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median space largely ochreous shaded, leaving white area between the spots 
and before and behind same; a dark s. t. line close to outer margin and sending 
short spurs along the veins towards same, preceded by ochreous shading; ter- 
minal area white with dark terminal line; fringes ochreous in basal half, white 
outwardly, the two areas separated by a dark line. Secondaries white, ochreous 
shaded, with dark t. p. line of primaries practically duplicated, straight from 
costa to a point near outer margin below vein 2, then bent strongly backwards 
to origin of vein 3, continued along cubitus to origin of vein 2, then to inner 
margin above and angle, shaded inwardly with ochreous, which fills the outer 
projection; marginal maculation and fringes as on primaries. Beneath essen- 
tially as above, but paler. Expanse 15 mm. 
Hasitat. San Benito, Texas (Apr. 24-30), 3 2. Type, Coll. Barnes. 
Falls into the same group with aplicalis Gn. which also has the 
palpi with 3rd joint porrect and resting on the triangular tufting of 
joint 2. This feature is found in the type of the genus, ranalis Gn. 
which Hampson incorrectly places in Nacoleia with 3rd joint upright 
and triangularly tufted. 
SYLEPTA BRUMALIS sp. nov. (PI. I, Fig. 4). 
Antennae in ¢ normal; fore femora, tibiae and tarsi in ¢ strongly tufted 
with hair, in 2 femora and tibiae slightly tufted; mid tibiae slightly tufted in 
$6; hair tuft between the antennae stronger in ¢ than 92; palpi, head and 
thorax light brown mixed with white; Ist joint of abdomen white, remainder 
light brown; hair on basal joints of fore legs brown, tarsi white; primaries 
with costal margin pale yellowish narrowing towards apex; base of wing light 
brown containing a white dot near inner margin and bordered outwardly by 
pale yellowish perpendicular band, scarcely 2 mm. broad; remainder of wing 
dirty olive-green with the exception of a portion of the cell which is white con- 
taining a broad lunate olive green reniform; a faint darker t. p. line outwardly 
rounded opposite cell, incurved in fold, shaded slightly outwardly at costa with 
pale yellowish. Secondaries white in basal third with small olive green costal 
dot; following this is a broad olive green band the outer margin of which forms 
the continuation of the t. p. line of primaries and is shaded outwardly, espe- 
cially above anal angle, with white; remainder of wing olive-green as on pri- 
maries, slightly paler than the transverse band; a slight brownish shade at anal 
angle; fringes concolorous, paler outwardly and whitish at anal angle of sec- 
ondaries. Beneath hyaline whitish with markings of upper side more or less 
distinguishable. Expanse ¢ 25 mm., 2 32 mm. 
Hasitat. Brownsville, Texas; San Benito, Texas (Dorner), March-May 
and July-Sept. 9 ¢’s,9 92’s. Types, Coll. Barnes. 
Seems best placed in Sylepta, although the palpi in tufting are 
about intermediate between this genus and Pilocrocis, being slightly 
less upturned than in our other N. Am. species of either genus. The 
