THE NOCTUID MOTHS OF THE GENERA PALINDIA ANDDYO]\IYX.By Harrison G. Dyar,Custodian of Lepidoptera, United States National Museum.These strikingly colored Noctuids have long been favorites withcollectors. They are best known under the name Palindia of Guenee.The DyowAjx have been generally associated with the Palindia, andare apparently allied. Dyomyx has a very long thhd joint to thepalpi and presents none of the modifications of the hmd tibise of themale, so general in Palindia. Some of the species have been fre-quently interchanged between the genera.The first species of Palindia made known were by Cramer, underthe general terms Phals&na Noctua and Phalsena Geometra. Hiibnerranged them m two genera, Eulepidotis and Phrygionis. The typeof the latter is generally considered to be cuUaria Hiibner ( = politataStoU, not poUtia Cramer), the first species, a Geometrid. Of theformer, the type is ilyrias Cramer, the first species, fixed by Butler(1892), a Palindia. Guenee next established Palindia and Dyojnyx.Walker made no new genera in this group. Butler divided Palindiain three pai'ts, using Eulepidotis for the green ones, Palindia forthe white ones, and Phrygionis for the yellow ones. Bar placedthem all in Palindia, included Dyomyx as closely related, if not a sub-genus, but separated the species with curved outer line under thename Calydia. The species will be treated here as done by Gueneeunder two names, but it will be necessary to substitute the olderEulepidotis for Palindia.Three species have been reported in the United States, Eulepidotisdominicata Guenee from southern Texas, where it may even be estab-lished, E. micca Druce, recently reported from Texas by Barnes andMcDunnough, and Dyomyx merricki Holland from Pennsylvania,where it was probably accidentally imported on tropical fruit.Nothing is known of the larvae or life history of any of the rathernumerous species. One hundred and three species are here consideredof Eulepidotis and twenty of Dyomyx.Proceedings U. S. National Museum. Vol. 47?No. 2046.
96 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol.47.Genus EULEPIDOTIS Hubner.Eulepidotis Hubner, Verz. bek. Schmett., 1816, p. 291. Type, illyrias Cramer(recte ilyrias) (first species); ilyrias specified by Butler, Ent., 1892, p. 189.Palindia Guenee, Spec. Gen., 1852, vol. 6, p. 274. Type, hemileucaGnenie (firstspecies); juUanala Stoll specified by Butler, Ent., 1892, p. 189.Calydia Bar, Ann. Soc. Ent. France (5), 1875, vol. 5, p. 291. Type, bourgaulti Bar(first species) ; here specified.Table of the species.1. Outer line strongly depressed, forming an arc from tornus to middle of costa. 2Outer line not so curved 72. Dark markings forming detached spots; angular-edged spots at apex, medianarea, and inner margin 3Without detached dark spots 43. Color pale ocher vietalUgera Butler.Color white osseata Bar.4. A dark brown velvety shade beneath the outer arcuate line 5No dark shade beneath the outer arcuate line 65. Discal area violaceous and roseate; hind wing ocherous shaded., ornata Dognin.Discal area without violet tint; hind wing fuscous hemithea Druce.6. Orange ocher; vertical line within outer arcuate line catenulate, without bor-dering metallic scales bourgaulti Bar.Dull ocher grayish; this line a row of pale spots, edged without by metallic bluegpa^lgg norduca Schaug.7. Ground color not white; forewing crossed by 3 double-edged lines, or the basalone single 8Ground color not white; forewing crossed by 2 double-edged lines, the basal oneof the normal 3 obsolete 45Ground color white; forewing with 3 bands converging on tornus, the two outergenerally suffused to the margin, leaving a single oblique band across middle. . 52Ground color dark brown ; a silvery white band or spots across middle of wing. . . 64Ground color white; at least thorax and base of wings; markings vertical, or notof 3 bands converging on tornus 67Ground color pale yellow with 2 parallel dark lines perpendicular to inner marginand bent on costa - 748. Lines regular, straight or curved, not crenulate or crumpled 9Lines crenulate or crumpled 429. Central line obsolescent, marked with meta,llic only on costa 10Central line developed like the others 1110. Outer and inner lines straight " junetta Dyar.Outer and inner lines curved on costa magica Dyar.11. Ground color not green; subterminal metallic line present on forewing 12No metallic subterminal line except in species with green ground color 2612. Hind wing orange or ocher, at least over disk 13Hind wing fuscous, or largely suffused, only apex sometimes orange 2013. Hind wing without dark patch at apex 14Hind wing with dark patch at apex 1914. Lines of forewing with linear metallic edges 15Lines of forewing with broad metallic edges 1615. Mark on hind wing single, large, blue dives^ Butler.Mark on hind wang of 2 oblique dashes and a patch of scales emilia Bar.16. Mark of hind wing single 17Mark of hind wing double Stella Bar.
THE GENERA PALINDIA AND DTOMYX?DYAR. 9717. Metallic borders of lines leaden igMetallic borders of lines, except subterminal, blue suzetta Dyar.18. Ground color yellowish orange formosa Bar.Ground color reddish orange crocoptcra Felder and Rogenhofer.19. Brighter orange, contrasted comma Cramer.Duller orange; fuscous markings more suffused prisviatica Dyar.20. Thorax and base of forewing suffused with green transcendens Dyar,Thorax and base of forewing orange to fuscous brown 2121. Apex of hind wing orange to the edge penumbra Dyar.Apex of hind wing, if orange marked, not to the edge 2222. Thorax and base of forewing orange ocher regalis Butler.Thorax and base of forewing fuscous brown 2323. Apex of hind wing with ocher patch; metallic lines of forewing distinctselecta Dyar.Apex without ocher patch; metallic lines narrow, less distinct 2424. Apex of forewing with orange patch austrina Schaus.Apex of forewing without such patch 2525. Dull, minutely squamose-strigate; lines scarcely orange-filled sahina Bar.Brighter, smoothly scaled ; lines orange-filled coeruleUinea Walker.26. Lines broad, double-edged, filled with sordid orange shades 27Lines occluded or nearly so, narrow, without distinct double edges; forewinggreen 3027. Inner line broad like the others, the 3 subparallel lines running to inner margin 28Inner line reduced, single, the others tending to converge on tornus 2928. Wings mottled with green; no subterminal dots reticulata Bar.Wings not green ; a row of subterminal dark dots mustela Druce.29. Small ; smooth gray; a whitish zigzag subapical shade addenS Walker,Large ; clouded ; no subapical mark superior Guenee,30. Hind wing fuscous with green patch on margin anna Dyar.Hind wing broadly green, at least on disk 3131. Both wings with silvery submarginal line 32No metallic silvery submarginal line 3332. Silvery line broad, continuous argentilinea Schaus.Silvery line slender, broken into dashes reducens Dyar,33. Hind wing with point or short tail on margin, marked with black in fringe. . . 34Hind wing without point marked in the fringe, smoothly rounded or bluntlyangled 3934. Wings beneath brown and ocher except near base 35Wings beneath largely green 3735. Submedian fold of hind wing with a brown ray; apex of hind wing generally witha distinct brown patch viridissima Bar.Submedian fold of hind wing without a brown ray; no apical patch 3636. Smaller ; markings of the wings beneath slight chloris Bar.Larger; markings of the wings beneath distinct folium Schaus.37. Hind wing with subapical orange patch and orange at tornus 38Hind wing without orange, all pure green above and below glaucopasa Dyar.38. Wings below largely brownish; male without fovea in cell of hind wing.ilyrias Cramer.Wings below clear green; male with transparent fovea in cell of hind wing.sylpha Dyar.39. Smaller; hind wing with little orange and that faint 40Larger; hind wing with large sharply marked orange patch at apex and tornus. . 4140. Hind wing with small silver patch before tornus schedoglauca Dyar.Hind wing without this patch; a brown spot on margin holoclera Dyar,34843??Proc.N.M.vol.47?14 7
