Sept. igoo.] Smith; New Species of NocxuiDyE 175 



Habitat: Florida, Mrs. Slosson. 



The type and only specimen before me is a female in good con- 

 dition, obviously different from the described species in our own 

 fauna and, I believe, from other described forms as well. 



Capnodes punctivena, sp. nov. 



Ground color dull red-brown, a little irrorated with paler scales Head and 

 thorax concolorous. Abdomen with a little white line at each side along the margin 

 of the second abdominal segment, else concolorous. Primaries without contrasts, the 

 median lines marked by a series of white venular dots in a diffuse dusky line, which 

 does not contrast to any great extent with the ground color. A white dot at base of 

 median vein. T. a. line almost upright, a little outcurved. T. p. line outcurved over 

 cell, incurved below, the median space being narrow as a whole and very narrow on 

 the internal margin. S. t. line irregular, broken, composed of somewhat lunate pale 

 marks which are preceded by irregular dusky shadings. Through the terminal space 

 there is a series of yellow scales along the veins, a series of small, yellow, inter- 

 spaceal terminal dots and blackish scales between them. The reniform is vaguely in- 

 dicated by a dusky shade. Secondaries with the dusky portion of t. a. line traceable. 

 T. p. line crosses the middle and is feebly bisinuate, the veins white dotted. S. t. 

 line a series of dusky interspaceal spots followed by a paler shading. The terminal 

 yellow dots are more elongate and toward the anal angle more resemble a broken 

 line. Beneath, uniform fuscous brown, the secondaries with a linear, short, black, 

 discal spot. 



Expanse 27 mm. =: 1. 08 inches. 



Habitat : Charlotte Harbor, Florida (Mrs. Slosson). 



A single female, in good condition. It is possible that this can- 

 not remain associated with Capnodes when the male is known. The 

 middle tibise seem to have no spinules and the antennae are ciliated and 

 bristled : — rather an unusual female character. The maculation is very 

 simple and not at all contrasting. 



Kakopoda, gen. nov. 



Habitus and form of an Erebus and referable to the ErebiincE in body and wing 

 form, in the continuous lines crossing secondaries, and in the quadrifid median vein 

 of secondaries, on which the cell is short. Palpi long, oblique, second joint much 

 the longest, terminal short and stout, exceeding head by half their own length. A 

 small, pointed, frontal tuft. Antennae of the male with long lateral bristles on each 

 joint. Legs in male abnormal. The median tibia is stout, somewhat shorter than 

 usual, terminated by a single spur only. The posterior tibia is decidedly shorter than 

 normal, there is only a single terminal spur, while the median spurs are very close to 

 the base and unusually long, unequal, one of them ^ the other 3^ as long as the 

 femur. There are no spines or other armatures. Primaries triangular, apices pointed, 

 outer margin long, oblique, rounded, and even. 



This genus is well marked by the peculiar malformation of the 



