seliaefferana. 
obscura. 
brusha. 
urba. 
pernambu- 
conis. 
cochlidionis. 
lacipea. 
elaeasa. 
hosia. 
aroensis. 
cor a. 
notula. 
sapucaya. 
vagabunda. 
claeetta. 
antiqua. 
1122 EUPROSTERNA; PLATYPROSTERNA. By H. G. Dyar |- 
S. schaefferana Dyar (165 e). Light brown, monotonous, the wings wrinkled, from a light brownish 
wood-colour to reddish brown. Expanse of wings: d 22—28, 9 26—30 mm. South Arizona. 
S. obscura Dyar (165 e). Forewing dark purple brown, scantily strewn with black. Hindwing somewhat 
more reddish brown. Expanse of wings: d 17—20 mm; $ unknown. French Guiana. 
S. brusha Dyar (165 e). Forewing purple brown, spotted reddish in the inner-marginal half, little or 
not at all strewn dark; hindwing distinctly blackish. Expanse of wings: d 20 mm; 9 unknown. Mexico; French 
Guiana. 
18. Genus: Suprosterna Dyar. 
Antennae of d slender, with short double pectinations; palpi with a short obtuse terminal joint, almost 
reaching the vertex. Neuration as in Sisyrosea. Hind tibiae with both pairs of spurs. 
Type: E. aroensis Schs. 
E. urba Drc. Forewing dark brown, with a green subbasal strigiform spot and a green subapical dot 
as well as traces of a dark distal band. Hindwing lighter brown. Expanse of wings: d 18 mm; 9 unknown. 
Costa Rica. 
E. pernambuconis Dyar (165 e). Brown, with 2 white lines convergent towards the costal margin, the 
exterior line approaching the margin towards the inner margin. Hindwing light blackish. Expanse of wings: 
d 13 —14 mm; 9 unknown. Brazil (Pernambuco). 
E. cochlidionis Dyar (165 e). Forewing light ochreous, with 2 fine dark lines convergent towards the 
costal margin, the interior one twice almost rectangularly broken along the submedian fold. Expanse of 
wings: d 15—17 mm. 9 unknown. Mexico. 
E. lacipea Drc. Very dark brown, the forewings marked as in cochlidionis, but the lines are light, the 
interior one only curved, not twice angled, the exterior one touching the distal margin in the middle. Hind¬ 
wing blackish. Expanse of wings: d 17—19 mm; 9 unknown. Mexico. 
E. elaeasa Dyar (= avellana Dgn.) ( 165 f). Rather dark brown, with but one dark line bordered with 
light outside. Hindwing dark brown. Expanse of wings: d 15—16 mm; 9 unknown. Central America, Panama, 
Colombia, Guiana, Trinidad, Brazil. 
E. hosia Dyar (165 f). Forewing dark brown, with a bronze reflection towards the anal angle; irregular 
black markings in the disc indicate traces of lines. Hindwing brownish black. Expanse of wings: d 15 —18 mm; 
9 unknown. Costa Rica (Carillo). 
E. aroensis Schs. (165f). Forewing brown with a silky gloss, dark at the base, somewhat oblique, 
sharply defined; with a discal dot; indistinct transverse wrinkles in the distal part. Hindwing light brownish. 
Expanse of wings: d 14- 18, 9 19 mm. Panama, Venezuela, Trinidad. 
E. cora Schs. (165 f) is smaller than cochlidionis, browner, the markings similar, but interrupted and 
indistinct; the exterior line extends towards the distal margin more like that in lad-pea and cuts off a grey apical 
part; interior line dark, angled, indistinctly bordered with light; hindwing from yellowish straw-coloured to 
dark grey. Expanse of wings: d 12-17 mm; 9 unknown. Mexico (Sinaloa). 
E. notula Dgn. (165 f). Rather light ochreous, scantily strewn with black scales, with an indistinct 
broad brown submarginal band enclosing 2 small black spots towards the apex. Hindwing light blackish. 
Expanse of wings: d 17 mm; 9 unknown. Peru (Yahuarmayo). 
E. sapucaya Dyar (165 f). Dark pinkish brown, lighter and somewhat more yellowish along the inner 
margin, pale lilac towards the distal margin; a dark-shaded band extends in a curve from near the base of the 
inner margin gradually vanishing to the centre of the wing. Hindwing pinkish brown with a dark spot at the 
anal angle. Expanse of wings: G 15 mm; 9 unknown. Paraguay. 
E. vagabunda Dyar (165 f). Pinkish brown, narrowly yellow at the margin; an indistinct dark spot 
in the centre of the wing represents the angle of the extinct interior line. Expanse of wings: 9 Id—20 mm; 
d unknown. Mexico. 
4 19. Genus: J*latyprosteriia Dyar. 
Separated from the preceding genus by stronger antennae with broader double pectinations. Only 
3 species: 
Type: P. elaeetta Dyar. 
P. elaeetta Dyar (165 f). Forewing brown in the basal half, lilac in the distal half, the two halves se¬ 
parated by an oblique median line bordered with dark inside, with light outside; no submarginal line. Hind¬ 
wing light brown. Expanse of wings: d 20—23 mm; 9 unknown. Brazil. 
P. antiqua Dyar (165 e). Forewing brownish ochreous in the basal half, light yellowish brown in the 
distal half, divided as in elaeetta outside with a fine dark subterminal line extending anal wards to the margin. 
Hindwing whitish ochreous. Expanse of wings: d 18 mm; 9 unknown. Brazil. 