98 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol.47.41. Hind wing with an angle on margin; no silvery dot; a brown streak on submedianorange area stigmasticta Dyar.Hind wing without angle; a small silvery dot within the angle; no brown on sub-median orange area croceipars Dyar.42. Fore wing green 43 ?Fore wing dark, with white marks about middle of costa 4443. Hind wing fuscous, no gi-een atalanta Bar.Hind wing with green at tornus and margin erina Dyar.44. Lines of fore wing regularly spaced delecta Schaus.Lines of fore wing with the two inner approximated serpenti/era Brabant.45. Inner line traceable by dots 46Inner line not traceable beyond costa 4846. Costal edge marked with white, especially at inceptions of lines 47No white on costal edge sirixpunctxi Herrich-Schaffer.47. Hind wing dull, violet patch not contrasted czra Druce.Hind wing bright; violet patch well contrasted hehe Moschler.48. Terminal space of clear pale yellow ground color 49Terminal space filled in with brown except on costa beyond outer line 5049. Ground color very pale yellow perducens Walker.Ground color distinctly straw yellow affinis Schaus.50. Transverse lines joined by a bar on inner margin julianata Stoll.Transverse lines separate on inner margin 5151. Fore wing yellow except terminal space jundda Guenee.Fore wing all shaded with brown var. mabis Guenee.52. Terminal area white geminata Packard.Terminal area brown, suffusing the two outer lines 5353. Fringe brown 54Fringe white, at least at base centrally 5854. Marginal area broad, the bounding inner line inbent in the middle 55Marginal area narrow, its bounding line nearly straight 5655. Submarginal dotted area of hind wing in orange, preceded by a minute dash.fortissima Dyar.This area in ocher, preceded by a long dash dominicata Guenee.56. Oblique band joining outer area on tornus persimilis Guenee.Oblique band joining inner margin, separate from outer area 5757. Marginal patch of hind wing preceded by a black dash nicxa Druce.This patch without preceding line, or very faintly teligera Brabant.58. Marginal area inbent in middle; hind wing with no yellow except on margin .. . 59Marginal area straight or nearly so; hind wing frequently suffused with yellow. 6059. Middle band very broad, white area reduced to narrow band on costal wedge.argyritis Butler.Middle band moderate; white area broad suppura Dyar.60. Hind wing with costal dark patch electa Dyar.Hind wing without costal dark patch 6161. Marginal patch of hind wing solid, vivid, in orange 62Marginal patch dilute, pale, the marginal dots relieved Candida Bar.62. Marginal band of fore wing rather broad - 63Marginal band of fore wing narrow santarema Walker,63. Band of fore wing running to costa before middle, well separated from base.rectimargo Guenee.This band very oblique, joined to base by the costal dash metamorpha Dyar.64. Inner band blue albata Felder and Rogenhofer.Inner band silvery white 65
NO. 2046. THE GENERA PALINDTA AND DYOMYX?DYAR. 9965. Costal half of hind wing whitish ouocco Dyar.Costa of hind wing with central pale patch at most 6666. Smaller; orange patches larger; submedian dark dash of hind wing generallydoubled or hooked guttata Felder and Rogenhofer.Larger; orange patches small; submedian dash of hind wing single.peiiata Guenee.67. Outer portion of wings wliite like the inner 68Outer portion of fore wing filled in with dark brown, sharply limited , 7068. Two straight lines on fore wing converging on tornus detracta Walker.One angular line oblique on tornus, the others costal wedges or dots.testaceiceps Felder and Rogenhofer.Two irregular lines across wing, parallel, running to inner margin 6969. Fringe on central third of outer margin of hind wing brown, but without precedinglii^e alabastraria Hiibner.Outer margin of hind wing with short, central, brown, preceding line.pidchella Bar.70. Hind wing with long brown bar preceding gray metallic area before marginalmarking 71Hind wing with small black spot before metallic area, and a smaller dot neartornus 7271. Base of fore wing white with costal dark patch and dot hemileuca Guenee.Base of fore wing filled in with brown to vein 1 microleuca Dyar.72. Hind wing with no marginal ocellus vincentiata StoU.Hind wing with marginal ocellus and white streak 7373. Termen divided in two colors by a wavy subterminal line ornata Bar.Termen all evenly dark, no subterminal line caudata Herrich-Schaffer.74. Inner line of irregular large purple blotches hermura Schaus.Inner line fine and slender 7575. Ground color pale yellow modestula Herrich-Schaffer.Ground color darker yellow micca Druce.EULEPIDOTIS METALLIGERA Butler.Phrygionis metalligera Butler, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lend., 1879, p. 32.Calydui metalligera Druce, Biol. Cent.-Amer., Lep. Het., vol. 1, 1889, p. 316.Described from the Amazons. Specimens are before me fromColombia, French Guiana, Panama, Costa Kica, and Mexico.EULEPIDOTIS OSSEATA Bar.Calydia osseata Bar, Ann. Soc. Ent. France (5), vol. 5, 1875, p. 293.Unknown to me in nature. Bar's figure differs from metalligeraButler only in being white instead of yellow.EULEPIDOTIS ORNATA Dognin.Calydia ornata BoGNm, M^m. Soc. Ent. Belg., vol. 18, 1911, p. 155.I have a single specimen before me from Bolivia agreeing withDognin's description. EULEPIDOTIS HEMITHEA Druce.Calydia Jiemithea Druce, Biol. Cent.-Amer.. Lep. Het.. vol. 1, 1889, p. 316.Described from Panama. I have two specimens from Chiriquibefore me.
100 PROCEEniNGf^ OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol.47.EULEPIDOTIS BOURGAULTI Bar.Calydia hourgaulti Bar, Ann. Soc. Ent. France (5), vol. 5, 1875, p. 292.Phrygionis setosa Butler, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1879, p. 31.Described from French Guiana. I have specimens before me fromthat locality and others from Panama.EtJLEPIDOT*S NORDUCA Schaus.Calydia norduca Schaus, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7), vol. 8, 1901, p. 38.The type is from Jalapa, Mexico. I have others from Mexico,Costa Rica, and Panama.EULEPIDOTIS JUNETTA Dyar.iThis species from Tabernilla, Canal Zone, Panama, wOl be morefully described in a forthcommg report dealing with the results ofthe Smithsonian Biological Survey of the Panama Canal Zone.EULEPIDOTIS MAGICA, new species.Dark slaty brown, finely peppered over thorax and fore wings, thescales havmg bright tips as in sabina Bar, shading to orange brownover apex; three hues of metallic green, the iimer bent subcostally,then slightly obhque, followed by brown; mesial Una more oblique,lost below the subcosta except for a faint dark trace; outer Ime obliqueabove, less so below vein 5, running to tornus, preceded by orangeat costa; a leaden subterminal line. Hindwing nearly black, with-out taU; three blue spots in a row along submedian fold, the middleone black outwardly, the outer marginal one nearly all black, raised;a slight black prominence on margin above this last^spot. Expanse,23-25 mm.Cotypes.?One male, one female. No. 15697, U. S. Nat. Mus.; St.Jean and St. Laurent, Maroni River, French Guiana, October andNovember, 1904 (W. Schaus).EULEPIDOTIS DIVES Butler.Phrigionis dives Butler, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1879, p. 30.Palindia dives Druce, Biol. Cent.-Amer., Lep. Het., vol. 1, 1889, p. 317.Three specimens are before me from French Guiana, identified bySchaus. EULEPIDOTIS EMILLA Bar.Palindia emilia Bar, Ann. Soc. Ent. France (5), vol. 5, 1875, p. 299.Described from French Guiana, whence I have two specimens andanother from Dutch Guiana.EULEPIDOTIS FORMOSA Bar.Palindiaformosa Bar, Ann. Soc. Ent. France (5), vol. 5, 1875, p. 300.I have two specimens from French Guiana, the type-locality.
