NO. 2132. REVISION OF THE SUBFAMILY HYPENINAE—SCHAUS. 861 



Genus EPISTREMA Schaus. 



Epistreina Schaus, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., sor. 8, vol. 11, 1913, p. 40. 



^Male. — Palpi upcurved, short, reaching just above vertex; second 

 joint shortly fringed in front; third joint smootli. Antennae pubes- 

 cent. Fore legs hairy. Abdomen with dorsal tuft at base. Fore 

 wings: Veins 3, 4, 5, equally apart; 6 from upper angle; 7, 8 and 9, 

 10 from end of areolc; 11 free. Hind wings: Veins 3 and 4 and 6 

 and 7 very shortly stalked; 5 from above lower angle. 



Type of genus. — Epistrema ora Schaus. 



This genus also includes the following species: 



Epistrema sabularea {Megacliyta) Schaus, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 vol. 30, 1906, p. 123. 



EPISTREMA GLAUCOSTICTA, new species. 



Female. — Head, collar and thorax dark brown tinged with bronze. 

 Abdomen grayish brown, somewhat iridescent with a dark dorsal 

 tuft near base. Fore wings fuscous brown thinly irrorated with 

 pale blue; antemedial and postmedial lighter brown shades, the 

 latter divided by an' interrupted dark line; a sub terminal macular 

 dark shade defined by indistinct lighter brown shadings; terminal 

 black spots. Hind wings dull dark brown. Wings below dull dark 

 gray, the hind wings with darker medial and outer shades. 



Expanse. — 16 mm. 



Habitat. — Trinidad River, Panama. 



Type.— Qui. No. 20056, U.S.N.M. 



Genus OMMATOCHILA Butler. 

 OmmatocMla Butler, The Entomologist, 1894, p. 315. 



31ale. — Palpi ascending, short; third joint minute, porrect; a fringe 

 of long hairs in front. Antennae finely ciliate. Fore wings: Veins 

 3, 4, 5 apart; 6 from upper angle; 7, 8, and 9 from end of areole, 

 which is lozenge shaped, 10 from above; 11 free. Hind wings: 

 Veins 3 and 4 from lower angle; 5 from near middle of discocellular; 

 6 and 7 from upper angle. 



Type of genus. — TJialipochares mundula Zeller.^ In two species the 

 palpi are also heavily fringed behind. 



The genus also contams : 



OmmatocMla latipalpis (Hydrelia) Walker, Cat. Brit. Mus., vol. 15, 

 1858, p. 1763= Thalpochares lagore Druce, Biol. Centr.-Amer,, Het., 

 vol. 2, 1898, p. 496, pi. 95, fig. 18. 



Ommatochila plumhealis {Pyralis?) Walker, Cat. Brit. Mus., vol. 34, 

 1865, p. 1232. 



1 Verb, zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, vol. 22, 1SG2, p. 4tj0. 



