Additions to the list of North American Lepidoptera, No. 2

case of insects

was shown

privately before the trial,

made mis

takes in

some

instances in

endeavoring

^{to tell}

which were

bees

and which

flies.

Dr.

Dyar

presented thefollowing

paper

^:

ADDITIONS TO THE LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN LEPI-

DOPTERA,

^{No. 2.}

By ^{HARRISON G. DYAR.}

Family RIODINID^E.

Apodemia ^{hepburni Godman and}

^Salvin.

Mr. Oslar

sent

me

a pair

which he took

in the

Patagonia Mountains, Arizona. The male

_agrees

with

the description ⁱⁿ the Biologia

Centrali-Americana, but

^is rather smaller than the figure.

The female

has

more white

_spots

than

the male.

The form comes _extremely

close to

palmerii Edw., which

^{Iat first}

thought

^{it to}be, ^till

Mr. Oslar

called

my

^{attention to the differ}

ence.

Family NOCTUID^.

Hadena multicolor,

^n. sp.

Thorax

blackish brown, lighter centrally, collar whitish in front; ab

domen

brownish_gray. Fore wingsvariegated ⁱⁿochraceous, ^redbrown, blackish

brown

andwhite.

The

_ground isochraceous,appearing irregu larly at base, in the elongate orbicular, in the _t.-p. lineopposite the^cell and atapex, elsewhere obscured by^darkred

brown

shades. Linesblack ish, clouded, ^t.-a. outwardly oblique,t.-p.bentovercell withminute _light pointson theveins. Reniform _ringed inwhite,

showing

^{a distinct} spot at the outer sideof the constriction_; clavifonn black outlined,obscured inablackishshade whichirregularly^fills themedian _space. Subterminal line pale, waved, obscure, terminal spaceshaded in blackand runningⁱⁿ ward^tot.-p.lineopposite ^celland onsubmedianfold.

Hind wing

nearly entirelyblackish shadedover _paleochraceous. Expanse43

mm.

One _specimen,

Victoria, B. C. (E.

M. _Anderson).

Type. No.

_7831,

U.

S.

National Museum.

Allied to

vultuosa

_{Grote, but}

overspread with dark shadings while

the

reniform

iscontrasting

white

as in

apamiformis

^Grote.

Hadena geminimacula,

^n. sp.

Lustrous blackish brown,

brown

or reddish, the markings ^all present and arranged ^{as in} pluviosaWalker, but not contrasted, something^{as in} ethnica Sm., though ^lessextreme. Lines_geminate,crenulate, pale^filled;

subterminal broken into a seriesof pale dots, edgedwith black cusps within, ^its course straighter than ⁱⁿ pluviosa*. Ordinaryspots outlined

ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY

in black, the reniformwithout any white except two little specks ^{at its} lower extremitybetweenveins_{3 to 5,}but these specks^arebrightand con trasting.

Hind wing

blackish outwardly, pale at base.

Expanse

47

mm.

Five specimens,

^Pecos,

New Mexico, August

9

and

_{14 (T.}

D.

A.

Cockerell), Garfield Co.,

Colorado (D.

Bruce).

Type. No.

_7832,

U.

^S.

National Museum.

The

_species is

near pluviosa,

distinguished

therefrom by

^the

smoother

colors

and

the restriction of the

white marking

^{of the} reniform.

The two specimens from Mr. Cockerell

are nearly

black; two from Mr. Bruce

are

more brownish,

_possibly

due

to the

specimens being

^{older; the third}

specimen from Mr. Bruce

is reddish

brown. The

three

specimens from Mr. Bruce have been

in the

National Museum

collection ever since

Dr.

_J. B.

Smith _arranged

it, the

brown ones under

the label

pluviosa Walker,

^{the red}

^{one under}

^{lateritia Hiibner.}

Taeniocampa terminatissima,

^n. sp.

Grayish clay color,shining; terminal space contrasting, ashen, sepa rated bya lightsubterminal line which is distinctand perfectly straight from_justbelow apex^tobeforeanal angle.

Wing

^{otherwisealittle}shaded, darkenedbefore the subterminal line, lighter near the _costa,but the ex tremecostaledge^dark. Lines_fine, linear, obliterate,dark,crenulate,the t.-p.withminute _pointsonthe veins. Orbicular represented by^ablack point; reniform _{large, illy}defined,stainedwith rustybrown,^withablack

mark

filling^its lowerthird.

Median

shade lineindicated; aterminal

row

of black_points.

Hind wing

^dark gray.

Expanse

30

mm. The

vestiture is hairy.

Described from one

_9,

Las _Vegas, New Mexico

_{(C. P.} Gil lette.)

Type. No.

_7833,

U.

S.

National Museum.

Amiana,

^n. gen.

Head

subprominent, ^eves large round, naked, ^front strongly conically produced,

smooth

; tongue ^distinct, palpi short, but exceeding front, scaled, third jointsmall; antennae simple ⁱⁿ bothsexes. Legsmoderate, normal,^tibiaeunarmed, unmodified; vestiture scaly,withouttufts.

Wings

rather wide, accessory^cell presenton fore wings; ^vein 5 of hind wings distinct, remote from _{4, arising} from the crossTvein half

way

^between centerand lower_{angle of}cell.

Type

^:

^{A. niama.}

Judging ^from

^{the figures in} the Biologia Central^i-

Americana

Miana pulchra Druce and M.

zonella

Druce _belong

to this genus.

