be the same as Hypsotropa lutei- 

 coste/la Rag. It has ocelli, but otherwise agrees very well. But Mr. 

 Ragonot may have omitted an examination of the ocelli. 



PETAL.U]»IA+ Hulst. 

 (Type illibella Hulst) 

 Hulst, Ento. Am. iv, 116, 1888. 



Labial palpi long, rather heavy, drooping ; maxillary palpi very 

 small; tongue nearly wanting; front with a long conical tubercle, 

 truncate near the end, two-thirds across from above; antennse simple; 

 ocelli present; fore wings 10 veins, 3 and 4 stemmed, 5 wanting, 10 

 stemmed with 8 and 9 ; hind wings 7 veins, 2 at angle, 3 and 4 on 

 a long stem, 5 wanting, 8 stemmed with 7, but quite long and very 

 distinct. 



Another case I suspect of error somewhere. Mr. Ragonot's genus 

 Ccenochroa is very near this, but he says there are but six veins in 

 the hind wings. The type of Ccenochroa is californieUa. I have 

 seen the insect, but could not examine venation; I have an insect I 

 thought by comparison to be that species, but that has seven veins 



* An ancient tribe of Indians in Florida. 

 + An Indian name in California. 



