122 THE CANADIAN KNTOM()I,( GIRT. 



Hystcrosia waracana^ sp. no\'. 



Head, i)alpi and thorax cream fawn, palpi darker on outside^ antenna 

 leaden-brown ; abdomen yellowish-white, fuscous on two segments before 

 anal segment, with whitish lateral tufts, anal tuft ochreous ; legs whitish, 

 dusted and banded with brown. 



Fore wing very pale yellowish-fawn, with only a suggestion of a paler 

 oblique basal line. Cilia the same. 



Hind wing purplish-gray, not strigulated, cilia white, divided near base 

 by a fuscous darker line; under side the same, but very faintly strigulated. 

 Under side fore wing ochreous with a purplish tinge, lighter along costa. 



The females are darker than the males, fore wing ochreous-fawn ; 

 hind wing darker purplish-gray. 



Expanse, 15-19 mm. 



Two male and six female specimens : Regina, Assa., July 15, collected 

 by Dr. James Fletcher; Prince Albert, T. N. Willing. 



Hystcrosia riscana, sp. nov. 



Head light yellowish-brown ; palpi cream-white inside and upper 

 edge, fuscous brown outside and outer ends ; antenna yellowish-gray ; 

 thorax light yellowish-brown, sides of tuft fuscous-brown, posterior end 

 of tuft whitish ; abdomen grayish-fuscous, anal tuft pale ochreous ; legs 

 ochreous-white, dusted and banded with dark fuscous-brown. 



Fore wing gray, heavily irroraled with bronzy-black. There is an 

 oblique narrow white stieak from dorsum near base to upper end of cell, 

 about inner third; before this streak the dark scales are lessened, causing a 

 gray shade, beyond it ihey are increased, resulting in a darker shade. The 

 apical area, from outer fourth of costa to anal angle, is darker than the rest 

 of wing ; before it is a narrow fascia paler than the area before it ; this 

 fascia broadens oul on dorsal margin, with a spot of whitish scales on anal 

 angle, with a few black dots on its outer edge. Cilia bronzy-gray. 



Hind wing bronzy-gray, strigulated with darker vertical lines, cilia 

 whitish-gray, with a narrow light basal line, beyond which is a broader 

 dark line ; under sidj very light brownish-white, with strigulations much 

 stronger than up|)er side. Under side fore wing smoky-bronzy fuscous, 

 pater on costa, with a dark spot at end of each vein, the one at vein 10 

 the largest and darkest. 



Expanse, 14-19 mm. 



Three specimens : Essex Co., Park, New Jersey, Light Trap, July 2 ; 

 Glenburn, Pa., July 10 and 20, A. E. Lister. 