Amiana _niama,

n. sp.

Deep

grayish

brown

; forewings^relievedby an ocherous ^reddishshade inbasalspaceand before anal angle, the^latter sometimes forming^{a dis} tinctbutdiffuse spot. Basal andt.-a. lines black, single,

waved

; ablack median shade^line: t.-p. linewhitish, black edged,waved, excurvedgently overre niform and inward on submedian _fold; subterminal line a black shade, limitedbywhitish without, produced^atveins i, 3, 4.and_{6; a}

row

of terminal' blackdashes; claviform an ocherous. point; orbicular black ringed, palefilled, small; reniform distinct, constricted, whiteand black ringed, concolorously filled; costa with white dots subapically. Fringe and hind wingsblackish-brown.

Below

dark, the hind wings^{with three} faintlydarker lines.

Expanse

24-25

mm.

Eight specimens, Huachuca Mountains and _Nogales, Arizona

(E.J. Oslar).

Type. No.

_7834,

U.

S.

National Museum.

Bomolocha chicagonis,

^n. sp.

Brownish_gray; ^{t.-a. line}obsolete, the

wing

^{obscuredwith dark}

brown

up ^{to the} straight, slightlycurving, oblique t.-p. line.

Beyond

lighter, lightest justnextthe _t.-p.line; subterminal line subpunctiform, whitish, defined by ^{a dark} shade within. Ordinary spots wanting.

Hind wing

pale, grayish shaded. Expanse²⁸

mm.

One

_9,

_Chicago,

^111. _(A.

_Kwiat).

Type. No.

_7835,

U.

S.

National Museum.

Near umbralis Smith,

but _lighter, the

t.-p. line

more

_oblique,

subterminal more remote from

the

edge and

fused

with

its ac

companying

^shade,

^no

^{black dots}

^on

^the

ordinary

spots.

A second specimen from

^Turtle

Mountains, N. Dak.

_(A.

H.

Verrill), ^isthe

same

but

much

_paler,

_being

_pallid whitish ochra- ceous. I call itvariety

perpallida.

Type. No.

_7836,

U.

S.

National Museum.

Family GEOMETRID^E.

Sciagraphia

gilletteata, ^n. sp.

Warm

reddish gray; ^t.-a. and _t.-p. lines broad,thick, upright fromthe internalmargin, ^notreachingcosta, lightorange

brown

with pale edges.

Di&cal dot dark; terminal spaceshaded in dark brown, darkest next the t.-p. lineand separated therefromby^ablackline.

Hind wing

^{witha faint}

discal dotand traceof an orange band above anal angle.

Below washed

with vermilion on costaandveins.

Expanse

27

mm.

One _JS Colorado

(C. P. Gillette).

Type. No.

_{7776, U.} ^S.

National Museum.

Resembles continuata Walk., and snoviata

Pack., but the

two

thick, upright

bands

are

orange brown,

^{not black.}

Tracheops ^bolteri

^Hulst.

I

have

received this species

from Las Vegas

(C. P. Gillette)

and

Mesilla

Park, New Mexico

_(T.

D. A.

Cockerell), the speci

mens

being, respectively, ^a 9

and

a

d\ Hulst

described the

form from

_{a single} cf

from Mr.

Bolter's collectionand, ⁱⁿ placing the

genus

^{in his} synopsis,

he made some

of his characteristic as

sumptions,

^{viz, that the}

female had _simple

antennae

and no

fovea

on

fore

wings below, when he had never

seen a female. In this case

he

is

proven

^to

have been

_right. I

do

not detect the fovea

and

the antennae are not pectinated, yet they are peculiar ^{in that} they are strongly ^serrate

on

thecentral part ofthe shaft. In col oration the

9 resembles

^the

d\ ^but

^the

^hind wings ^have more pronounced markings, forming

^{a rather definite} scalloped mesial line.

Fresh specimens

^are obviously pale olivaceous green, ^as this color is largely present ⁱⁿ the

9 specimen, though

^{lost in the}

less well

preserved

^<?.

Family SESIID^.

Parharmonia

picese, ^n. sp.

Shining blue black; wings hyaline, ^{colorless, fore}

wing

^{witb black}

costaledge,^discalspotand outermargin, broad^atapex. Antenna;black.

Inner edgeof patagia red; palpi ^at base within, fore coxae without and irregularmarkings on ^{innersidesofall tibiae alsored; fore tarsi reddish,} middle tarsi reddish within,hind tarsi black.

Abdomen

with scattered red scaleson the under _surface, forming ^{a defined} double _patch on the third segment, uniform black above.

Expanse

^about25

mm.

Three _specimens, Hoquiam, ^Wash. (H.

^E.

Burke), bred on Picea

sitchensis_;

Keyport, Wash.

_(C.

V.

_Piper).

Type. No.

_{7837, U.} S.

National Museum.

This

_species

may ^be

^{referable to the}

genus

^{Sesia, as the}

char

acterof the anal tuftin the

two

sexes is the

only

diagnostic

char

acter that I

can

_gather

from

Beutenmiiller's tables to separate

Parharmonia and

Sesia. In eithercase it

does

not

seem

to co incide

with any

^described species.

Family PYRALID^E.

Ulophora brunneella,

n. sp.

Fore wings ^with

n

veins, 4and _{5 closely}approximated ^{at base,but} separate,6 fromend of _cell,curving

downward,

7and 8long stalked, 10 close tothestalkbut_separate.