1 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 47, 1914, p. 209.
ifo. ^046. TEE GENERA PALINDIA AND DYOMYX?DYAR. 101EULEPIDOTIS CROCOPTERA Felder and Rogenhofer.Palindia crocoptera Felder and Rogenhofer, Reise Novara, Lep., pi. Ill, fig.18, 1872.I have three specimens of tliis from French Guiana.EULEPIDOTIS SUZETTA, new species.Yellow, unusually clear; Unes straight, dark ocherous, edged onone side by a fine brown line, on the other by a broad band of metalUcbluish scales ; inner line with colors reversed ; mesial hne more obhquethan the others ; a subterminal leaden line preceded by a brown line.Hindwing clear yellow; a rounded metalUc blue spot on submedianfold, well before margin, at about outer tliird of wing; on the marginthree silvery patches, marked by a few brown scales, the lower oneopposite the submedian patch is the largest. Expanse, 24 mm.Type.?Male, Cat. No. 15698, U. S. Nat. Mus.; St. Jean, MaroniRiver, French Guiana, April, 1904 (W. Schaus).The specimen bears a label "corinna Cr., fide B. M."; but Bar'sidentification must be respected since Cramer's figure is so poor asto be uncertain if considered alone.EULEPIDOTIS STELLA Bar.Palindia stella Bar, Ann. Soc. Ent. France (5), vol. 5, 1875, p. 297.I have no specimens of tliis species, which seems very distinct,judging fi'om Bar's figure.EULEPIDOTIS CORINNA Cramer.Phalxna Noctua corinna Cramer, Pap. Exot., vol. 1, 1779, p. 47, pi. 29, fig. H.Palindia corinna Bar, Ann. Soc. Ent. France (5), vol. 5, 1875, p. 296.Phrygionis quadrilineata Kaye, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1901, p. 123.I have specimens from Trinidad, British and French Guianas,and Venezuela. EULEPIDOTIS PRISMATICA, new species.DuU ocher, shaded with sordid nearly all over the wings; linesdouble, the centers dull ocher, inner line blacldsh, outer metallicviolet, but appearing dark leaden in most lights, inner line reversed;both mesial and outer lines bent more or less in the middle ; reniforma dusky shade; submarginal Kne leaden; terminal row of dark dots.Hindwing with costa smoky, disk only dull orange; a curved streakedband with violet scales across disk; three silvery patches on marginpreceded by black dots. Beneath rather uniformly light ocherousstraw color. Expanse, 20-24 mm.Cotypes.?One male, two females. Cat. No. 15699. U. S. Nat. Mus.St. Jean, Maroni River, French Guiana, July, 1904 (W. Schaus).Close to corinna Cramer, but, I think, distinct. It is generallyduller, less contrastingly colored, and beneath the uniform Ughtocherous tint is different from the bright yellow contrasted markingsof corinna.
102 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol.47.EULEPlbOTIS TRANSCENDENS, new species.Thorax, basal segment of abdomen, and basal space of fore wingpale glaucus green; fore wing lilacine brown, apical half yellow, form-ing a clear wedge on costa before outer line and a blotched area atapex; lines broad, double, orange filled, slender iimer Ime dark bro^TO,outer broad, metallic blue; subterminal Ime silvery; fringe dark.Hmd wmg nearly solidly fuscous; a yellow area in frmgo below apexand at tornus; patch on submedian fold metallic blue, followed byminute lines to the silvery marginal patches, the lower of which hasits black dots fused mto a crescent. Expanse, 25-27 mm.Cotypes.?Two males, one female, Cat. No. 15700, U. S. Nat. Mus.;St. Jean, Maroni River, French Guiana, July, 1904 (W. Schaus).This species is abnormal m lacking entirely the hmd tibial tuftsof the male. EULEPIDOTIS PENUMBRA, new species.Dark bro\vn; forewing rather rouglily scaled, apex yellowish; linesdouble but rather narrow, curved, orange browai, but shghtly relievedfrom the ground; metallic edges blue, narrow, that of midlme obso-lete below subcosta; subterminal line leaden. Hmdwing with clearyeUow apex, involving the frmge, the rest of the wing of color offorewing, shading to blackish on costal half; two raised patches ofscales on submedian fold, with blue metallic tmt, the outer one mar-gmal and followed by a second smaller spot above; a dark line fromsubcostal dark region to inner submedian spot. Expanse, 27 mm.Type.?Female, Cat. No. 15701, U. S. Nat. Mus.; St. Jean, MaroniRiver, French Guiana, March, 1904 (W. Schaus).EULEPIDOTIS REGALIS Butler.Phrygionis regalis Butler, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1879, p. 31, note.I have one specimen from French Guiana, identified by Schaus.EULEPIDOTIS SELECTA, new species.Forewing brown over orange under tint, which appeai-s subapicallyin a triangular diffused area; Imes orange brown, with slender darkimier edges and metallic blue outer ones (inner line revei-sed), innerand mesial lines straight, the mesial more obhque; outer line curvedm upper half; subtermmal fine silvery; termmal dots black. Hmd-wmg fuscous browai, a light patch near apex; disk with a reddish area,followed by a metalhc blue band, then an area of black irrorations:three margmal silvery elongate patches with black dots. Beneathcontrastmgly marked, orange-yellow and fuscous, the apex of fore-wing broadly fuscous; hindwing with two streaks on costa. Expanse,27 mm.Type.?Fem&\e, Cat. No. 15702, U. S. Nat. Mus.; Rockstone,E'ssequibo River, Dutch Guiana, September, 1904 (W. Schaus).Near corinna Cramer, more darkly shaded, the lines narrower andwith slender metallic edges.
