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CalMcarus^ g. n., Grote, I, c. p. 182. Allied to Horama (Hiibn.) j antennae 
Bubserrate, gradually Bwelled to tips, which are slender and flexuous \ head 
smaller and prothoracic pieces narrower than in Horama. Sp. Sphinx plu- 
mipes (Drury) j CalUcarus pennipes, sp. n., Grote, 1. c. p. 182, pi. 6. fig. 3, 
Cuba ,• C. tcxanuSf sp. n., Grote, 1. c. p. 184, Texas (=Mtchi'oi)iia plumipesy 
Clemens nec Drury), 
Formiculus, g. n., Grote, 1. c. p. 184. Allied to preceding j antennae sub- 
capitate, serrated and short ; labial palpi 0 ? j posterior tibiae without spurs j 
veins of fore wings straight, equidistant, forming a linear cell below the me- 
dian cell. Sp. F. pygmceuSy sp. n., Grote, 1. c. p. 185, pi. 8. fig. 4, Cuba. 
Burtia, g. n., Grote, 1. c. p. 186. Allied to Eunomia (Iltibn.) j body linear j 
palpi small, hardly exceeding the front. Sp. B. ruhella, sp. n., Grote, 1. c. 
p. 186, pi. 6. fig. 1, Cuba. 
Sphc3ro7nachia, g. n,, Grote, 1. c. p. 304. Allied to Pericopis ; fore wings 
triangular, apical margin very straight. Sp. Pericopis cuhana (H.-Sch.). 
Platythyris, g. n., Grote & Robinson, Ann. Lyc. New York, viii. p. 361. 
Allied to Thyi'isj antennae long, slender, filiform j head not prominent j palpi 
large, free j prothorax broad and square in front j wings broad, posterior with 
sinuate margins. Sp. Thyiis vitrina (Boisd.) j P. fasciata, sp. n., Grote & 
Rob. 1. c. p. 362, pi. 13. figs. 4 & 6, Virginia. 
Ti'ichcea, g. n., Herrich-Schtifi'er, 1. c. p. 115. (See Table, p. 377). Sp. T. 
pilicornis and T. seticornis, spp. nn., Il.-Sch. 1. c. p. 116, Cuba. 
New species : — 
Zygcena erelus, Staudinger, Stett. ent. Zeit. 1867, p. 101, South Russia. 
Setiodes nana, Herrich-Schiiffer, 1. c. p. 106, Cuba. 
Gundlachia cruenta, Herrich-SchafFer, 1. c. p. 108, Cuba. 
Horamia preteUus and H. plumosa, Herrich-Schatter, 1. c. p. 113, Cuba. 
Horama diffissa, sp. n., Grote, /. c. p. 181, pi. 6. fig. 2, Cuba. 
Eunomia insularis, Grote, 1. c. p. 188, pi. 6. fig. 6, Cuba. 
Hippola minmiUy Grote, 1. c. p. 298, pi. 6. fig. 6, Cuba. 
Apislosia humeralis, Grote, I c. p. 302, Cuba (=A.judaSf Il.-Sch. nec Iliibn.). 
Melanchroia fumosa, Grote, 1. c. p. 306, Cuba. 
Olaucopis elegantula and nitidulay Herrich-Schaffer, I, c. p. 114, and G. exi- 
mia, H.-Sch. 1. c. p. 116, Cuba. 
Cort'ebia suhochrea, Herrich-SchalFer, 1. c. p. 115, Cuba. 
Charidea cimicoideSj Herrich-Schaffer, 1. c. p. 116, and C. hicolorj H.-Sch. 
ibid., Cuba. 
Charidea bivuhera, Grote & Robinson, 1. o. p. 366, pi. 13. fig. 2, Mexico. 
Syntomis cuprca, Prittwitz, Stett. ent. Zeit. 1867, p. 277, Himalaya. 
Echeta albipe/nnis, Herrich-Schaffer, 1. c. p. 117, Cuba. 
Sesiid^. 
Stainton figures Trochilium foi'miccefoimie (Brit. Butt. & Moths, pi. 3. 
Sesia chalcocnemis (Stand.) is a variety of chrysidiformis (Lasp.) according 
to Mabille, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 4*^ ser. vi. p. 657. 
E. G. Meek notices a white-belted variety of Sesia adiciformis (S taken in 
copulation mth a red-belted $ . Ent. M. Mag. iv. p. 153. 
Sesia miniacea. G. Allard notices this species as found by him in Algeria 
(Ann. Soc, Ent. Fr, 4° s^r. vii. p. 316). 
