A new Microlepidopteron of the genus Epicallima Dyar from Pennsylvania

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A NEW MICROLEPIDOPTERON OF THE GENUS EPICALLIMA DYAR FROM PENNSYLVANIA.

By ^AUGUST

^BUSCK.

Epicallimalucidella,

new

species.

Labial_palpi golden yellow. Antennae _velvety black with _silvery white _tips; basal joint smoothwithout_pecten. Face, headandthorax bronzy.

The

_deep black ground-color^ofthe forewings occupies but^a small part ^of the wing ^{as a} margin ^on the base, along dorsum and around _{the apical} edge ^{to the brilliant} deep golden-yellow areawhich occupiesthe larger costal half of thewing ^{and sends a}long process out towards theapex; ^atbasal thirdis anarrowperpendicular ^black- edged metallic blue _fascia, crossing thegolden area and terminating ina pale yellowdorsal spot; on the cell aretwopairs of paralel long- itudinal metallic blue streaks, all edged ^with black; on the middle of costa isa small pale yellow spotand at apical third^is a similar pale costal dash. Cilia blackish with strong goldenreflexions. Hind wings and

abdomen

black. Legs black, with the _tips of the tarsi and the spurs silvery white.

Alar expanse: ^12-13 m.m.

Habitat:

Oak

_Station,

Allegheny County,

Pennsylvania.

(Fred

^Marloff, collector.)

Type: No.

_{14435, U.} S. Nat.

Mus.

A

brilliant speciessuggesting

some

ofthe

European

^metallic

species, but very ^{different in} pattern.

Among

^the

^American

species ^it conies nearest the smaller edithella Busck,

from

which,

however,

^{it is also}

amply

differentiated in pattern.