NO. 2046. THE GENERA PALIXDTA AND DYOMYX?DYAR. 103EULEPIDOTIS AUSTRINA Schaus.Palindin austriana Schaus, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8), vol. 7, 1911, p. 60.The type and another specimen from the same locahty arebefore me. EULEPIDOTIS SABINA Bar.Palindia sahina Bar, Ann. Soc. Ent. France (5), vol. 5, 1875, p. 301.Seven specimens from French Guiana are before me.EULEPIDOTIS COERULEILINEA Walker.Palindin coeruleilinea Walker, Cat. Brit. Mus., Lep. Het., part 15, 1858, p. 1768.Palindia corineta Felder and Rogenhofer, Reise Novara, Lep., 1872, pi. Ill,fig. 2.Palindia lucia Bar, Ann. Soc. Ent. France (5), vol. 5, 1875, p. 300.A long series from the Guianas, Venezuela, Panama, Costa Rica,and Mexico is before me.EULEPIDOTIS RETICULATA Bar.Palindia reticulata Bar, Ann. Soc. Ent. France (5), vol. 6, 1876, p. 249.Palindia diana Moschler, Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, vol. 30, 1880, p. 394.Ten specunens from French and Dutch Guiana are before me.EULEPIDOTIS MUSTELA Druce.Palindia mustela Druce, Biol. Cent.-Amer., Lep. Het., vol. 2, 1889, p. 318.Described from Mexico. I have three from there and one fromPanama. EULEPIDOTIS ADDENS Walker.Palindia addens Walker, Cat. Brit. Mus., Lep. Het., part 15, 1858, p. 1768.Described from Santo Domingo. I have three from Porto Eico,one from Santa Lucia, and one from Dominica.EULEPIDOTIS SUPERIOR Guenee.Palindia superior Guenee, Spec. Gen., vol. 6, 1852, p. 278.Palindia dewitziiWoscHLER, Abh. Senck. nat. Ges., vol. 14, 1886, p. 196.Palindia deva Druce, Biol. Cent.-Amer., Lep. Het., vol. 1, 1889, p. 320.The description of superior is without locality; dewitzii is fromPorto Rico and deva from Mexico and Panama. I have a long seriesfrom Mexico, Costa Rica, and Venezuela, none from the Antilles,though Moschler's description leaves no doubt of the identity ofdewitzii. The species varies considerably m shadmg. Generallythe ground color is uniform, but occasionally the termmal space ispaler and without the purple shadmg, and again it is markedly darkerthan the rest of the wing.EULEPIDOTIS ANNA, new species.Green; apex of abdomen fuscous; forewing green, costal edgebrown; three lines, slender, brown, obHque, the outer curved anddoubled; fringe brown. Hindwing brown, shacUng paler on costa;a green streak each side of submedian fold, and a semicircular green
104 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol.47.patch on outer margin. Beneath pale, with brown shadings, nogreen. Expanse, 24 mm.Type.?Female, Cat. No. 15703, U. S. Nat. Mus.; St. Jean, MaroniKiver, French Guiana, July, 1904 (W. Schaus).EULEPIDOTIS ARGENTILINEA Schaus,Palindia argentilinea Schaus, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 30, 1906, p. 110.Only the unique tj\)e is before me.EULEPIDOTIS REDUCENS, new species.Bright grass green, costa narrowly orange-brown, with blackish dotstoward apex; inceptions of the three Hnes on costa brown, with darkedges; lines subparaUel, approximate, bent subcostally, all runningto inner margin, the mesial and outer ones approacliing each othera Uttle, all the hnes narrower and less intense below; a subterminalsilvery line, narrow and cut by the veins. Fringe brown tipped.Hindwdng wliitish on costal third, with subterminal silvery line as onfore wing; a sUght prominence in the margin at vein 3 with a blackdot preceded by silver and a black marginal line; a smaU speck onvein 2 before margin, from which proceeds a trace of a dusky outer hne.Beneath silky wliitish, with green tint by transparency. Expanse,30 mm.Type.?Female, Cat. No. 15703, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; Suapure, Venezuela,April, 1899 (E. A. Klages).EULEPIDOTIS VIRIDISSIMA Bar.Palindia viridissima Bar, Ann. Soc. Ent. France (5), vol. 6, 1876, p. 248.A series from French Guiana is before me, and one specimen fromVenezuela. EULEPIDOTIS CHLORIS Bar.Palindia chloris Bar, Ann. Soc. Ent. France (5), vol. 6, 1876, p. 249.I identify as tliis a single specimen from Venezuela. Probably onlya variety of the preceding, as originally suggested by Bar.EULEPIDOTIS FOLIUM Schaus.Palindia foliufn Schaus, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8), vol. 7, 1911, p. 61.The type and two other specimens from Costa Rica are before me.EULEPIDOTIS ILYRIAS Cramer.Phalaena Bombyx ilyrias Cramer, Pap. Exot., vol. 1, 1779, p. 15, pi. 10, fig. E.Phalaena ilyraria Fabricius, Ent. Syst., vol. 3, 1792, pp. 2, 138.Eulepidotis illyiaria Hubner, Verz. bek. Schmett., 1816, p. 291.Palindia ilyrias Guenee, Spec. Gen., vol. 6, 1852, p. 278.Palindia ilyrias Walker, Cat. Brit. Mus., Lep. Het., part 12, 1857, p. 859.Palindia ilyrias Bar, Ann. Soc. Ent. France (5), vol. 6, 1876, p. 246.A series is before me from the Guianas and Costa Rica, showdng thetwo customary varieties with a small and a large brown patch on thefore wing.
NO. 2046. THE GENERA PALINDIA AND DYOMYI?DYAR. It)5EULEPIDOTIS SYLPHA Dyar.Tills will be more fully described in my fourth paper on MexicanLepidoptera to be published in the present volume of the ProceecUngsof the United States National Museum. The two types are beforeme?a male from Costa Rica and female from Mexico.EULEPIDOTIS GLAUCOPASA Dyar.This also will be considered in my fourth Mexican paper. Fivespecimens are before me, all from Mexico.EULEPIDOTIS SCHEDOGLAUCA, new species.Grass green; fore wing with the costa very narrowly brown; linesslender, brown, straight, shghtly widened and luteous filled on costa,converging a little in the direction of tornus; costal area of liindwing shaded with orange; outer margin entire, without modificationor marginal mark; a spot of raised scales before the margin, blackwithin, silver without; tornus and fringe at submedian touched withorange; a terminal black line, touched with silver; fringe interHnedwith green and tipped with brown. Beneath greenish, washedover with brown; two curved brown lines on fore wing. Expanse,27 mm.Cotypes.?Male and female. Cat. No. 15705, U. S. Nat. Mus.; St.Jean, Maroni River, French Guiana, July, 1904 (W. Schaus).Another male from Aroa, Venezuela (Schaus collection), is a littlelarger, otherwise identical.EULEPIDOTIS HOLOCLERA, new species.Green; forewing with pale brown edge of costa linear; Unesslender, brown, straight, without costal widening, but minute lightdots at costa, converging a little in the direction of tornus; fringegreen. Hindwing with large orange area at apex and costa; a smallred-brown incision at submedian fold, followed by a narrow terminalline and one minute black dot. Beneath green at the bases of bothwings, shaded with rusty outwardly; forewing with one faint outerHue or clouded brown area. Expanse, 32-34 mm.Cotypes.?One male, two females. Cat. No. 15706, U. S. Nat. Mus.;St. Jean, Maroni River, French Guiana, July, 1904 (W. Schaus).Though so nearly related to E. schedoglauca, the present specieshas no hair tufts on the liind tibise of the male. These tufts arelarge and conspicuous in schedoglauca.EULEPIDOTIS STIGMASTICTA Dyar.This will be more fully mentioned in my fourth Mexican paper.Two cotyjjes, both females from Mexico, are before me.EULEPIDOTIS CROCEIPARS, new species.Fore wing green; the three lines of a duller shade, slightly con-verging in the direction of tornus; fringe tipped with brown. Hind-
106 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol.47.wing bright orange; a green ray on each side of submedian fold, theupper one spreading out on the margin and inclosing a small raisedsilvery spot with black scales on the edges ; margin entire, with threesilvery and one black dots in the green area. Abdomen green at base,orange on terminal half. Below green near bases of the wings, thenorange, the apex of forewing shaded wdth brown. Male without tufton liind tibia. Expanse, 40 mm.Type.?Male, Cat. No. 15707. U. S. Nat. Mus.; Rio Janeiro, Brazil(Schaus collection). EULEPIDOTIS ATALANTA Bar.Palindia atnlanla Bar, Ann. Soc. Ent. France (5), vol. 6, 1876, p. 249.Tliis species is not before me, but should be readily recognizablefrom Bar's excellent figure.EULEPIDOTIS ERINA, new species.Green; abdomen green above at the base, fuscous posteriorly. Forewing mossy green; three crossbands double, brown-filled, wavy orsubcrenulate, close and all terminating perpendicular to inner margin,curved on costal half; inner fine angularly bent in the middle; afourth wavy shaded subterminal fine; a row of irregular blotchesthrough cell outwardly to margin; a row of terminal w^hite dots;fringe brown. Hindwing blacldsh fuscous; a green ray beforesubmedian fold and triangular patch on margin beyond it, containinga blackish speck; a narrow outer curved fine running near margintoward tornus. Beneath shaded with fuscous brown, especiallyoutwardly; both wings w^ith two curved fuscous bands. Expanse,27 mm.?V^e.?Female, Cat. No. 15708, U. S. Nat. Mus.; St. Jean, MaroniRiver, French Guiana, April, 1904 (W. Schaus).EULEPIDOTIS DELECTA Schaus.Palindia deiecta Schaus, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8), vol. 7, 1911, p. 59.The tyi)e and another specimen from Costa Rica are before me.EULEPIDOTIS SERPENTIFERA Brabant.Palindia serpentifera Brabant, Le Nat. (2), vol. 22, 1909, p. 178.Four specimens from French Guiana are before me, identified byMr. Schaus. EULEPIDOTIS EZRA Dnice.Palindia ezra Druce, Biol. Cent.-Amer., Lep. Het., vol. 2, 1898, p. 499.Described fi"om Mexico. I have five specimens from there, one fromCosta Rica, one from Panama, and two from Venezuela. Possibly itis not more than racially distinct from Jiehe Moschler of the Antilles.The two are certainly very close.EULEPIDOTIS HEBE Moschler.Palindia hebe Moschler, AWi. Senck. Nat. Ges., vol. 14, 1886, p. 195.Eight specimens are before me from Cuba.
