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Fiimily PERICOPID.^. 

 Synopsis of genera. 



Accessory cell present ......... Daritis. 



No accessory cell. 



Veins 7 - lO of primaries sta'ked from apex of cell . . Composia. 



Vein lo from the sub-costal ....... Gnophaela. 



Genus Daritis Walker. 



1855 — Daritis Walker, Cat. Lep. lirit. Mus., pt. Ill, p. 618. 

 1870 — Dorinicnia BoiSDUVAl., Lep. Guat., p. 98 ; 1892 — Kirhy, Cat. Lep. 

 Het., Vol. I, p. 1S6. 



D. thetis Klug. 



1S36 — Eiiprepia thetis Klug, Neue Schmett., p. 6, ff. 12. 

 var. howardi Hy. Edwards. 



1S87 — Daritis thetis var. howardi Hy. Edwards, Ent. Amer., Vol.11, p. 165. 

 Thorax black, with pale yellow triangular mark on patagia. 

 Abdomen brick red above with dorsal black line. Primaries black 

 with pale yellow discal mark and longitudinal band from base 

 sending three branches to internal angle, middle of outer margin, 

 and costa before apex respectively, all divided by the black veins. 

 Secondaries ocher, with red border enclosing intervenular blue 

 spots : all the markings bordered with black and separated by black 

 veins. A large black discal spot. Expanse, 95 mm. 

 Habitat, New Mexico. 



Genus Composia Hahmv. 



1822 — Composia HuBNER, Verz. bek. Schmett., p. 179. 

 1870 — Cocasira BoiSDiiVAL, Lep. Guat., p. 88. 



C. fidellissima Herrich-Schoffer. 



1866 — IIerrich-Sch.^<;ffI':r, Corr. Blat. Regensb., Vol. XX, p. 131 ; 1890 — ' 

 Dyar, Ent. News., Vol. I, p. 105 ; i8go — French, Ent. 

 News., Vol. I, p. 153 (as ('. o/ympia); 1892 — Kn<BY, Cat. 

 Lep. Het., Vol I, p. 190. 

 Black, with a strong blue reflection in the basal and outer part 

 of cell of fore wing and basal two-thirds of hind wing. A bright 

 red patch on base of costa, trisected by two black spots. A row 

 of unequal rounded white spots border both wings outwardly, 

 supplemented by two abbreviated rows, running from the costal 

 edge of fore wing, obliquely outward. There are several small 

 whitish dots on the thorax, and the abdomen is shining blue above. 

 Expanse, 55 mm. 



Habitat, Cuba, Florida. 



