A LIST OF AMERICAN COCHLIDIAN MOTHS, WITH 

 DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW GENERA AND SPECIES. 



By Harrison G. Dyar, 



Custodian of Lepidoptera. 



The South Ainericiiii Cochlidiidie (Limacodidse) are still verv imper- 

 fectly known and in the various catalogues and lists are much mixed 

 with other families, more particularly with Meg-alopygidfe, Dalceridae, 

 and allies. I have been able to examine most of the described species 

 in the British Museum, the collections of Messrs. William Schaus, H. 

 Druce, P. Dognin, and others, and have arranged them as follows. 

 Ten species described by Walker are unknown to me. The types are 

 not in the British Museum, nor have they been recognized in the 

 Hopeian department of the Tniversity MiLseum at Oxford. They 

 are probably lost,^' and it is doubtful if the species can ever be recog- 

 nized, since they may ])elong in any one of a dozen families. They 

 are listed at the end of this paper. I have included the North Ameri- 

 can species for the sake of completeness. 



SYNOPSIS OF THE AMERICAN GENERA. 



1. Antenme of male Itipectiiiate on basal half or less, the tips serrate or 



simple 2 



Anteniu* of male liipectinate to tip, or nearly so 13 



Antemue of male unipectinate or uniserrate 29 



Antennae of male simple or biserrate 30 



2. Spurs of hind tibia> obsolete Ejyidea 



Terminal spurs of hind tibite present 3 



3. Fore or hind wings with less than the usual number of veins 4 



Veins all present ., 5 



4. Fore wings with the outer margin entire Monohuca 



Fore wings slightly excavate below apex Adoneta 



5,. Fore wings with the costa convex Metraga 



Fore wings with the costa straight 6 



6. Palpi short, not reaching Ijeyond the frontal tuft 7 



Palpi longer, at least beyond the front or to vertex of head 9 



('These species were described by Walker from the Fry collection. Sir George 

 Hampson says that the specimens were returned by Walker in such condition that 

 their acceptance was refused and it is not known what became of them. 



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