NO. 14-23, AMERICAN COCHLIDIAN MOTHS— DYAR. 37S 



hind tibite with the spurs obsolete. Wings broad, veins 7 to i» stalked, 

 lo from the base of the stalk, discal vein long-forked, and open, oosta 

 convex. 



Type. — Epielea elfea Druce. 



EPICLEA ELiEA Druce. 



Pcrolaehm Druce, Biol. Cent.-Am., Lep. Ilet., I, 1887, p. 23. 



Locality. — Panama. This identification is based on an examination 



of Druce's type. In both the Druce collection and the British Museum 



1 found two species mixed under this la))el, and it is the other species, 



not the type, which is figured in the Biologia. Compare Enprosterna 



elsdasa Dyar. 



Genus SEMYRA Walker. 



Semyra Walker, Cat. Brit. Mus., V, 1855, p. 1130. 

 Semi/ra Dyar, Jour. N. Y. Ent. Soc, VI, 1898, p. 237. 



SEMYRA BELLA Herrich-Schaeffer. 



Limacodes bella Herricii-Schaefper, Aiisser. Schinett., I, 1854, fig. 181. 

 Semyra conrcUda Walker, Cat. Brit. Mus., V, 1855, p. 1131. 

 Semyra finita Walker, Cat. Brit. Mus., V, 1855, p. 1131. 

 Eulimacocies moschleri f^CHAVs, Proi-. Zool. Soc, Loud., 1892, p. 324. 



Localities. — Brazil; Central Aiuerica; Mexico. « 



The type of Jiiuta Walker is in the British Museum and it differs 

 from voarctatd Walker in having the terminal space rather contrast- 

 ingl}' pale and the basal red marks obsolete. 1 do not think it a 

 distinct species. 



SEMYRA IRENA, new species. 



Much like hella Herrich-Schaefi'er, ])ut much larger. The marks 

 are the same, except thiit the red color beyond the V^asal broken silver 

 streak is absent. 



Expanse. — Male, 30 mm.; female, 4() nmi. {hdla expands, male, 20 

 mm.; female, 27 mm.). 



Localities. — Two males, one female, Rockstone, Essequibo Rivoi-, 

 and Omai, British Guiana; Petropolis, Brazil (W. Schaus). 



Type.— C^t. No. 9031, U.S.N. M. 



Determined b}' Mr. Schaus as distincta Moschler, but he has since 

 collected specimens agreeing better with Moschler's characterization 

 and from near his type locality. 



Named in honor of Miss Louise Irene Hoff, of New^ York City. 



SEMYRA DISTINCTA Moschler. 

 Eulimacodes distincta Moschler, Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, XXVII, 1878, p. 672. 

 Locality. — Dutch Guiana. 



SEMYRA CARDIA Schaus. 

 Semyra cardia Schaus, Proc. Zool. Soc. Loud., 1894, p. 236. 

 Locality. — Braz i I . 



