OF WASHINGTON, VOLUME XI, 1909 175 



MKKTIM; OF OCTOHKR 14, 1909. 



The 233d meeting of the Society was delightfully entertained 

 by Mr. Law ford at his residence, 71S X. Howard street. 

 Baltimore, Md., on the evening of October 14, 1900, and there 

 were present Messrs. Barber, Burgess, Busck, Crawford, Dyar. 

 Heidemann, Howard, Knab, Law ford, Poponoe, Schwarz, 

 ITiler, and Yiereck, members, and Messrs.- A. H. Jennings and 

 T. TT. Jones, visitors. 



The first paper of the evening was by Mr. P>usck. entitled 

 "Notes on Microlepidoptera," and was read by title. 



NEW MICROLEPIDOPTERA FROM NEW MEXICO AND 

 CALIFORNIA AND A SYNOPTIC TABLE OF THE 

 NORTH AMERICAN SPECIES OF HELIODINES 

 STAINTON. 



BY AUGUST BUSCK. 



Gnorimoschema princeps, new species. 



Labial palpi, face, and head light whitish ochreous. Antennae with 

 dark brown annulations. Thorax whitish ochreous. Fore wings whit- 

 ish ochreous with very striking black longitudinal heavy streak from 

 base of costa to the middle of the cell, immediately continued in a 

 similar black streak beginning just above and touching the end of the 

 first and reaching to the end of the cell. Both streaks are slightly 

 concave on their upper sides. No other ornamentation. Cilia ochreous' 

 white. Hind wings light, whitish fuscous. Venation typical. 

 Mar expanse. 17 mm. 



Habitat California. From coll. Beutenmuller. 

 Type- -No. 12682, V. S. National Museum. 

 A striking species reminding in its ornamentation somewhat 

 of Plutclhi intcrntpta Walsingharri. 



Gnorimoschema atriplex, new species. 



Second joint of labial palpi light ochreous, sprinkled with a few 

 black scales externally: brush large, spreading; terminal join! short, 

 thickened with scales, "direous, mottled with black. Ant- 

 oclm-ou 1 -. annulated with black. Kacc. head, and thorax lii^bt ochreous 

 Fore wings light oclm-ous. suffused with somewhat deeper ochr< 

 and sparsely sprinkled with black scales. The black dusting i- ii 

 nlar, densest along the costal edge and on the tip of the and 



fanning three or four small blackish dots <>n the middle of th< 