Hind

_wingswith8 veins, 3approximated

to,but separate from the long^{stalk of} 4and_5; cellaboutone-fourth the length of wing. Labial_palpiupturned^farabovevertex, third jointsmall;

maxillary palpi small, filiform;

$

^{antenna; simple, thickened; tongue}

strong; ^ocelli present; ^fore wings^withabasal scale ridge.

Body

^ciark purplish gray; ^fore

wing

long, squarish, purple gray, rather light,

somewhat

reddish inthelower _{part of}

median

_space. Basal space reddish below,^costal part shaded in"black. Scale ridge oblique, black, followed by^abroad black space ^tothe narrow, parallel,black inner line which is edged with paler without.

Median

_space above clouded with black; ^discaldotdiffused. Outerlinestrongly bentoutwardat veins_4-5, pale, narrowlyblack edged. Veinsof terminal space blacklined,theapex witha smalldark shade; ^{terminallineblack;} fringe plumbeous,shining, notmetallic.

Hind wing

fuscous, subpellucid,fringe nearly concolorous.

Expanse

24

mm.

One

_c?,

_Tryon, North

Carolina,

May

25,

1903 (W.

F. Fiske).

Type. No.

_7838,

U.

S.

National Museum.

The

_species

resembles Pinipestis zimmermanni

_Grote,

but

is

smaller

and

the inner line offore

wing

^is

much more

_oblique.

Ulophora tephrosiella,

^n. sp.

Rather darkpurplish gray.

End

_{of patagia}and astreakinbasal space rusty ^red. Scale ridge dark purplish, preceded bya lighter ^tint andfol

lowed by^arusty^red shade. Innerline at about the middleof the wing, wavy, ^followedby^adark shade. Discal dots dark; outer linegently^out- curved, pale,preceded andfollowed by^abroad dark shade; terminal^line dark; hind wingsfuscous, lighter inthe

^

^; fringe pale. Expanse 13-14

mm.

Three _specimens, Washington, ^D.

^C.,

August

27,

1894; bred from

larvae

on Tcphrosia virginiana. Department

^of

Agricul

ture, Insectary

No.

_6323.

Type.

^'No. 7839/17! ^S.

National Museum.

Ortholepis

gillettella, ^n. sp.

Fore wings ^with

n

veins,4and ₅ separate, 10 separate; hind wings with_{8 veins, 4}and_{5 longstalked,}cell moderate,counting^totheorigin of vein _{3 fully} halfthe length of thewing, ^{to the center}of cross vein over one-third. Labial_palpiupturned,exceedingthe vertex, third joint slender, halfas long^as second; maxillarypalpi smoothly^scaled; <$ antennae bent abovebase with atuftoflarge scales ⁱⁿ the bend; anerectridge of^scales preceding the transverse anterior^lineofforewings.

Dark

blackishcin ereous, shining. Linesashade paler, distinct, the inner_oblique, waved, theouter bent at cell and submedian fold, slightlycrenulate,both edged with darker; ^{a faint} blackish line runsfrom inception of outer ^line on costa to median _space on inner margin. ^Scale ridge black; the discal dots form a narrow black bar of raised _scales; terminal edge ^black.

Hind

_wings

brown

black.

Below

immaculate blackish.

Abdominal

_seg ments above_faintlywhitish ringed^attips.

Expanse

25

mm.

Described from one

_(j\

Colorado, probably from Fort

^Collins (C. ^P. Gillette).

Type. No.

_7840,

U.

S.

National Museum.

SOCIETY

Ambesa busckella,

^n. _sp.

Fore

wing

^with

n

veins,hind

wing

^with8; labial palpi erect,maxillary palpi small,filiform;

^

^antennae slightlybent above basewitha

row

of small

brown

teethnearlyhidden by ^{scales ina} groove ^{within the} bend.

Head, _palpi, thoraxandbase of forewings palewhitish gray, tinged with ochraceous on the base of the wings. Following ^{this is} a broad black space,ⁱⁿ the outer edge ^of which is the inner line, fine, white, zigzag angled; ^adiffusedwhitish spot on the innermarginjust beyond. Outer part of

wing

pale gray,middlefield faintlyochraceoustinged below. Dis- cal spot large, black. Outer line white, sharply black edged, obscurely crenulate,bent in a little at end of _cell; an abbreviated, oblique,

wavy

blackish line from the bend to belowdiscal dot. Terminal line dotted, black.

Hind

_wingspale fuscous.

Expanse

²⁰

mm.

One

_J",

^one

9,

Plummer's

_Island,

Maryland, May

^16,

August 24 (Aug.

^Busck).

Type, No.

_7841,

U.

S.

National Museum.

Meroptera liquidambarella,

^n. sp.

Fore wings^with

n

veins,4and₅short stalked, 10shortstalked with8 and₉;

$

antennae withbend atbaseand smallscaletuft; maxillarypalpi with a large yellow ^tuft, concealed within the labial palpi.

Head

and thorax blackish gray; forewings ^with light gray ground of the color of prave.Ua. Grote, but this color appears not only on^{the innerline, but in} themedian _spaceas well. Basereddish,dark, obscure; ^{t.-a. line} oblique, straight,of thegroundcolor,followedby^abroad blackband and thisby anarrow, slightlyirregular one,which isshadedtothebroadband on the costa. Discal dots

more

or lesscompletelyjoined; abroken band beyond

them

and aclouded dot below,both inthe_lightgray medianspace. T.-p.

linenarrow, pale, precededand followedby^ablack shade, bent outinthe middle but scarcely crenulate.

