164 Journal New York Ent. Soc. ivol. ii. 



the enclosed spaces dotted with brownish scales ; several other 

 irregular black marks. Expanse, 32 mm. 



9 Pale ash color, secondaries darker. Primaries with diffuse 

 dark brown strigcT;. Outer border (one-fifth of wing) dull ocherous, 

 defined inwardly and on the fringe by dark brown, and also in a 

 spot at middle of outer margin. Expanse, 36 mm. 



Habitat, Florida. 



Genus Hypopta Huhner. 



i%22—HyJ>opla HuEBNER, Verz. bek. Schmett., p. 195. 



Synopsis of species. 

 Wings nearly uniformly white; pectinations of antennae brown . manfredi. 

 Wings more or less mottled or irrorate with dark shades; pectinations 

 of antennae blackish. 

 With blackish marks at end of median vein. 



Terminal half of wing thickly covered with intervenular purplish 



confluent spots ....... theodori. 



Dark marking extending only from origin of vein 2 to cross 

 vein or further; fringe of secondaries almost entirely 



white bertholdi. 



Dark marks confined to origin of veins 3 — 4; fringe of second- 

 aries distintly black spotted ethela. 



Without any blackish discal marks. 



Wings largely marbled with pale brown, the white ground re- 

 duced to a series of confluent spots . . . henrici. 

 A brown spot on middle of interior margin only . . Cornelia. 

 Without any brown markings on fore wings, white, irrorate 



with black scales edwardi. 



Wings giay, reticulated with black lines nanus. 



H. manfredi Neumcegen. 



1S84 — Hypopta manfredi Neumcegen, Papilio, Vol. Ill, Vol. 139. 



White, obscurely irrorate with brown scales on primaries, 

 becoming defined on the cell into a rather distinct shade, Antennse 

 brown. Expanse, 30 mm. 



Habitat, Arizona. 

 Ii. theodori Byar. 



1893— //i/<'//rt theodori DyAR, Can. Ent., Vol. XXV, p. 220. 



White, terminal half of both wings nearly covered by confluent 

 intervenular purplish spots, which become smaller towards margin 

 and on primaries form a continuous blackish shade beyond cell 

 from origin of vein 2 to sub-costal vein. Expanse, 30 mm. 



Habitat, New Mexico. 



