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ENDOTRICHIINAE 
Genus Davisia gen. nov. (Type Davisia singularis sp. nov.). 
Palpi slender, upturned, not exceeding front; 
maxillary palpi short, filiform; antennae laterally flat- 
tened, slightly annulate and ciliate; proboscis present, 
but reduced; hind tibiae with two pairs of spurs of 
equal length; primaries 12 veined, vein 2 from before 
cell, 3 and 4 from a point, 5 slightly removed from 4 
at base, 6 from below upper angle, 7, 8 and 9 stalked, 
9 from 8 before 7, 10 and 11 free and parallel; secon- 
daries 8 veined, 2 from before cell, 3 and 4 from a 
point, 5 from slightly above, 4, 6 from upper angle, 7 
Fig. 5. _ Venation of and well stalked, median nervure on upper side non- 
Genus Davisia. pectinate. 
According to Hampson’s table (Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1898, p. 
591) the genus would fall into the subfamily Endotrichiinae, of which 
so far no American species are recorded. It might possibly be re- 
garded as an aberrant genus of Epipaschiinae without tufts on pri- 
maries or basal tuft to antennae; in general appearance the type 
species resembles a small Noctuclia. We take pleasure in naming 
the genus after our friend Mr. W. T. Davis of Staten Is., who formed 
one of the party in Florida. 
DaVISIA SINGULARIS sp. nov. (PI. III, Fig. 3). 
Thorax ochreous, shaded with brown; primaries various shades of 
brown; black dot at base of costa; basal portion of wing light brown, defined 
outwardly by a smoky t. a. line 1/4 from base bordered inwardly with pale 
ochreous and slightly angled outwardly in cell; beyond this line is a brown 
band of similar color and width to basal space, the outer margin of which is 
evenly outwardly oblique; the remainder and larger portion of the median 
space has a pale ochreous ground color, shaded heavily with smoky outwardly, 
most prominent and broadest above inner margin; a small black discal dot, 
t. p. line closer to outer margin than usual, blackish, followed by pale shade 
evenly rounded and slightly dentate from costa to vein 2 where it forms a 
prominent inward angle and con‘inues perpendicular to inner margin; terminal 
space light brown very slightly shaded with smoky at apex and above anal 
angle; terminal broken dark line; fringes dusky at base, paler outwardly. 
Secondaries smoky with a faint pale subterminal line, most distinct towards 
anal angle where it is shaded inwardly with smoky; fringes pale. Beneath, 
primaries deep smoky, secondaries as above. Expanse II mm. 
Hasitat. Everglade, Fla. (Apr. 8-15). 5 ¢. Type, Coll. Barnes. 
