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NYMPHULINAE 
PILETOCERA SIMPLICIALIS sp. nov. (PI. IV, Fig. 1). 
Antennae of @ normal and ciliate, no fovea in cell of primaries; head, 
thorax and wings deep blackish brown; primaries with median area slightly 
paler; t. a. line even, pale, slightly rounded, followed by a broad diffuse dark 
shade which extends across the small round orbicular, more or less concealing 
it; reniform rather large, subquadrate, black with pale central dash; t. p. line, 
pale, very irregular, angled outwardly on vein 7 and then very strongly in- 
wardly, almost attaining reniform, rounded outwardly between veins 2 and 5, 
bent back to below reniform and then straight to inner margin, preceded by 
a broad black shade, especially prominent near costa and inner margin. Sec- 
ondaries blackish with faintest trace of a pale subterminal line; fringes of both 
wings dusky. Beneath, primaries dusky with faint traces of markings of 
upper side apparent; secondaries with two black spots in cell and a faint s. t. 
line very prominently excurved between veins 3-5. Expanse ¢, 15 mm., Q, 
18 mm. 
Hasitat. Chocoloskee, Fla., ¢; Everglade, Fla, 9 (Apr. 8-15). 1 6, 
2 Q. Types, Coll. Barnes. 
Very similar to bufalis Gn. but the ¢ lacks the fovea and dis- 
torted membrane in the cell of primaries and the t. p. line in both 
sexes shows much deeper indentations. It is a slightly narrower 
winged species. 
PYRALINAE 
HERCULIA SORDIDALIS sp. nov. (Pl. II, Fig. 12). 
Pale straw-color heavily sprinkled with smoky, giving a slightly greenish 
appearance; costa ochreous to just beyond t. p. line, slightly pinkish at base; 
wings crossed by two pale lines, heavily bordered with smoky which is more 
prominent than the pale color; primaries with lines wide apart, anterior line 
evenly rounded with outward smoky border; posterior line almost rigidly 
perpendicular to inner margin with inward dark border; faint discal dot. 
Secondaries with lines approached, almost contiguous at inner margin with 
slightly darker median space; fringes of both wings dusky with fine ochreous 
basal line. Benea‘h paler than above with very indistinct maculation. Expanse 
25 mm. 
Hasitat. Ft. Myers, Fla. (Apr. 1-7). 1 @. Type, Coll. Barnes. 
Related to thymetusalis Wlk. but distinguished by the lack of 
costal blotches. 
