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Ambesa busckella, n. sp. 



Fore wing with n veins, hind wing with 8; labial palpi erect, maxillary 

 palpi small, filiform; ^ antennae slightly bent above base with a row of 

 small brown teeth nearly hidden by scales in a groove within the bend. 

 Head, palpi, thorax and base of fore wings pale whitish 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; a diffused whitish spot on the inner margin just beyond. Outer 

 part of wing pale gray, middle field faintly ochraceous tinged 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 below discal dot. Terminal line dotted, 

 black. Hind wings pale 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, 4 and 5 short stalked, 10 short stalked with 8 

 and 9 ; $ antennae with bend at base and small scale tuft ; maxillary palpi 

 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 inner line, but in 

 the median space as well. Base reddish, dark, obscure; t.-a. line oblique, 

 straight, of the ground color, followed by a broad black band and this by 

 a narrow, slightly irregular one, which is shaded to the broad band on the 

 costa. Discal dots more or less completely joined ; a broken band beyond 

 them and a clouded dot below, both in the light gray median space. T.-p. 

 line narrow, pale, preceded and followed by a black shade, bent out in the 

 middle but scarcely crenulate. A terminal row of nearly joined black 

 dashes. Hind wings gray as in pravella. 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 to the late 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 not referable 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 the speci 

 mens before me. 



