112 PROCEEDIXGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol. 47. 



EULEPIDOTIS MICCA Druce. 

 Palindia micca Druce, Biol. Cent.-Amer., Lep. Het., vol. 1, 1889, p. 319. 



Eleven specimens are before me from Mexico, Costa Kica, and 

 Venezuela. Tliis is the continental form of modestula Herrich- 

 SchafFer. 



UNPLACED SPECIES. 



PALINDIA PRIMULINA Druce. 



Palindia primulina Druce, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (7), vol. 5, 1900, p. 518. 

 Evidently a peculiar and characteristic species, unlike anything 

 knowTi to me. The following is Mr. Druce's description: 



Male. — Head, antennae, collar, tegulfe, thorax and abdomen pale primrose-color; the 

 under side of the thorax, abdomen, and legs white. Primaries and secondaries pale 

 primrose-yellow; primaries, the costal margin edged with white, three curved chrome- 

 yellow bands cross the wing from the costal to the inner margin, the first two bands 

 nearest the base, the third beyond the cell; the marginal line white, with minute 

 black dots; the fringe chrome-yellow; secondaries with a few metallic scales near the 

 anal angle, above Avhich is a short chrome-yellow line; the under side of both wings 

 pale primrose-yellow. 



Expanse, 1 inch. 



Hab. — Colombia, Valparaiso (Mus. Druce). 



PALINDIA REFLEXA Herrich-Schaffer. 



Palindia reflexa Herrich-Schaffer, Corr.-Blatt zool.-min. Ver. Regensb., vol. 22, 

 1869, p. 154. 



Easily to be recognized by the very peculiar secondary sexual 

 character of the male, a round, wliite, hauy lappet on the costa 

 above. I have seen notliing at all approacliing such a structure. 

 The following is Herrich-Schaffer' s description: 



114) reflexa ES. 489/625. foem.— 449/1047 mas.— Kleiner als corinna, Hfi auf R 3 

 sehr schwach geeckt. Rostbraun, Vfl mit2ganzgeraden, gegen den IR divergirenden 

 QStreifen, von 1/3 und 2/3 des VR und weisser W der Franzen. Auf den Hfi nur ein 

 weisser Schragstreif in Z 1 a als innere Begrenzung eines rostrothen Fleckes. Beim 

 kleineren Manne sind beide Streife der Vfl undeutlicher, weniger divergirend, der VR 

 aber hinter der Mitte in einen grossen, halbscheibenformigen, weissen, rothbraunge- 

 wimperten Lappen nach oben umschlagen. 



Recently Mr. Schaus and the writer, in considering the identifica- 

 tion of Herrich-Schaffer' s name, have concluded that it is probably not 

 a Palindia at all, or even a Noctuid, but is an earlier name for Parid- 

 nea TiolopTisealis Ragonot, a Pyralid of the subfamily Chrysauginse. 



PALINDIA STRIATAIUA Cramer. 



Phalxna Geoineter striataria Cramer, Pap. Exot., vol. 4, 1782, p. 125, pi. 355, fig. F. 

 Palindia striata Guenee, Spec. Gen., vol. 6, 1852, p. 278. 



Palindia striatia Herrich-Schaffer, Corr.-Blatt zool.-min. Ver. Regens., vol. 22, 



1869, p. 153. 



Unknown to Guen6e (1852), who placed it in Palindia from his 



interpretation of Cramer's figure. Also unknown to Walker,^ who 



follows Guenee. Herrich-Schaffer had a specimen from Cuba which 



1 Cat. Brit. Mus., Lep. Het., part 12, 1857, p. 850. 