A

terminal

row

of nearly joined black dashes.

Hind

_{wings gray}as inpravella.

Expanse

^16-18

mm.

Washington, D.

^C.

^{Described from}

sixty-one

specimens bred from sweet gum

^at the insectary of the

Department

^of

Agricul

ture,

August,

^iSSi

(no number) ^and May,

18^3

(No. 5491).

Type. No.

_7842,

U.

^S.

National Museum.

'

A _specimen ^was

^{sent tothelate Dr.}

^Hulst

^several years

ago and was determined by him

as

" Salebria nubiferella Rag.

(??)."

The _specimen was

not in

good

^condition,

being an undersized

female,

somewhat _rubbed,

so that the

determination was

not

made

at the best advantage.

The

_species is notreferable to

Sale

bria

on account

of the venation; but,

even

_so, it

does

not agree

with

the description of

any

of the species of ^that genus. In

Ragonot's

figure of mibiferella, the base ^is not _red,

and

the course of the inner^{line is}interrupted

and

different

from

thespeci

mens

before

me.

Salebria

triplagiella, ^n. sp.

Gray; ^forewings rather dark,appearing granularfrom _{the pale}scales mixedwith darker; noreddish shades. Innerlinewhitish,oblique, irreg ularly dentate, a black border outwardly on ^{costal half,} inwardly

on

lower_half; asmallwhite shade_nearlytouching^thelineontheinner

mar

gin, followed by^{a diffuse black} spot. Discal dots joined,large, black.

Outerlinerather coarsely crenulate, veryslightly

more

incised atcelland submedianfold; a

row

of terminaldots.

Hind wing

fuscous, subpellucid, theedgedarker, fringe whitish.

Expanse

25

mm.

Described from one

_<j%

Winnipeg, Manitoba (A. W. _Hanham).

Type. No.

_7843,

U.

S.

National Museum.

The form comes

near

annulosella Ragonot, but

^the

wings

^are

more

elongate, the

markings

^{less definite}

and rougher, while

^the outer line is scarcely incised^{at all}

on

the

submedian

fold.

Pyla hanhamella,

^n. sp.

Palpi porrect, greenish metallic,white scaled below _narrowly.

Head

and thorax black, slightly metallic;

$

antennae bent at base with very small scale tuft in the bend, of 9 simple. Fore wings brownish^black, the basal spaceonly^witha slightmetallicreflection; median_space

washed

with white ^scales. Lines gray white, rather broad,diffused, the inner oblique, slightly waved,^the outer indented ^at cell and submedian fold.

The

grayish scaling ⁱⁿ the median _space ^is clustered over the cell and defines distinctly a large dark discal dot.

Hind

_{wings light brownish,} darker on the edge, the fringe pale,almostwhitish.

Below

pale sordid whitish, yellowishtinged,

unmarked

_exceptfor a traceof the outer lineon thecosta.

Abdomen

_{dark, ringed}inpale^attheendsof thesegments and lightertowards _tip. Expanse22-24

mm

^-

Described from

₃

g$ ^and

ⁱ

⁹

^,

Winnipeg, Manitoba, one

dated

June

^27,

¹⁹⁰⁰

^(A.

W. _Hanham).

Type. No.

_7844,

U.

S.

National Museum.

Pyla

rainierella, ^n. sp.

Black; ^forewings ^{with scattered} greenish metallic ^scales. Lines and discaldotwithout these scales, black, diffused,ratherbroad and nearto gether. Inner line straight, nearly perpendicular; outer ^line bent out ward in the middle.

Hind

_{wings and} underside black. Expanse 16-17

mm.

Two

_^(-JS

^Mt.

Rainier,

Washington

(C.

V.

_Piper).

Type. No.

_7845,

U.

S.

National Museum.

The

_{species of}

_Pyla may ^be

separated

by

^the

following

^table:

110

Fore wings without^{cross lines.}

Wings

long, ^size large

(32mm.)

metalicella Hulst

Wings

^lesselongate, ^sizesmaller₍₂₅ mm.).

Iridescencecoppery scintillansGrote

Iridescencebronzygreen ceneoviridella

Ragonot

Iridescence greenish yellow, sexes unlike ^(eneellaHulst Fore wingswith transverse lines.

These

lines pale.

Lineswhite\ wings with ^{metalliclustre} bistriatellaHulst Lines_grayish; wings without ^{metalliclustre.}

Dark

fuscous beneath incorruscella Hulst Lightyellowish fuscousbeneath hanhamella

Dyar

These

linesblack rainierella

Dyar

Megasis caudellella,

^n. sp.

$

gray, pulverulent, ^lineswhitish, _straight, theinnerlineveryslightly bentsubcostally, theouteralmostperfectly straight, both_faintly blackish edged toward ^the

median

field. Discal spotblack,

more

or less distinct;

terminal line shaded black.

Hind

_wings subpellucid pale gray, termen blackish narrowly, fringe pale. Expanse30-32

mm.

9 much

smaller and

more

_distinctlymarked. Lines whitish, diffuse, nearly straight with broad distinct blackish borders within; ^discal dots separated by^awhitish point.

Hind

_wingsas inthe male. Expanse^20- 22

mm.

Two

_(^(j",

two 99,

^foothills

^above Golden, Colorado, May

13, 1901

(Dyar and

Caudell).

Type. No.

_7846,

U.

