1896.] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 69 



ANOTHER EUCHROMIIO TO BE ADDED TO OUR LIST. 



By Harrison G. Dyar. 



Another Cuban moth has occurred in southern Florida. It is 

 Syntomeida minima Grote, and is represented by a pair in Dr. 

 Ottolengui's collection, captured in coitu at Miami, Fla., on 

 March 12, 1895. 



The specimens are somewhat larger than Mr. Grote's original 

 •example, expanding 29 mm, in the male, 26 mm. in the female. 

 There is an additional white spot on the primaries below the me- 

 dian vein at basal third of cell, narrow, elongate. In the female 

 the basal white spot on secondaries is wanting, and the white 

 abdominal dots vary in the two examples,, the male having two, 

 the female four on each side above. These variati€)ns do not 

 warrant a varietal name, as the white spots are variable in the 

 other species of the genus. 



In his original description in 1867, Mr, Grote remarks that in 

 the then state of the subject, this species could be put in the 

 genus Hippola of Walker. Hippola is now made a synonym of 

 Syntomeida by Kirby; but Mr, Grote's remarks remain as true 

 to-day as when first written nearly thirty years ago, for they 

 imply the unsatisfactory condition of the genera of the Euchro- 

 miidae, which still need revision. 



S. m,inima agrees structurally with our other species of Synto- 

 meida, except that the hind legs are long and tufted as in Phyl- 

 loecia. The type of Phylloecia is, however, not known to me (/*. 

 punctata Guer.), nor that of Callicarus (C pennipes Grt.) placed 

 in the synonymy by Mr. Kirby, Our P. texanus agrees with 

 S. minifna in the tufted legs, but differs in the presence of an 

 accessory cell, which, however, I find is not constant. Still 

 minima may remain in Syntomeida at present, I think, as its 

 pattern of maculation corresponds, and it falls there in the syn- 

 opsis of genera (see Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc, i, 100, 1893). 



The following synopsis will separate our species of the genus: 



Abdomen banded with fulvous and black ipomoeae. 



Abdomen not banded. 



Abdomen with a red tip; expanse 45 mm epilais. 



Abdomen without red tip; expanse 29 mm. or less .... minima. 