NO. 2046. THE GENERA PALINDIA AND DYOMYX?DYAR. 107EULEPIDOTIS STRI.EPUNCTA Herrich-Shaffer.Palindia strisepunda HERRiCH-ScHXrFER, Corr.-Bl., zool.-niin. ver. Regensb.vol. 22, 1869, p. 153.Palindia variabilis Moschler, Abh. Senck. Nat. Ges., vol. 14, 1886, p. 194.Palindia var. obscura Moschler, Abh. Senck. Nat. Ges., vol. 14, 1886, p. 195.Closely aUied to hehe, apparently a degenerate offshoot from it.The colors are dulled and very variable, the white costal ornamen-tation obsolete, the markings of hind wing reduced. I have fivespecimens from Cuba.EULEPIDOTIS PERDUCENS Walker.Palindia perducens Walker, Cat. Brit. Mus., Lep. Ilet., part 15, 1858, p. 1767.Described from Jamaica. I have no specimens.EULEPIDOTIS AFFINIS Schaus.Palindia affinis Schaus, Ann. Alag. Nat. Hist. (8), vol. 7, 1911, p. 60.The continental representative of the Antillean perducens. I haveseven from Costa Eica, one from Panama, and one from Venezuela.EULEPIDOTIS JULIANATA Stoll.Phalaena Geometra jidianata Stoll, Suppl. Cramer's Pap. Exot., 40, pi. viii, fig. 4,1791 (written juliata in index, p. 383).Palindia julianala Guenee, Spec. Gen., vol. 6, 1852, p. 277.Palindia egala Walker, Cat. Brit. Mu?., Lep. Het., part 33, 1865, p. 807.Palindia julianata Bar, Ann. Soc. Ent. France (5), vol. 6, 1876, p. 5.Palindia julianata Butler, Ent., 1892, p. 190.Unknown to Guenee, but well figured by Bar. Butler runs thisin with juncida Guenee = aglaura Bar, wrongly, I thmk. He doesnot mention mdbis Guenee m this connection, as he had evidentlymisidentified the name (see Dyomyx fumata Felder and Rogenhofer)
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apparently from followmg Walker.^ Seventeen specimens arebefore me from French Guiana, one from Venezuela, and one fromMexico, the latter an aberration with purple shading fillmg in thebasal space up to the central line.EULEPIDOTIS JUNCIDA Guenee.Palindia juncida Guenee, Spec. Gen., vol. 6, 1852, p. 277.Palindia mabis Guenee, Spec. Gen., vol. 6, 1852, p. 277.Palindia thecloides Walker, Cat. Brit., Mus., Lep. Het., part 12, 1857, p. 851.Palindia aglaura Bar, Ann. Soc. Ent. France (5), vol. 6, ]876, p. 7.Palindia julianata, vars. juncida and aglaura Butler, Ent., 1892, p. 190,This species varies m the amount of purple shadmg. In typicaljuncida there is none, except m the terminal space; it graduallyincreases as a general smoky suft"usion of the pale parts until thewing is wholly and uniformly shaded (var. mahis). Walker a]:)par-ently misidentified mabis, as he describes his thecloides, which is thesame thing, immediately after. Bar recognized the variability ofthe species, but did not recognize it as juncida Guenee, which he
1 Cat. Brit. Mus., Lep. Het., part 12, 1857, p. 850.
108 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol. 4f .refers to as unknown to him. Butler also recognized the variation,but went a step too far by including also julianata Stoll. I have 135specunens before me from Brazil, the Guianas, Venezuela, Panama,Costa Kica, and Mexico,EULEPIDOTIS GEMINATA Packard.Palindia geminata Packard, First Rep. Peabody Acad. Sci., 1869, p. 64.Palindia regina Druce, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (G), vol. 4, 1889, p. 93.I have four specimens before me from Ecuador, Colombia, andCosta Rica. Dr. A. S. Packard's type was collected by the Smith-sonian Expedition to South America in 1867 "on the route fromQuito across the Andes, down the Napo River, and along the riverMaranon." Druce described from Ecuador.EULEPIDOTIS FORTISSIMA, new species.Shhiing white; abdomen dull ocher on posterior half; head andcollar brown. Forewing with broad, dark brown band, widest oncosta and running to tornus, contiguous on its lower half to theouter brown area; this is broad, bent toward base in middle, termi-nated by a double line, dull ocher filled below; a vague pale sub-marginal shade, preceded by a darker area. Hindwing yellowish,with a white ray on either side of submedian fold; a large blackpatch at apex; a short tail on outer margm, preceded by a blackspot with white dash on one side and marginal white Ime on theother, preceded by a brownish area with scattered blkck scales, andbefore this a very short brown line at end of outer white ray.Expanse, 40-44 mm.Cotypes.?Two males, one female. Cat. No. 15709, U. S. Nat. Mus.;Rio Janeiro, Brazil (Schaus collection) ; Omai, British Guiana (Schauscollection); Juan Vinas, Costa Rica, February (W. Schaus).Near dominicata Guenee, but distmctly larger and the ornamenta-tion of the hind wing different.EULEPIDOTIS DOMINICATA Guenee.Palindia dominicata Guknee, Spec. Gen., vol. 6, 1852, p. 276.Described from Brazil. I have specimens from there, the Guianas,Venezuela and Costa Rica. This species has been recorded fromthe United States,^ but on what material is unknown to me. Ishould rather expect rectimargo or electa to occur with us, as thesespecies are in my experience much more abundant than dominicataand extend farther north.EULEPIDOTIS PERSIMILIS Guenee.Palindia persimilis Guenee, Spec. Gen., vol. 6, 1852, p. 276.I have a single specimen from Brazil, the type-locality.Bull. 44, U. S. Nat. Mus., 1893, p. 361.