S.

National Museum.

Differs

from

the other species of

Megasis

^{of similarsize in the} straightness of the ^lines.

Megasis piperella,

^n. sp.

Fore wings with

n

veins, hind wings ^with 8, 4 and ₅ long stalked;

labial palpimoderate,drooping; maxillary,small,^filiform.

Male

antenna- simple; no lateral tuft on thorax. Fore wings elongate, narrow, apex depressed; light ashy gray; ^{a diffuse} ochraceous _ray through ^{the cell.}

Costa whiteon basal _third, running^tooverhalf subcostally but notpure white being mixed ^{with scattered cinereous scales.} Discal dots black, separated by^the end of the ocherous _ray. Veins _slightly powdered ⁱⁿ darker; ^lines absent.

Hind

wings moderately ample, subpellucid, pale fuscoustinted.

Below

like hind wings ^above. Expanse32

mm.

One _{3% Pullman,} Washington, May

15,

1898

(C.

V.

_Piper).

Washington Experiment

^Station

No.

_233.

Type. No.

_7847,

U.

S.

National Museum.

This may ^be Epischnia granitella Rag., but

^I place ^{it in}

Megasis

ⁱⁿ

^an

^effortto interpret Hulst'stables _literally.

The

_{species of}

_Megasis may ^be

separated ^asfollows:

Fore wings elongate triangular, broad; hind wingsvery^fulland ample;

9

markedly^smallerthanr^.

Outerline irregularandindistinctor wanting,^{at leastin} the

$.

(J

1 with

numerous

dots on the veins; with inner line

waved

ed-wardsialisHulst

(^ withoutdots, ayellowish rayⁱⁿsubmedian^fold; 9 ^with inner line straight,whitish excantalisHulst Outerline well formed,fairly distinct.

Outerlinebent; palpi hairy ^{, atrella}Hulst Outerline straight; palpinormal caudellella

Dyar Without

these characters.

Large species (33

mm.)

^{; crosslines obsolete} piperella

Dyar

Smallspecies (15

mm.);

^{cross lines} present ^cinctellaHulst

Zophodia orobanchella,

^n. sp.

Wings

trigonate, rounded,^ratherlesselongate than^usual. Gray, white and blackscales rather evenlymixed. Inner _{line lost;} outer_black,broad onthe_costa,twiceangled below

becoming

^{narrowand obsolete. Discal} spot large, black,rounded.

A

fine blacklineruns through ^the middleof thecell from the discal dot, edged with white, most_distinctlyso below.

The

white and black scales costally are arranged indistinctly in lines.

Termen

_{nearly white,} the terminal line diffusely dotted black.

Hind

wingspalefuscous,dark on the margin.

Expanse

^18-20

mm.

Three _specimens, VVawawai, Washington, August, 1898

(C.

V.

Piper), reared

from

larvae in the flowers of

Orobanche

ludovi- ciana,

Washington Experiment

^Station

No.

_051.

Type. No.

_7848,

U.

S.

National Museum.

Staudingeria

olivacella, ^n. sp.

Fore wings narrowbut triangularlywidened;obscure sordid olivaceous, the costal edge diffusely white. Lines nearly obsolete, shadowy, dark gray, ^the inner line not definite, the outer retracted nearly ^to touch the small, obscurediscaldots.

Hind

wings lightlygray shaded; fringe pale.

Expanse 24

mm.

One

_r?,

_Pullman, Washington, August

^12,

1898

(C.

V.

_Piper),

Washington Experiment

Station,

No.

_539.

Type. No.

_7849,

U.

S.

National Museum.

Staudingeria perluteella,

^n. sp.

Fore wings^{withi T}veins,hindwings^with7veins,antennae simple,^labial palpiobliquelyascending, long,third jointverysmall, deflexed,maxillary palpi withalong bunch ^{of hairs atthe}tip, tongue ^distinct. Fore wings narrow,^wellangled and rather pointed,uniform _pale luteous ochraceous, the lines and discal dot only ^indicated by ^faint shadows, not definite

enough

^{to describe.}

Hind

wings, broad, rounded, fuscous gray,^{a little} translucent, darkattheextreme margin, the fringe long and pale.

Ex

panse25

mm.

112

One specimen, Fort

^Collins,

Colorado

(C. P. Gillette).

Tvpe. No.

_7850,

U.

S.

National Museum.

Homceosoma reliquellum,

^n. sp.

Smooth, obscure cinereous, thickly dusted with white oncostal half.

Linesobsolete, the inner represented bythree black _dots, theupper and lower ofwhich _{are very}small, the middle one

more

_{outwardly placed;}

outer line indicated by an outward ^blackish shade, curved, regular and even. Discal dots _black,joined ^intoalargespot ⁱⁿ the male, narrowly separated ⁱⁿthe female.

Hind

_{wingswhitish,gray}tintedalong^costaand outer edge.

Expanse

15-16

mm.

One _d% one

_9,

Center Harbor, New _{Hampshire, July}

_{19, 1902}

(H. G.

_Dyar).

Type. No.

_7851,

U.

S.

National Museum.

Nearly

^{allied to}

Homceosoma mucidellum _{Rag. but}

smaller,

smoother

cinereous, the outer ^linevery

vague and

slightlycurved, discal dots

approximated

^{or fused. I}

have mticidellum from Texas, Colorado

(G. P. Gillette),

Kaslo,

^British

Columbia (Dyar and

Caudell),

Pullman, Washington

^(C.

