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pallidivcnter in lOO-t or at any other time, so far as known. A 

 genus must be founded upon an established species. It cannot 

 antedate its type. Therefore, Hyloconops postdates Lestico- 

 campa and must be cited as a synonym thereof. That the two 

 are the same, I make no doubt, after examining specimens of 

 the two described species kindly presented by Dr. Arthur 

 Neiva of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Peryassu attempts to separ- 

 ate Hyloconops from what he calls Joblotia (\. e., Lestico- 

 campa) by the shape of the proboscis ; but the difference is 

 clearly insufficient. 



A further synonym of Lestico cam pa will evidently be the 

 genus Lynchiaria Brethes, founded on the single species paran- 

 ensis Brethes (Bol. del Inst. Ent. y de Patol. Veg., i, 40, 1912). 



I have no specimens of the species, which is not sufficiently 

 well known to place in a table. The describer does not men- 

 tion the color of the legs. If we are to assume that they are 

 uniformly dark, without white markings, the species will fall 

 near lunata Theobald or dicellaphora Howard, Dyar & Knab, 

 according to what the structure of the male palpi shall prove to 

 be. The male has not been made known. 



An interesting new species is before me : 



Lesticocampa trichopus, new species. 



Head with blackish scales with bronzy and blue reflection, 

 showing a strong white reflection over the whole vertex ; pro- 

 thoracic lobes very small, widely separated. Mesonotum with 

 dense dark brown scales. Postnotum nude, blackish, with a 

 central keel and a large group of setae posteriorly. Abdomen 

 blue-black above, yellowish white below, the colors separated 

 on the sides in a nearly straight line, the ventral color extend- 

 ing upward a little in the centers of the posterior segments. 

 Legs with blue-black vestiture, the mid tarsi with the last 

 three joints yellowish white; hind tarsi with the first joint with 

 some rough scales, the second with long black fringing scales; 

 tip of the third, fourth, and fifth joints white. Wing scales 

 ovate, blackisli ; cross-veins nearly in line, the posterior a little 

 basal of the others. 



