NO. 1423. AMERICAN roCHLIDTAN MOTHS— DYAB. 8(U 



Palpi upturned to vertex or less 33 



Palpi reaching slightly above vertex Lithacodes 



33. Form robust ; antennae biserrate Pro/hnaco<h'K 



Form slender; antennte simple 33 



Paljji not reaching vertex ; head sunken Sloxmnella 



Palpi reaching vertex or nearly so; head subprominent 35 



35. Fore wings acute, but rounded at apex 3(5 



Fore wings rather square at apex; costa nearly straight Cochlidion 



Fore wings broader and more rounded Packardia 



3H. Internal margin of fore wings straight « Tortricidia 



Internal margin prominent, siibsinuate Vipsophobetron 



Genus EPISIBINE Dyar. 

 EpisihliieDyxn, Journ.>\ Y. Ent. Sue, VI, 189S, ]>. 234. 

 EPISIBINE INTENSA, new species. 



Male. — Dark glo.ssy l)rown, the fore wing.s witli a reddish shade 

 toward apex and a lilackish one along submedian fold. A large 

 yellow spot on the fold below middle of cell, with a small dot below 

 it on vein 1. Four partly confluent spots subapically — a streak on 

 vein 6 near its base, a spot on 7 at its base, on the stalk of 8, 9, near 

 origin of 7, and a streak on vein 1< > — the first and last nearer the base 

 than the others. Hind wing with the discal area to margin pellucid, 

 the margin strongly excavate between veins 2 and 7. 



Female. — Larger, with the hind wings normal. The spots are large 

 and placed as in the male. Ilind wings dark brown. 



Krpame. — Male, 28 mm.: female, 45 mm. 



Locality. — Three males, two females, St. Jean, Maroni Kiver, French 

 Guiana (W. Schaus). 



Type.— Cut. No. S97(;. U.S.N. M. 



EPISIBINE AUROMACULA Schaus. 



Sibme auroinacula Sen Avs, .lourn. X. Y. Ent. Soc, IV, lS9(i, j). .5H. 

 Local Itiex. — Venezuela; Brazi I . 



EPISBINE SIBINIDES, new species. 



Fore wings with the spots large, shaped and colored as in aai'ouia- 

 cula Schaus, the subapical dots more diffused. Hind wings trigonate, 

 with straight outer margin, but the discal area not hyaline, but 

 whitish, crossed by the reddish brown veins, C'ostal and inner mar- 

 gins dark brown, of the color of the fore wings. 



Expanae. — 36 mm. 



Locality. — One male, Pernambuco [Brazil], from Mr. Schaus's 

 collection. 



Type.—C^X. No. 8965, U.S.N.M. 



« See also DirJironiaptery.r. 