NO. 2046. THE GENERA PALINDIA AND DYOMYX?DYAR. 109EULEPIDOTIS NICffiA Druce.Palindia nicsea Druce, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7), vol. 5, 1900, p. 518.This is unknown to me, but appears from the description close tothe following. EULEPIDOTIS TELIGERA Brabant.Palindia teligera Brabant, Le Nat. (2), vol. 23, 1910, p. 31.Palindia vivida Dognin, Het. nouv. I'Amer. du sud, vol. 6, 1912, p. 20.Brabant described from Venezuela, Dognm from Paraguay. Ihave five specimens from Venezuela agreemg perfectly with thedescriptions of both authors.EULEPIDOTIS ARGYRITIS Butler.Eulepidotis argyritis Butler, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1879, p. 29.Described from Brazil. I have one from Venezuela and eightfrom Mexico, one of the latter compared with Butler's type by Mr.Schaus. EULEPIDOTIS SUPPURA Dyar.This will be described more fully m my fourth Mexican paper. Ihave six cotypes from Mexico and Venezuela.EULEPIDOTIS ELECTA Dyar.iThis will be mentioned more in detail in my forthcommg Panamareport. Twenty-six specimens are before me from Venezuela,Panama, Costa Kica, and Mexico.EULEPIDOTIS RECTIMARGO Guenfie.Palindia redimargo Guenee, Spec. Gen., vol. 6, 1852, p. 276.Thirty-five specimens are before me from BrazU, Paraguay, theGuianas, Venezuela, Panama, Costa Kica, and Mexico.EULEPIDOTIS METAMORPHA, new species.Very similar to rectimargo, differing priacipally in the direction ofthe crossband, which runs obliquely from tornus to costa at basalthird and is joined completely to the base by the costal dash. Hmdwing with the mark fainter, its preceding dash very distinct. Ex-panse, 30 mm.Tijpe.?Male, Cat. No. 15110, U. S. Nat. Mus.; Matanzas, Cuba,November, 1902 (W. Schaus).EULEPIDOTIS SANTAREMA Walker.Palindia santarema Walker, Cat. Brit. Mus., Lep. Het., part 33, 1865, p. 806.This species is not before me.EULEPIDOTIS CANDIDA Bar.Palindia Candida Bar, Ann. Soc. Ent. France, (5), vol. 6, 1876, p. 8.This is not before me, but Bar's figure leaves no room for doubt asto the identity of this form.
1 Proc. U. S. Nat, Mus., vol. 47, 1914, p. 210.
110 PROCEEDINGS OF THE XATIONAL MUSEUM. vol.47.EULEPIDOTIS ALBATA Felder and Rogenhofer.Palindia albata Felder and Rogenhofer, Reise Novara, Lep., 1872, pi. Ill,fig. 1.Palindia magdalensis Bar, Ann. Soc. Ent. France, (5), vol. 6, 1876, p. 434.Ten specimens are before me from French Guiana.EULEPIDOTIS OUOCCO, new species.Small; costo-subapical orange spot lai^e; costa alternating orangeand metallic blue ^vith a white spot near the middle ; sub-basal linewith white central spot ; marginal line widely expanded in the middle.Hind wing wdth costal half whitish, the rest brown mth faintly indi-cated purplish outer half-band. Fringe white, interrupted below themiddle by a small dark speck. Expanse, 15 mm.Type.?Csit. No. 15711, U. S. Nat. Mus.; St. Jean, Maroni River,French Guiana, July, 1904 (W. Schaus).EULEPIDOTIS GUTTATA Felder and Rogenhofer.Palindia guttataFELDER and Rogenhofer, Reise Novara, Lep., 1872, pi. Ill, fig. 3.Palindia micra Bar, Ann. Soc. Ent. France (5), vol. 6, 1876, p. 433.Forty-three specimens are before me from French Guiana, Panama,Costa Rica, and Nicaragua.EULEPIDOTIS PERLATA Guenee.Palindia perlata Guenee, Spec. Gen., vol. 6, 1852, p. 279.Palindia spectabilis Walker, Cat. Brit. Mus., Lep. Het., part 15, 1858, p. 1767.Forty-one specimens are before me from Brazil, French Guiana,Panama, Costa Rica, and Nicaragua. Very close to guttata, butdiffering in many details. The two silvery spots are not infrequentlyconfluent, occasionally forming a band, which in one specimen isnarrow, almost as in alhata.EULEPIDOTIS DETRACTA Walker.Palindia detracta Walker, Cat. Brit. Mus., Lep. Het., part 12, 1857, p. 847.Described from Brazil. I have eight from Brazil and Paraguay.EULEPIDOTIS TESTACEICEPS Felder and Rogenhofer.Palindia testaceiceps Felder and Rogenhofer, Reise Novara, Lep., 1872, pi. Ill,fig. 16.Palindia albula Bar, Ann. Soc. Ent. France, (5), vol. 6, 1876, p. 20.I have nine specimens from Venezuela, Panama, and Costa Rica.EULEPIDOTIS ALABASTRARIA Hubner.Eulepidotis alabastraria Hubner, Verz. bek. Schmett., 1816, p. 291.Eulepidotis alabastriaria Hijbner, Zutr. exot. Schmett., 1818, p. 22, figs. 311-312.Palindia punctangulata Walker, Cat. Brit. Mus., Lep. Het., part 12, 1857, p. 848.Palindia alabastraria Butler, Ent., 1892, p. 190.Thirty-six specimens are before me from Brazil, French Guiana,Venezuela, Panama, Costa Rica, and Mexico. This name wasintroduced into the North American faunal list by Hulst as a Geome-trid,^ lately corrected by Swett.^