^V.

Piper),

and Los An

geles,California (A- Koebele).

The specimens vary much

_{in size,}

but

^{not in} thecharacteristic

markings.

Tacoma

^Hulst.

In his original description,

Hulst

_says, "cT

antenna

simple,"

but changes

^thislater,

giving

^{thec? a tuft ofscalesin the}

bend

of antennae.

The _genus would,

therefore, ^fall as a

synonym

^of

Ncphopteryx

^{Hiibner, as}

Ragonot shrewdly

suspected^;* but I

think the section of

Nephopteryx, ^with

^veins

4 and

5 of fore

wings

actually stalked (not

approximate

only),

may

properly

be recognized

^{as of} generic value,

under

the

name Tacoma.

It will contain, of

North American

_{species, feriella} Hulst, snb- tinctella

Rag., and

the

following:

Tacoma nyssaecolella,

^n. sp.

Dark

lilaceousgray; innerlineratheroblique, palegray,angledslightly centrally, precededon innermargin by^asubquadrate brown-black_patch, followedoutwardly by ^atriangular black patch on_costa,joined toa nar

row

blacklinebelow. Discal dots joined, biack^{; a} huge,diffuse,brown- black spot below,touching^innermargin and^outerline. Outer_{line pale,} slightlyexcurved inthe middle, very obscurely^dentate,edgedfaintlyand narrowly ^{with black.} Terminal line black; fringe gray.

Hind

_wings pale^fuscous.

Expanse

¹⁶

mm.

One _6% bred from Nyssa

multiflora* issued

August

14, 1894.

"

_Collected

near Bladensburg Road, ^D.

C., ⁱⁿa

tightlyfolded leaf.

^Mon.

_Phycit. etGall., p. 205, 1893.

The

larva

was

black,five-eighthsof

an

inch long, the

head

_yellow, retractile; thinly

covered with

short

white

hairs.

The

leaf

was

folded

lengthwise and _upwards,

the

edges

tightly fastened to gether, giving the ^folda

very sharp

edge, the entire leaf

looking

like a pod.

Within

the fold there isa

web which

holds the

ex crement suspended."

(Chambliss.)

Type. No.

_7928,

U.

S.

National Museum.

Ephestia nonparilella,

^n. sp.

Head

round, eyes large; labial palpiupturned weakly,second andthird jointsnearlyequal, not reaching vertex^; maxillarypalpi filiform; tongue moderate; <$ antennas simple. Fore

wing

with 9 veins, ^all free; hind

wing

^with6 veins, 5and8wanting,3 and_4separate,but approximate^at base.

Fore

wing

long and narrow; pale gray,^irroratewithblackscales_; lines black, distinct, contrasted,parallel,the innerat the middle of thewing, theouterat theouter fourth. Both are slightly oblique, parallel to the outermargin^ straight,the inneredged^withinwith white, the outeredged without and

more

distinctly so. Discal spots joined, ^black,touching^a blackcloudoncosta.

Hind

_wingswhitish, subpellucid.

Expanse

¹⁸

mm.

One

cT?

Santa Rita Mountains, Arizona, June

7 (E.

A. Schwarz).

Type. No.

_7929,

U.

S.

National Museum.

Psorosina,

^n. gen.

Fore wings^with

n

_{veins, 4}and_5separate.

Sand

_{9 stalked; hind wings}

with_7veins, 2atthe angle of thecell,3and₄stalked.

$

^antennaebent

above base witha tuft of scales in thebend; tongue moderate_; labial palpi erect,recurvedtovertex; maxillary palpi small, ^filiform.

Under

this I place

hammondi _Riley and

the

following new

species.

Hulst

_puts

hammondi

in

Canarsia*

of

which

_{he says:}

u _Close

_to

_Psorosa

Zell., differing principally ⁱⁿ the

stemming

of veins

4 and

_5."

But Psorosa

has

long wings ^with

^{a scale}

ridge,

while

the palpi are

long and

_porrect

(European

^dahliella

Tr.). In

ulmiarrosorella Clem.,

^veins

4 and

_{5 of}fore

wings

^are stalked

and Canarsia must be

restricted to _this, including per^

haps graciella

Hulst,

which

^I

do

not

know.

Psorosina _angulella,

n. sp.

Shining^darkbrownish gray^{; innerline}broad, whitish, obscurelygemi nate,rather_diffuse, thecostal half_oblique, the inner half_straight. Dis

cal dots_black,joined ⁱⁿan oblique white cloud; outer ^line nearmargin,

faint, pale, straight.

Hind wing

pale fuscous. Expanse 14

mm.

One

_ji,

Iowa

_(C. P. _Gillette).

Very

^{close to}

hammondi

',

but the inner line is strongly angled. ^It

may prove

^avariety

of hammondi.

Type. No.

_7930,

U.

S.

National Museum.

Passadena

Hulst.

The

_{type of} this genus, constantella Hulst, ^is

obviously syn onymous ^{with Getulia}

flavidorsella

Rag. Ragonot

^defined

Getulia from an African

_species, a

9

only,

and

later referred to it his flavidorsella, ^first described

under Anoristia from 9

9 only.

Whether

the

African

_species

has

the

same $

^characters

asthe

American one

is

purely

^{a matter of}

surmise

atpresent

and

I thereforeretain Hulst's generic

term and remove Getulia from

the

North American

list.

Passadena flavidorsella Ragonot.

I

have

the species

from Los _Angeles,

Cal.,

May

(D.

