346 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol.50. 



11 free. Hind wings: Veins 3 and 4, and 6 and 7 on short stalk; 5 

 well above lower angle. 



Type of genus. — Pyrgion menippusalis oi the Biologia, not Walker, = 

 Scopifera repanda Schaus.* The species wiU stand as Pyrgion repanda 

 Schaus.2 



Genus POENOMIA Schaus. 



Poenomia Schaus, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, vol. 11, 1913, p. 35. 



Male. — Palpi iipcurved, third joint longer than second, upturned, 

 diverging with long tufts from its base on inner side. Antennae 

 pubescent ciUate. Fore tibiae hairy. Wings narrow. Fore wings: 

 Costal margin with fold at base below; veins 3, 4, 5 close together 

 from lower angle; 6 near upper angle; 7, 8, and 9, 10 from areole; 11 

 free. Hind wings: Veins 3 and 4, and 6 and 7 on short stalk; 5 near 

 lower angle. 



Type of genus. — Poenomia turpis Schaus. 



This genus also includes: 



Poenomia hertlialis (PaltJiis) Schaus, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mns., vol. 30, 

 1906, p. 128. 



Poenomia macuJata Schaus, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, vol. 11, 

 1913, p. 35. 



Poenomia Jiiempsal Schaus, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, vol. 11, 

 1913, p. 36. 



Poenomia frigidalis Dognin, Het. Amer. Sud, fasc. 8, 1914, p. 83. 



Genus REJECTARIA Guenee. 



Rejectaria Guenee, Delt. et Pyral., 1854, p. 85. 



Narcaea Druce, Biol. Centr. Amer., Het., vol. 1, 1891, p. 449, pi. 36, figs. 21, 21a, 



24. Type, N. villosa Druce. 

 Paromia Schaus, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, vol. 11, 1913, p. 23. Type, 



P. nigripunclata Schaus. 



Male. — Palpi curved back over head; second joint slender, thickly- 

 scaled; third joint with long tufts on inner side, reaching abdomen. 

 Legs smooth; fore tibiae hairy j^nd with process. Fore wings: Costa 

 slightly depressed; outer margin obliquely rounded; vein 3 close to 

 lower angle; 4 and 5 from lower angle; 6 from upper angle; 7, 8, 9, and 

 10 from areole; 11 free. Hind wings: Veins 3 and 4, and 6 and 7 on 

 short stalk; 5 close to lower angle. 



Tyjye of genus. — Rejectaria, cocy talis Guenee. 



Casperia Walker, Journ. Linn. Soc. ZooL, vol. 9, 1868, p. 194. Type, 

 C. erehipennis Walker, is in all probability a synonym of Rejectaria 

 Guenee, or it may be an older name for Strathocles Druce. The spe- 

 cies is unknown to me. 



» Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, vol. 9, 1912, p. 208. 

 s Figured In Biologia, ISOl, pi. .SV, figs. 10, 10a, 11. 