1 See Bull. 52, U. S. Nat. Mus., 1903, p. 292, No. 3486. ? Can. Ent., vol. 29, 1907, p. 142.
NO. 2046. THE GENERA PALINDIA AND DYOMYX?DYAR. IllEULEPIDOTIS PULCHELLA Bar.Palindia pulchella Bar, Ann. Soc. Ent. France (5), vol. 6, 1876, p. 245.This is not before me. Butler makes it a synonym of alahastraria,but none of my series of that species show the little bar close to marginof liind ^^dng seen in Bar's figure, so I hold the name separate.EULEPIDOTIS HEMILEUCA Guenee.Palindia hemileucn Guenee, Spec. Gen., vol. 6, 1852, p. 275.One specimen from Brazil is before me.EULEPIDOTIS MICROLEUCA, new species.As in hemileuca Guenee, except that the basal white space of forewing is filled in with black and brown scales nearly down to vein 1 . Inhemileuca tliis space is white with a black spot on costa and dotbelow. Expanse, 29 mm.IV^e.?Male, Cat. No. 15712, U. S. Nat. Mus.; Rio Janeu-o, Brazil(Schaus collection)
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This may be an aberration of hemileuca, but my series of bothforms is so limited that I can form no idea of the range of variation.EULEPIDOTIS VINCENTIATA StoU.Phalasna Geometra vincentiata Stoll, Suppl. Cramer's Pap. Exot., 1791, p. 39, pi. 8,fig. 3.Palindia vincentiata Bar, Ann. Soc. Ent. France (5), vol. 6, 1876, p. 9.This is not before me.EULEPIDOTIS ORNATA Bar.Palindia ornata Bar, Ann. Soc. Ent. France (5), part 6, 1876, p. 11.I have seen no specimens of this species.EULEPIDOTIS CAUDATA Herrich-Schafier.Palindia caudata Herrich-Schaffer, Exot. Schmett., 1853, fig. 136.Palindia caudata Walker, Cat. Brit. Mus., part 12, 1857, p. 850.Described from vSurinam. I have a single specimen from Panama.EULEPIDOTIS HERMURA Schaus.Palindia hermura Schaus, Joiirn. N. Y. Ent. Soc, vol. 7, 1898 (June), p. 119.Palindia evadens Druce, Biol. Cent.-Amer., Lep. Het., vol. 2, 1898 (August),p. 500.Thirteen specimens are before me from Mexico, Costa Rica, andVenezuela. EULEPIDOTIS MODESTULA Herrlch-Schaffer.Palindia modestula Herrich-Schaffer, Corr.-bl. zool.-min. Ver. Regensb.,vol. 22, 1869, p. 153.Palindia modestula Moschler, Abh. nat. Senck. Ges., vol 14, 1886, p. 193.I have eight specimens from Cuba.
112 PROCEEDIXGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol. 47.EULEPIDOTIS MICCA Druce.Palindia micca Druce, Biol. Cent.-Amer., Lep. Het., vol. 1, 1889, p. 319.Eleven specimens are before me from Mexico, Costa Kica, andVenezuela. Tliis is the continental form of modestula Herrich-SchafFer. UNPLACED SPECIES.PALINDIA PRIMULINA Druce.Palindia primulina Druce, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (7), vol. 5, 1900, p. 518.Evidently a peculiar and characteristic species, unlike anythingknowTi to me. The following is Mr. Druce's description:Male.?Head, antennae, collar, tegulfe, thorax and abdomen pale primrose-color; theunder side of the thorax, abdomen, and legs white. Primaries and secondaries paleprimrose-yellow; primaries, the costal margin edged with white, three curved chrome-yellow bands cross the wing from the costal to the inner margin, the first two bandsnearest the base, the third beyond the cell; the marginal line white, with minuteblack dots; the fringe chrome-yellow; secondaries with a few metallic scales near theanal angle, above Avhich is a short chrome-yellow line; the under side of both wingspale primrose-yellow.Expanse, 1 inch.Hab.?Colombia, Valparaiso (Mus. Druce).PALINDIA REFLEXA Herrich-Schaffer.Palindia reflexa Herrich-Schaffer, Corr.-Blatt zool.-min. Ver. Regensb., vol. 22,1869, p. 154.Easily to be recognized by the very peculiar secondary sexualcharacter of the male, a round, wliite, hauy lappet on the costaabove. I have seen notliing at all approacliing such a structure.The following is Herrich-Schaffer's description:114) reflexa ES. 489/625. foem.?449/1047 mas.?Kleiner als corinna, Hfi auf R 3sehr schwach geeckt. Rostbraun, Vfl mit2ganzgeraden, gegen den IR divergirendenQStreifen, von 1/3 und 2/3 des VR und weisserW der Franzen. Auf den Hfi nur einweisser Schragstreif in Z 1 a als innere Begrenzung eines rostrothen Fleckes. Beimkleineren Manne sind beide Streife der Vfl undeutlicher, weniger divergirend, der VRaber hinter der Mitte in einen grossen, halbscheibenformigen, weissen, rothbraunge-wimperten Lappen nach oben umschlagen.Recently Mr. Schaus and the writer, in considering the identifica-tion of Herrich-Schaffer' s name, have concluded that it is probably nota Palindia at all, or even a Noctuid, but is an earlier name for Parid-nea TiolopTisealis Ragonot, a Pyralid of the subfamily Chrysauginse.PALINDIA STRIATAIUA Cramer.Phalxna Geoineter striataria Cramer, Pap. Exot., vol. 4, 1782, p. 125, pi. 355, fig. F.Palindia striata Guenee, Spec. Gen., vol. 6, 1852, p. 278.Palindia striatia Herrich-Schaffer, Corr.-Blatt zool.-min. Ver. Regens., vol. 22,1869, p. 153.Unknown to Guen6e (1852), who placed it in Palindia from hisinterpretation of Cramer's figure. Also unknown to Walker,^ whofollows Guenee. Herrich-Schaffer had a specimen from Cuba which
1 Cat. Brit. Mus., Lep. Het., part 12, 1857, p. 850.
NO. 2046. THE GENERA PALINDIA AND DYOMYX?DYAR. 113he describes at some length. Bar, overlooking Herrich-Schaffer'swork, considers striataria "une Pdlindidse. bien douteuse. " ^ Thespecies is very strongly marked and should be easily recognizable.PALINDIA SCITA Walker.Palindia scita Walker, Char, undes. Lep. Het., 1869, p. 39.Sir George Hampson has kindly drawn my attention to this de-scription. It appears to represent a form quite unknown to me.No locality is given.Genus DYOMYX Guenee.Dyomyx Guenee, Spec. Gen., vol. 6, 1852, p. 281. Type cimolia Guenee (firstspecies); cimolia, here designated.Dyomix Bah, Ann. Sec. Ent. France (5), vol. 6, 1876, p. 436.Table of the species.1. Hind wing with short tail on outer naargin ." 2Hind wing without tail, at most wavy or slightly angulated 52. Discal mark narrow, lunate; white mark on inner margin situated beyond thefourth (bent) line 3Discal mark wide, oval; white mark on inner margin, if present, following thethird (straight) line 43. Larger, browner; median line of hind wing bordered with orange; submarginalsilver line slight albistriga Schaus.Smaller, grayer; median line of hind wing not distinctly bordered with orange;submarginal silvery line distinct egista Bar.4. Larger, browner; white mark on inner margin distinct consequens Dyar.Smaller, grayer; mark on inner margin faint, yellowish vierricM Holland.Larger, grayer; no light mark on inner margin. . fumata Felder and Rogenhofer.5. Fore wing without eye-spot inferior Herrich-Schaffer.Fore wing with round eye-spot above inner margin6 66. Three inner lines straight, oblique 7These lines wavy or broken 147. Lines relieved on a uniform ground 8A solid dark shade between mid and inner lines 128. Fore wing with terminal dark line relieved by narrow wMte or yellow lines oneach side; median line of hind wing reduced to a dash 9Terminal dark line relieved only by faint pale shades 109. Fore wing uniform purplish; lines with yellow edges guenei Bar.Fore wing purple-blue on inner half; lines without yellowish edgesmegalops Guenee.10. Subterminal line of forewing pale, distinct throughout janus Bar.Subterminal line faint or obsolete 1111. Mesial line of hind wing beneath even; pale line before terminal line of forewingabove, dotted ocala Schaus.Mesial line of hind wing beneath crenulate ; pale subterminal line not dotted ... 1212. Ocellus large; reniform free from mesial line; inner line of hind wing parallel toand near outer egistoides Bar.Ocellus small; reniform contiguous to mesial line; inner line of hind wing remotefrom outer line, curved, obsolescent herberta Dyar.13. Shade between mid and inner lines uniform in width jo7iesi Schaiis.This shade cut off above inner margin zates Druce.