W. Co-

quillett),

Argus ^Mountains,

^Cal.,

May,

1891 (A.

Koebele), Tuc

son, Ariz.,

March

_13,

₁₈₉₈

_(E.

A. Schwarz),

^Catalina _Springs, Ariz.,

April

^10,

1898

(E.

A. _Schwarz),

Oracle, Ariz.,

July

15 (E.

A. Schwarz),

^Colora'o,

New _{Mex., July}

10, ^at light (T.

D.

A.

Cockerell).

The

maxillary palpi ⁱⁿthe

g

^{are pencil tufted}

^and

the species falls

near Etiella

Zell., but is distinguished

therefrom by

^the shorterlabial palpi.

Myelois

fragilella, ^n. sp.

Fore wings^with

n

_{veins, 4}and 5 stalked, 8and _{9 stalked;} hind wings with_{8 veins,}2longbefore the angle of thecell,4and_5stalked,cell long;

tonguestrong; labial palpiupturned, maxillary palpi^filiform;

$

^antennae

simple.

Fragile and slender. Fore wings light gray,white mixed with ciner eousand _black; lines not contrasted, narrow, white, ^theirblackishedges

more

conspicuous^{than thelines.} Inner _{oblique, distinctly}and _strongly produced outward

on

submedian fold, blackish edged ^{within. Discal} dots elongate, well separated,^blackish. Outer line minutely angled

on

discalandsubmedianfolds,dark edged^within. Terminallineofscattered darkscales.

Hind wing

translucent, pale fuscous outwardly.

Expanse

21

mm.

One _JS

_Pecos,

New Mexico,

^at light

June

²¹ (T.

D. A. Cock

erell).

Type. No. ₇₉₃

1,

U.

S.

National Museum.

Varneria,

^n. gen.

Fore wingswith 9veins, 3and 4 stalked, 5 and 8 absent. 10 from the cell_; hind wings with⁶veins,²near the angle of thecell, 3and_{4 stalked,} 5and8absent.

Tongue

distinct, scaled, but very^short, about _equalling the length of the head. Palpi upturned abovevertex, second_jointreach ingvertex, third halfas long^as secondorover.

Varneria postremella,

^n. sp.

Head, ^thorax and fore wings dark vinous red,the head, thorax and basal halfof costa overspread with^blackish.

A

^{blackish line}follows the discal fold and _{spreads diffusely}on the discal nervules. Terminal edge and fringe blackish.

Hind wing

^dark fuscous, blackishon margin.

Ex

panse 10.5

mm.

Three

_{9 9},

Kentucky, August (Aug. Busck), Plummer's

Is land,

Maryland, July 1903 (Aug.

Busck).

Type. No.

_7932,

U.

S.

National Museum.

Peoria discostrigella,

^n. sp.

Fore wings ^with

n

veins or _{ro, 3} and _{4 separate,4} and _{5 very}long

stemmed

or coincident.

Sand

₉stemmed, ¹⁰and

n

from the cell; hind wings with ₇veins, ² before the angle of the cell,3 and 4 very shortly stalked or _separate, 8_distinct, the cell moderate, nearly half the length of wing.

Tongue

rudimentary;palpivery long, porrect; clypeussmooth.

Head, palpi

and

thorax whitishocherous; fore wings pale ocherous, showing ^ina broad_stripefrombasetomargin along submedian^fold,else where longitudinally^lined with gray on the veins; ^abroad costalwhite stripe to apex; ^a long ^lanceolate white _stripe along median ^vein from near base to near margin.

Hind

_wings white, subpellucid, yellowish tinted.

Expanse

²⁸

mm.

Three ₉

_9,

_Roswell, New Mexico, August

22 (T.

D. A. Cock-

erell),

Tucson, Arizona, July

²¹ (E.

A. Schwarz).

jfype.

No. ₇₉₃₃

1

U-

S.

National Museum.

Perhaps more _properly

referable to

Aurora _Rag. The vena

tion

seems

_unusually unstable.

Tolima cincaidella,

^n. sp.

Fore wings^with

n

_veins,2well before angle of cell,3 before _angle, 4 and ₅very shortly stalked,8 and ₉ stalked. 10 connate with the base of the_stalk,

n

fromthecell.

Hind

_wingswith₇ veins, 2from the angle of thecell, 3and₄longstalked, 5absent,8 distinct.

Tongue

moderate,ap parentlyabouttwice the length of thehead; palpivery long, porrectand drooping; antennae simple, lengthily^ciliate.

Pale ocherous whitish, ^lines _paler, obscure, defined by dusky edgings towardthemedian _space. Innerline produced^{a little}on_{costa,preceded} by^a veryfaint, russet patchon the innermargin. Discal dots _blackish, separate. Outerline

drawn

inward subcostally, elseeven,_{a slight}denta tion indicated in the dusky^border.

The _wing

is all verypallid.

Hind wing

whitish, translucent.

Expanse

27

mm.

Three _specimens,

all

with

the

abdomens _broken,

but

apparently

males,r

Rock _Spring, Wyoming

^{(T. Kincaid).}

fype. No.

_7934,

U.

S.

National Museum.

Apparently

^{falls in}

Altoona by Hulsfs

^{tables, as veins}

4 and

5 are

very

shortly stalked;

but on

_reading-thetext, ^{it is}seenthat

Altoona

is notdifferent

from

_Volusia,

both

of

which

are

regarded by Ragonot

^as

synonyms

^of

Tolima and have

veins ₃

and ₄

of thefore

wings

distinctly stalked.

