148 Lord Walsingham's revision of the 



Acrolophus vitellus, Poey. 



Poey, Cent. Lep. Cuba (1832). 



" Alis luteu-fascis, atomis anticarum nigris, costa 

 nigra punctata." 



Acrolophe vitellus.— Ailes d'un jaune brun ; les supe- 

 rieures couvertes el'atomes noirs, plus distincts sur la 

 cote. 



After tins short description Poey refers to the figure, 

 which shows the expanse of the wings to be about 20 mm. 

 The neuration of the fore wings, which is also figured, 

 proves that the apical vein is not forked. One speci- 

 men, Cuba. 



Acrolophus simidatus, Wlsm. (PI. VII., fig. 7). 



Acrolophus? simulatus, Wlsm., Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, 

 x., 168—9 (1882). 



" Head rough ; maxillary palpi none ; tongue none ; ocelli none. 

 Labial palpi recurved over the head and part of the thorax ; the 

 second joint very long, roughly clothed with projecting scales 

 beneath; third joint about half as long as the second, brush-like, 

 with very long diverging scales on the under side. Antennae 

 strong, slightly pubescent, somewhat serrated on both sides, 

 especially towards the apex. The anal appendages in the male 

 much developed, the elongate ovate side claspers not reaching 

 beyond the upper shield, which is triangular and pointed.* Fore 

 wings with the costal margin arched, apex rounded, apical margin 

 oblique, slightly convex, the dorsal margin somewhat convex, not 

 emarginate before the rounded anal angle. Hind wings ovate, 

 wider than the fore wings. Fore wings with twelve separate 

 veins. The vein from the upper corner of the discal cell in the 

 fore wings ends on the costal margin, and is not forked ; cell of 

 hind wings not closed. Alternate brown and whitish ochreous 

 patches along the costal and dorsal halves of the fore wings, the 

 paler portions apparently predominating rather more than in 

 Eulepiste cressoni, the darker portions assuming the form of two 

 angulated fascise ; there are numerous raised bluish fuscous scales 

 scattered especially about the darker patches. Hind wings and 

 cilia dull brown. Expanse, 15 mm. Texas." 



To the description of this species 1 should wish to 

 add that the antennae are not strictly serrated in struc- 



As seen from above. 



