ART. 8 NORTH AMERICAlsr EUCOSMINAE — HEINRICH 21 



Alar expanse. — 13-15 mm. 



Ty^?^.— Cat. No. 41216, U.S.N.M. 



Paratype. — In American Musemn. 



Type locality. — "Enterprise, Florida." 



Food plant. — Unknown. 



Described from male type and one male paratype from the type 

 locality (P. Laurent, collector, "4-16" and "4-17"); the former from 

 the Fernald collection and the latter from the American Museum. 



The addition of this species and loricana to the genus and the 

 changes that have been made since the publication of my revision of 

 the Eucosminae make it necessary to amend the specific key given in 

 that paper. The amended key follov/s : 



KEY TO THE SPECIES OF HYSTRICOPHORA 



1. Fore and hind wings both white vestaliana (Zeller). 



Fore and hind wings not both white; if fore wing white, hind wing fuscous 



or dark brown _ 2 



2. Outer part of costa and terminal area of fore wing strongly marked and 



shaded with bright orange yellow 3 



Outer part of costa and terminal area not so marked 6 



3. Head bright orange yellow 4 



Head blackish or bronzy fuscous. 5 



4. Basal half of fore wing yellowish, lighter than ground color of wing. 



ochreicostana (Walsingham). 

 Basal half of fore wing not yellowish, of the ground color taleana (Grote). 



5. Head, thorax, and ground color of fore wing bronzy fuscous, shining. 



loricana (Grote). 

 Head, thorax, and ground color of fore wing blackish fuscous, semilustrous. 



decorosa (Heinrich). 



6. Fore wing white, whitish gray, whitish ocherous, or pale brownish gray 7 



Fore wing ocherous brown, dull golden ocherous, golden fawn, or pale 



saffron 10 



7. Ground color of fore wing sordid whitish ocherous roessleri (Zeller). 



Ground color of fore wing white, whitish gray, or pale brownish graj' 8 



8. A well-contrasted pale spot near tornus; paler than rest of wing. 



ostentatrix Heinrich. 



No such contrasted pale spot near tornus; tornus at least no paler than 



ground color 9 



9. Fore wing grayish white, blotched on dorsal half with brownish; cilia of hind 



wing with dark basal band asphodelana (Kearfott). 



Fore wing nearly pure white; cilia of hind wing without dark basal band. 



var. seraphicana Heinrich. 



10. Ground color of fore wing ocherous brown, more brown than yellow, nowise 



golden 11 



Ground color of fore wing more golden than brown 12 



11. Fore wing without ocelloid markings above tornus stygiana (Dyar) 



Fore wing with two or three short fine black dashes above tornus. 



var. calif orniae Heinrich. 



12. Costa of fore wing straight from before middle of apex...paradisiae Heinrich. 

 Costa of fore wing slightly arched before apex 13 



13. Fore wing a dull golden fawn color leonana Walsingham. 



Fore wing a pale golden saffron color aurantiana Walsingham. 



