NO. 2050. LEPIDOPTERA OF THE PANAMA CANAL ZONE—DYAR. 273 



1911 (Busck); Porto Bello, April, 1912 (Busck); Cabima, May, 1911 

 (Busck); La Chorrera, May, 1912 (Busck). 



Allied to N. lacertalis Guenee, L. colubralis Guenee and L. hatracJiialis 

 Guenee, in markings, but those three species are properly refer- 

 able to the genus Stenia in the Nymphulinse, whereas the present 

 species as a true Nacoleia. 



NACOLEIA STENIALIS Guenee. 



40. Paraiso, Canal Zone, February, 1911 (Busck); Porto Bello. 

 April, 1912 (Busck); Trinidad River, May, 1911 (Busck); Cabima, 

 May, 1911 (Busck); La Chorrera, May, 1912 (Busck); Taboga Island, 

 June, 1911 (Busck); Corozal, Canal Zone, July and August, 1912 

 (C. P. Crafts). 



NACOLEIA SCmSTESEMALIS Hampson. 



7. Porto Bello, March, 1911, and May, 1912 (Busck); Corozal, 

 Canal Zone, April, 1912 (Busck); Cabima, May, 1911 (Busck). 



DICHOCROCIS SABATALIS Druce. 



3. Cabixna,May, 1911 (Busck). 



SYLEPTA GORDIALIS Guenee. 



4. Paraiso, Canal Zone, February, 1911 (Busck); Porto Bello, 

 March, 1912 (Busck). 



SYLEPTA DIOPTALIS Walker. 



1. Trinidad River, March, 1912 (Busck). 



SYLEPTA STRIGICINCTA Hampson. 



6. Cabima, May, 1911 (Busck). 



One specimen is a male and has the brown border broader than in 

 the females. 



SYLEPTA AMANDO Cramer. 



2. Alhajuelo, April, 1911 (Busck); Cabima, May, 1911 (Busck). 



SYLEPTA ELEVATA Fabricius. 



7. Alhajuelo, April, 1911 (Busck) ; Porto Bello, April, 1911 (Busck); 

 Cabima, May, 1911 (Busck) ; La Chorrera, May, 1912 (Busck); Trin- 

 idad River, March and June, 1912 (Busck). 



SYLEPTA SILICALIS Guenee. 



5. Porto Bello, February, 1911 (Busck); Cabima, May, 1911 

 (Busck); Corozal, Canal Zone, August and November, 1912 (C. P. 

 Crafts), 



This species occurs also in the United States, and had been recorded 

 under the (erroneous) name S . Jluctuosalis Lederer.^ The larvae have 

 been found on nettle in Florida, 



SYLEPTA IMBROGLLA.LIS, new specie 



Straw-yellow, suffused with brown; costa brown-shaded, as also 

 margins of both wings; lines single, moderate, the inner curved, the 

 outer denticulate, concave or nearly straight above, exserted over 



1 Bull. 52, U.S.N.M., No. 4308.1, 1903, 

 34843°— Proc.N.M.vol.47— 14 18 



