26 Journal New York Ent. Soc. [Vol. ii. 



Family PERICOPID.^. 



Svfio/^sis of genera. 



Accessory cell present Daritis. 



No accessory cell. 



Veins 7 - lo of primaries sta'ked from apex of cell 

 Vein 10 from the sub-costal .... 



Composia. 

 Qnophfela. 



Genus Daritis ]]\Ukcr. 



1855 — y9^?;77/.f W.ALKKK, Cat. Lep. I'.iit. IMus., pt. Ill, p. 618. 

 1870 — Dorimcnia BoisnuvAl., Lep. Cuat., p. 98 ; \%q2—Kirhy, Cat. Lep. 

 Het., Vol. I, p. 1 86. 



D. thetis King. 



\%-},()—Eiiprepia thetis Klug, Neue Schmett., p. 6, ff. 12. 



var. howardi Hy. Edwards. 



1887 — Daritis thetis var. ho-waidi IlY. Edwards, Ent. .-Xmer., Vol.11, p. 165. 

 Thora.x black, with pale yellow triangular mark on patagia. 

 Abdomen brick red above with dorsal black line. Primaries black 

 with pale yellow discal mark and longitudinal band from base 

 sending three branches to internal angle, middle of outer margin, 

 and costa before apex respectively, all divided by the black veins. 

 Secondaries ocher, with red border enclosing intervenular blue 

 spots : all the markings bordered with black and separated by black 

 veins. A large black discal spot. Expanse, 95 mm. 

 Habitat, New Mexico. 



Genus Composia Hubncr. 



1822 — Composia Hi'iBNER, Verz. bek. Schmetr., p. 179. 

 1870 — Cocasira Boisduval, Lep. Gnat., p. 88. 



C. fidellissima Hcrrich-Scluiffcr. 



1866— I1kkui(;h-Scii.-5-;i-I'KK, Corr. Blat. Regensb., Vol. XX, p. 131 ; 1890 — 



Dyak, Ent. News., Vol. I, p. 105; i8go— Frknch, Ent. 



News., Vol. I, p. 153 (as C. olyuipia) \ 1892— KiKHV, Cat. 



Lep. llet.. Vol 1, p. 190. 



J51ack, with a strong blue rctlcction in the basal and outer part 



of cell of fore wing and basal two-thirds of hind wing. A bright 



red patch on base of costa, trisected by two black spots. A row 



of iuie(iiial rounded white spots border both wings outwardly, 



supplemented by two abbreviated rows, nuining from the costal 



edge of fore wing, obliquely outward. 'I'here are several small 



whitish ilots on the thora.x, and the abdomen is shining blue above, 



Ivx pause, 55 mm. 



JJahitat^ Cuba, Florida. 



