NO. 1420. NEW SOUril AMERICAN MOTHS— SCHAUS. 333 



then straight to inner margin. Secondaries a brown terminal line at 

 anal angle. 



Expanse. — 21 mm. 



Hahitat. — St. Jean, Maroni River, French (luiana. 



Type.—Qvii. No. 8!>09, IT.S.N.M. 



Genus EPIPINCONIA Dyar. 

 EPIPINCONIA UMBRIFERA, new species. 



Body above light brown, underneath white; collai' mottled with 

 white. Wings white. Primaries: the markings pale l)rown; a point 

 at end of cell; a broad postmedial shade, extending to fringe between 

 veins 3 and 5; a narrow shade along inner margin to postmedial. Sec- 

 ondaries a pale brown shade at anal angle, extending on to fringe. 



ExjMinse. — 22 mm. 



Habitat. — St. Jean, Maroni River, French (niiana. 



Type.—Qiii. No. S!»10, U.S.N.M. 



Family AIDID.F. 



Genus BR ACH YCODI LLA Dyar. 



BRACHYCODILLA PERFUSA, new species. 



Palpi dark brown behind, whitish in front. Frons whitish, later- 

 ally dark l)rown. Vertex light brown. Collar dark ])r()wn in front, 

 whitish behind. Thorax olivaceous brown; i)atagia whitish, streaked 

 with bull'. A])domen roseate; a dark brown subdorsal patch at base. 

 Primaries: whitish in and l)elow cell, otherwise thickly irrorated with 

 dark gre}', with a l)lackish postmedial curved shade; an antemedial 

 dark spot below cell. vSecondaries roseate; the outer margin black. 



Expanse.- — 25 mm. 



Hahitat. — St. Jean, Maroni River, French Guiana. 



Type.—C2.t. No. 8911, U.S.N.M. 



Family MEGALOPYGID^E. 



SYNOPSIS OF GENERA. 



Hind wings with vein 8 joined to subcostal to near, or beyond end of cell. 

 Fore wings with veins 4, 5 separate. 



Hind wings with 'A, 4 stalked or from a point. 



Branch of vein 1 on fore wings distinct (Airama 



Branch of vein 1 on fore wings obsolete Suli/rJira 



liind wings with veins :!, 4 separate. 

 Frennluin distinct, vein 10 usually stalked. 

 Fore wings with vein 7 arising after 9. 



Wing sliape normal Trosi<t 



Outer margin bent parallel to costa Edehesm 



Fore wings with vein 7 before 9 Thosrora 



