BARATHRA; MIODERA; DISCESTRA; CRATERESTRA. By Dr. M. Draudt. 
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irregular white spot bordered with black above a white discal dot which is surrounded with black; in the distal 
third of the proximal margin there is a black-strewn part proximally bordered with white, distally defined by 
some white scales; distal margin black with white dots on the veins and a white-dusted spot opposite the cell; 
fringes speckled black and white. Hindwing white, strewn .with green and yellowish-reddish scales. Expanse 
of wings: 24 mm. Colombia (Cali). 
2. Genus : JSarathra Hbn. 
Distinguished from the preceding by the eyes not being ciliated and by the anterior tibiae exhibiting 
a long bent claw at the end on the outside. Abdomen tufted, the basal tuft very large. Hereto belongs the 
cabbage-moth being often noxious in Europe and Asia, B. brassiccie L. (Vol. Ill, p. 67, t. 15 e; Vol. XI, p. 68). 
Only 2 American species: 
B. configurafa Wkr. (= occidenta Grt.) (13 h). Forewing greyish-brown, strewn with a darker shade, configurata. 
in the proximal part and subterminally lighter olive-brown with indistinctly double transverse lines; maculae 
large, encircled with black, the reniform macula spotted white; undulate line white, before and behind it black 
streaks. Hindwing light, on the margin and veins brownish. Widely distributed and common in the United 
States and Mexico. 
B. curialis Sm. (13 i) is darker, in the basal and postmedian areas reddish, also in the cell on the curialis. 
discal fold, in the proximal-marginal area subbasally greenish; transverse lines single, black, dentate; reniform 
macula white, bordered and pupilled with black, undulate line whitish. Hindwing brownish-grey, towards the 
margin darker. Canada, United States (Maine, New Hampshire). 
3. Genus: Miotlera Sm. 
Allied to the genus Polia from which it differs above all by the rough, convex frons and by the squat, 
short abdomen, long-combed antennae with serrate ends, and short, broad, triangular wings. Only 1 species: 
M. stigmata Sm. (20 a) somewhat recalls P. ectypa Morr. (16 b). Forewing grey, dusted with a smoky stigmata. 
brown and blackish, and strewn with yellow scales, with a short black basal ray; transverse lines double, black, 
filled up with yellowish; coniform macula encircled with black, the upper maculae encircled with yellow, the 
reniform macula below filled up with black, between both the cell is black; before and behind the yellow undulate 
line forming a distinct W there is darker shading. Hindwing yellowish brownish-grey. California. 
4. Genus: Discestra Pimps. 
Characterized by a crescent if orm horny projection on the frons with a raised margin and a horny plate 
below it; the thorax is predominantly clad with scales, in front and behind with parted tufts. Otherwise on the 
whole agreeing with Polia. As to the genus comp. Vol. Ill, p. 67, and Vol. XI, p. 68. 
D. florida Sm. (13 i). Forewing whitish, strewn with yellowish and dark, with double black transverse florida. 
lines, the posterior line dentate, and small maculae filled up with blackish, and an indistinct discal shade; un¬ 
dulate line white, proximally shaded with dark, at the costal margin and discal fold spotted darker, Hindwing 
white with a punctiform postmedian line and a faded subterminal band. From Florida. 
D. chartaria Grt. (20 a) has likewise whitish wings but much more intensely suffused with brown, chartaria. 
with fine black transverse lines, the anterior lines double, the posterior line sharply dentate, with well developed 
maculae, the reniform macula in the lower half filled up with black; the white undulate line is dentate, behind 
it on the discal fold a darker spot. Hindwing white with brownish veins and margin. Washington, Colorado, 
California. 
D. hadeniformis Sm. (13 i) was described as Mamestra, but it belongs hereto. Forewing light yellowish- hadenifor- 
grey, strewn with black, the proximal margin and marginal area more intensely shaded with ash-grey, with mi ' 
very indistinct double transverse lines, the posterior line distally bordered with whitish; coniform macula short 
and broad, surrounded with black, the upper maculae large, in green rings and surrounded with black, the reniform 
macula with a darker pupil; a faded discal shade is present; undulate line white with a rather distinct W. Hind¬ 
wing brownish-grey with darker veins and margin. Colorado. 
5. Genus: Craterestra Hmps. 
Distinguished from the allied preceding genus by a horny, truncately conical frontal projection with a 
horny plate below it; the abdomen has a longer lateral hairy cover, otherwise everything agrees with Discestra. 
As to the genus comp. Vol. Ill, p. 67, and Vol. XI, p. 68. 
