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ZEUZERA; SCHREITERIA. By H. G. Dyar 
punctifera. 
poam. 
clira. 
gilensis. 
unilinea. 
tcrrafirma. 
xuna. 
pyrina. 
pcetinicor- 
nis. 
black lunule at the cell-end; apparently there is no dark basal spot. Described according to 1 $ from the Bahamas 
(Abaco). 
X. punctifera Hmps. Smoky brownish grey, the striae often faded; a dark basal area is usually absent, 
but traceable in some specimens; discal dot absent, but a small quadrangular spot in the submedian area below 
the base of vein 2. The $ shows rather the same colouring as the <J, with faded striations, but without any 
dark markings. Grenada. 
X. poam Dyar (167 f) is a robust species of variable sizes with narrow, apically pointed fore wings. Dingy 
white, the grey striae scanty, but clear, the dark basal area intermixed with blacker streaks and bordered by 
an indistinct line extending obliquely inward. Above the black discal spot at the costal margin there is more 
or less blackish shading, also in the submedian area below it. The $ i apparently not yet known. Mexico, 
Guatemala. 
X. atra B. <b McD. (181 e). Forewing narrow, only slightly pointed at the apex, all over shaded with 
dark grey, the dark striae faded; an oblique indistinct subbasal line indicates the border of the dark basal area. 
Arizona; Mexico (Tehuacan), in September. 
X, gilensis B. & McD. (167 f) I only know from the figure; a small species with rather obtusely rounded 
forewings, the dark basal area distinctly reticulated, and distinctly defined at the distal margin; a line of inten¬ 
sified reticular markings extends through the centre of the wing. Arizona. 
X. unilinea Dyar (181 e) is a small species with obtusely rounded wings, light grey, scantily striated; the 
dark basal area is marked by a distinct oblique black line; a single darker strigiform spot behind the middle 
of the costal margin. Mexico. I am convinced that this species is the same as gilensis. 
X. terrafirnia Schs. (= nullifer Dyar) (181 f). A smaller or larger species, generally light grey, but some¬ 
times suffused with a warm red colour; the striae show an inclination to reticulation, especially towards the 
distal margin; discal dot distinct, the dark basal area very oblique, and notched in its lower part, so that it is 
chiefly confined to the costal-marginal part. The only $ at hand, the type of nullifer, shows no markings and 
is of a greyish salmon-colour. A few rjo from the same habitat are marked very light and likewise suffused with 
salmon-colour, while others from the same habitat are normally marked and without a reddish tint. Specimens 
from Colombia (Coll. Dognin) belong to the normal grey form. Costa Rica; Panama; Colombia. 
X„ xutia sp. n. (181 f). Like terrafirma, but with broader wings, less pointed at the apex. The colouring 
is almost grey, less whitish than terrafirma, the dark basal area rather brown than black, less notched below 
the costal-marginal part. Wings with distinct postmedian reticular markings; discal dot small, black. Type: 
1 from Mexico (Colima), April, in the U. S. National Museum. 
3. Genus: Zeiizer a Lair. 
Neuration same as of Xyleutes except vein 11 of the forewing arising from the cell before the origin of 
the areole; 6 and 7 of hindwing connected by a strong bar which forms a part of the cell-end. In America but one 
species exists, imported from Europe. Z. canadensis H.-Schdff. evidently belongs to Azygophleps asylas Cr. from 
Africa and is wrongly labelled. 
P. pyrina L. (= aesculi L., decipiens Ky.) (Vol. II, pi. 52 g). White, scantily scaled. Thorax with six 
small black spots, the abdomen also spotted. Wings with small oval bluish black spots in rows between the 
veins. Atlantic Coast, Massachusetts, New York and New Jersey, evidently spreading farther. The larva bores 
in elms and other trees. 
4. Genus: Sclireiteria gen. nov. 
Forewing with a very long and narrow areole extending basacl as far as the centre of the cell, the lower 
branch being delicate; discal vein long-forked; 7, 8 and 9 arise separately from the end of the areole, 10 from 
before its end. 11 from its basal third. Cell of hindwing flatly angled, discal vein broad and long-forked. 6 and 7 
separated and parallel, 8 free. Three quarters or more of the antennae are pectinated, the pectinations decreasing 
in length towards the end, $ antennae plain. 
Only 1 species: 
S. pectinicornis sp. n. (167 g). Dingy silvery white marked with small black spots and striae, with 
dense transverse internerval striae which turn into small round spots in the basal part of the cell, basally forming 
a condensation which is oblique, but not distinctly defined; the cell and the area right below it less spotted, 
so that there seems to be a lighter band; at the cell-end the spots are denser, behind them again a lighter area, 
below which the striae are denser, so that a darker shadow crosses the disc, behind it more uniformly and scantily 
