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Palpi short, moderately clothed ; apical joint exposed, scarcely 

 projecting beyond the face. 



Head very wide, flattened to tlie thorax, the face between the 

 eyes much flattened, moderately rough-scaled above. 



Thorax smooth. 



Fore wings elongate, costal margin almost straight, J without a 

 costal fold, apical margin very slightly concave, anal angle rounded. 

 Neuration : 12 veins, all separate ; 3 much bent up towards 4 on the 

 outer margin. 



Hind wings rather triangular, apex somewhat acute, dorsal mar- 

 gin slightly and evenly rounded. Neuration : 8 veins ; 3 and 4 from 

 a point, 5 bent over towards origin of 4. 



Apparently allied to Cacocharis, Wlsm., but without a thoracic 

 tuft. Veins 3 and 4 of the hind wings are as in the group of 

 genera allied to Penthina, Tr., but the neuration of the fore wings 

 approaches more nearly that of the Pcedisca group. 



Episimus transferrana, Wkr. 



Carpocapsa transferrana, Wkr. Cat. Lp. Ins. B. M. xxviii. p. 398 

 (1863). 



South America — Brazil (Ega, Wkr.). 



Var. vincentana (an $p. n. ?). 



West Indies — St. Vincent (1 specimen, Smith). 



With a single specimen before me, in very poor condition, I 

 should not venture to describe it as a distinct species. It is ob- 

 viously very similar to Walker's type from Ega ; the chalybeous 

 black top of the head is a strong distinguishing character, and the 

 markings on the wings are approximately in the same position. 

 Walker describes the darker shades as the ground-colour of the 

 wing, whereas the paler colouring actually predominates (more so in 

 this variety than in the type) ; moreover they have scarcely a trace 

 of fawn -colour, and would be more accurately described as creamy- 

 white. The slender leaden cross-streaks which occur in the type 

 are wanting in this specimen, but the transverse linear arrangement 

 of the scales is precisely the same, and if some of the grey streaklets 

 which compose the medio-costal patch were prolonged in the direc- 

 tion of the dorsal margin they would exactly correspond to these 

 lines, which Walker omits to mention in his description. I cannot 

 venture to regard this specimen as distinct from E. transferrana, but 

 it is probably a local variety. 



Exp. al. 14 millim. 



Type, cJ. 



Episimus augmentana, Z. 



Grapholitha (Iledya) augmentana, Z. Hor. Sec. Ent. Ross. xiii. 

 pp. 162-3 (1877). 



West Indies— Cuba (Z.). 



I am indebted to Dr. Staudinger for the opportunity of examining 

 the tvpe of this species. 



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