The

present speciesdiffers also

from

the generic

type

ⁱⁿ the greater length of tongue.

Atascosa quadricolorella,

^n. sp.

Fore wings^with

u

_veins,4and 5 stalked, 8and 9 stalked; hind wings with_{7 veins,} 2at the angle of thecell, 3and₄longstalked, 8very^short.

Tongue

^small, vet distinct; palpi obliquely ascending, the second _joint enlarged^atthe_tip, thirdaboutone-fourth the second.

Fore

wing

gray,powdered^withwhiteoncostal third. Innerlinewhite, narrow, arcuate,

more

_oblique on costal half,without any indentations.

Following ^{it, a}band,red-brown oncostal _half, ocher on inner halfand spreading^{into a}large^blotch.

An

_illydefined darker shade through^the

cell,cutting the

brown

band and touchingthe partly confluentdiscal dots.

Outer line white,edged by^{black scales} on both _{sides, a} little excurved mesiallyand_obscurelydentate.

A

terminal blackish diffuseline.

Hind

wingswhite, ^afuscous linetowards_apex. Expanse ¹⁸

mm.

One

_9,

Las _Cruces, New Mexico

_(T.

D. A.

Cockerell).

Type. No.

_7935,

U.

S.

National Museum.

Caudellia,

^n. gen.

Fore wings with9veins, 5and8wanting,3and4 separate; hind wings with _{7 veins, 3} and ₄ separate, 8 veryshort, ^cell normal, about ^halfof wing.

Tongue

moderate,distinct; labial palpiobliquely ascending,^third joint

somewhat

_{deflexed, long,exceeding}thefront by^twicethelength of thehead. Maxillarypalpi very small,^{filiform. Ocelli} present, minute;

tfantennae simple,^{a little}irregularandflexuousabovebase. Fore

wing

with _obliquescaletuftoncosta below beyond^base.

Allied to

Unadilla

Hulst.

Caudellia _apyrella,

^n. _sp.

Dark

vinous brown, heavily overlaid with black. Fore wings^{with the} markings obscured, vinous shaded; inner line a vague paler shade; ^a lighterpatchonouterthirdof costatouching ^the obscure discal dots; ^a blackshadeatapex^{; terminal lineblack.}

Hind wing

whitish, subpellucid, fuscous tinted. Fore

wing

paleashen below;^{costaltuftvinous.}

Expanse

14-15

mm.

Two _cTd\ Plummers

_Island,

Maryland, June and

July,

1903 (Aug.

Busck).

Type. No. ₇₈₅

2,

U.

S.

National Museum.

Caudellia

albovittella, ^n. sp.

Fore wings_{with 9}veins,^allseparate, 5and8 wanting; hind wings^with 6 _{veins, 3} and _{4 separate; palpi porrect,} the basal

joint ascending, ^the

third moderate,slightlydeflexed_;costal fold

on

theundersidewitha tuft ofscales inthemale.

Head

and thorax dark purplish

brown;

^fore

wing

vinous

brown

shaded in black. Inner lineoblique, straight,white, and well contrasted, widened almost to a blotch subcostally. Outer line whitish, pale, illy denned, ^rather near the margin; ^discal dots small, black,succeeded by^{a few}light scales.

Hind

_wings subpellucid, fuscous atthemargin.

Expanse

13

mm.

One _d% one

_?,

Plummers

_Island,

_Maryland,

_July,

_{1903 (Aug.}

Busck).

Type. No.

_7853,

U.

S.

National Museum.

Family COC

Slossonella,

^n. gen.

Allied toHcterogenea,^butwith four spursonthehind tibias. Palpi of

9

curved, but very^short,hardlyexceeding^thefront.

Head

sunken, form ratherslender. Fore wings^{with veins 8}and_{9stalked, 7 remote,} 10from the base of thestalk.

Hind

_wingswith noveins stalked.

Slossonella tenebrosa,

^n. sp.

Dark

_rustybrown, nearly chocolate ^color. Fore wings^with two slen der blacklines the inner nearlystraight, at middleof wing,faint, obso

lete costally, the outer produced outward over ^thediscal nervures, nar row, ^flexuous.

Hind

_wings brownish black with _light

brown

_fringe Expanse ²¹

mm.

One

, Jacksonville, Florida (Mrs.

A. T.

_Slosson).

Type. No.

₇₉₄₁,

U.

S.

National Museum.

Family TORTRICIDyE.

Eucosma crenana

Hiibner.

I

have

collectedthis

European

species^at

Kaslo,

^British

Colum

bia,

and bred

the larvag

on

.willow.

The specimens have been shown

to

Mr. W. D.

Kearfott

and

Dr. C.

H. _Fernald, who

are of the

opinion

^thatthe species

may ^be

^distinct

^from

^the

European

one. I cannot,

however,

^seethe slightestreason for it

Eucosma solandriana

Linnaeus.

I

have

received this

European

species

from

Victoria, British

Columbia, from

^Messrs.

A. W. Hanham and

E.

M. Anderson.

Three

of the

forms

of this strikingly variable species are repre sented, the nearly unicolorous

form,

^the

dark one with white

dorsal

patch and

the _light

one with brown

dorsal patch.

In

Europe

^{the larva is}

known

to feed

on willow and

_birch,

and

the

same

will

probably be found

^to

be

thecase in

North America.