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114 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol.47.14. Median area with dark filling between the lines 15Median area without dark filling 1715. Dark area from inner to outer line and continued in a patch to outer marginora Dyar.Dark area confined between the inner and median lines 1616. Hind wing olive yellow with dark brown angled area from base; marginal marklarge, silvery, with black striae juno Moschler.Hing wing brown; marginal mark slight, rather inconspicuous. . volcanica Schaus.17. Hing wing with subocellate black spots on outer margin 18Hind wing without such spots, all fuscous with a narrow orange terminal edgeancea Cramer.18. Small; hind wing with single marginal ocellus placida Schaus.Large; hind wing with three marginal black ocellate dots dmolia Guenee.DYOMYX ALBISTRIGA Schaus.Palindia albistriga Schaus, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8), vol. 7, 1911, p. 58.I have the type and two other specimens, all from Costa Kica.DYOMYX EGISTA Bar.Dyomix egista Bar, Ann. Soc. Ent. France (5), vol. 6, 1876, p. 439.I have six from British Guiana,Veneziiela, Panama, and Costa Rica.DYOMYX CONSEQUENS Dyar.This will be more fully described in my fourth Mexican paper.I have five cotypes from Mexico, Panama, and Venezuela.DYOMYX MERRICKI Holland.Palindia merricH Holland, Ent. News, vol. 13, 1902, p. 172.Palindia merricki Dyar, Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash., vol. 14, 1912, p. 194.Nine specimens are before me, all from Venezuela. The specieswas described from Pennsylvania, presumably from a stray specimen.DYOMYX FUMATA Felder and Rogenhofer.Palindia fumata Felder and Rogenhofer, Reise Novara, Lep., 1872, pi. Ill,fig. 17.Eulepidotis mabis Butler (not Guenee), Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1879, p. 29.Palindia mabis Druce (part, not Guen6e), Biol. Cent.-Amer., Lep. Het., vol. 1,1889, p. 317.This is not before me. Butler misidentified Guenee's 7naUs,apparently by following Walker's arrangement in the British Museum.Druce quoted the synonymy from Butler, though he probably hadthe true mabis before him.DYOMYX INFERIOR Herrich-Schaffer.PaZmtfia m/mor Herrich-Schaffer, Corr. Bl., zool.-min. Ver. Regensb., vol. 22,1869, p. 153.Dyomyx lineata Druce, Biol. Cent.-Amer., Lep. Het., vol. 1, 1889, p. 320 (female).Seven specimens are before me from Brazil, Panama, Costa Rica,and Mexico. Druce figures as male and female two different species.I restrict the name to the female figured in the Biologia, plate 29,fig. 25.
NO. 2046. THE GENERA PALTNDIA AND DY03IYX?DYAR. 115DYOMYX GUENEI Bar.Dyomix guenei Bar, Ann. Soc. Ent. France (5), vol. 6, 1876, p. 442.This is not before me. Bar's figure seems excellent.DYOMYX MEGALOPS Guenee.Dyomyx megalops Guenee, Spec. Gen., vol. 6, 1852, p. 282.I have not seen specimens. Guenee's figure is very sketchy, butprobably recognizable. DYOMYX JANUS Bar.Dyomix janus Bar, Ann. Soc. Ent. France (5), vol. 6, 1876, p. 441.Not known to me in nature.DYOMYX OCALA Schaus.Dyomyx ocala Schaus, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8), vol. 7, 1911, p. 61.The male type is before me. Mr. Schaus had associated with itanother specmien as the female, but I consider this specimen to belongto the next species. DYOMYX EGISTOIDES Bar.Dyomix egistoides Bar, Ann. Soc. Ent. France (5), yol. 6, 1876, p. 440.A single female from Costa Rica is before me, agreeing well withBar's characterization. It is mentioned above under ocala.DYOMYX HERBERTA, new species.Dyomyx lineata Druce male (not female), Biol. Cent.-Amer., Lep. Het., 1889pi. 29, fig. 24.Brown, with faint purple irridescence over whole of fore wing,very faint on hindwing; lines slender, straight; subbasal half line,to vein 1, parallel to inner line, which runs from inner fifth of costato inner thu-d of inner margin; mesial line a little broader and lessrigid than the other, slightly bent at median vein, touching innerside of small black ocellus on vein 1, which has white pupil, orangering and brown outer ring; reniform vague, rather narrow, lunate,defined by inner and outer curved lines ; outer line bent above vein 7,lost below 2, a brown marginal Ime, edged on both sides by pale lines.Hindwing with a line across disk, running close to margin, twiceangled but not dentate, followed by a narrow dull orange streak anda blue-gray powdery area, which runs upward to about vein 5 ; twodistant narrow white marginal lines; a small black dot between themopposite the outer angle of the middle line. This spot has an orangeedging but is scarcely ocellate. Beneath a common mesial curvedcrenulate luie, the hind wing with a straight shaded arc within it.Expanse, 43 mm.Cotypes.-?Two females. No. 15713, U. S. Nat. Mus.; St. Jean,Maroni River, French Guiana, April, 1904 (W. Schaus) ; SLxola River,Costa Rica, March, 1907 (W. Schaus).
116 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol.47.DYOMYX JONESI Schaus.Dyomyx jonesi Schaus, Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc, vol. 6, 1898, p. 120.Dijomyx obliquata Schaus, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8), vol. 7, 1911, p. 62.I have the unique types of jonesi from Brazil and oUiguata fromCosta Rica. Both are males and almost identical.DYOMYX ZATES Dnice.Dyomyx zates Druce, Biol. Cent.-Amer., Lep. Het., vol. 2, 1898, p. 500.Two specunens are before me from Costa Rica.DYOMYX ORA Dyar.To be more fully described in my fourth Mexican paper. I have afemale from Mexico and another from Panama. This is not improb-ably an ornate variety of D. cimolia Guenee.DYOMYX JUNO Moschler.Dyoimjx juno Moschler, Abh. Senck. Nat. Ges., vol. 14, 1886, p. 197.This is not before me.DYOMYX VOLCANICA Schaus.Dyomyx volcanica Schaus, Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc, vol. 6, 1898, p. 119.The type and tlii-ee other Mexican specimens are before me and twofrom Costa Rica. DYOMYX PLACIDA Schaus.Dyomyx pladda Schaus, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7), vol. 8, 1901, p. 39.Six specimens are before me from Mexico, including the type. Inone specimen the whole median space is ocherous.DYOMYX CIMOLIA Guenfee.Dyomyx cimolia Guenee, Spec. Gen., vol. 6, 1852, p. 282.Dyomyx pavo Walker, Cat. Brit. Mus., Lep. Het., part 15, 1858, p. 1769.Two specimens from Mexico are before me.DYOMYX ANCEA Cramer.Phalxna Noctua ancea Cramer, Pap. Exot., vol. 4, 1782, p. 72, pi. 324, fig. G.Platyja^ ancea Hx^bner, Verz. bek. Schmett., 1816, p. 268.Dyomyx ancea Guenee, Spec. Gen., vol. 6, 1852, p. 282.Dyomyx ancea Walker, Cat. Brit. Mus., Lep. Het., vol. 12, 1857, p. 854.Unknown to me except by Cramer's figure. The figure is bad, butseems nearest to cimolia Guenee of anything before me. I have sofew cimolia that I can not form a good idea of the extent of its varia-tion.
? The type of Platyja Hiibner must be taken to be umminea Cramer (first species), designated by Hamp-son (Moths of India, vol. 2, 1894, p. 539).