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and I have therefore been compelled to erect a new genus — and to name 

 the species as well. The occasion seemed a fitting one to link the names 

 of two of our pioneers in entomology, old and intimate friends since the 

 science was young in this country, and friends of the writer in later years, 

 Edward L. Grsef, of Brooklyn, and Dr. John B. Smith, of New Jersey, 

 under the appellation, Grcefia Smiihii, n. sp. 



Genus Grcefia, n. g. 

 Palpi long, slender, scaled ; antennae bipectinate to apex. Tongue 

 obs )lele. Front, thorax and abdomen narrow and smooth scaled. Legs 

 long, slender, with two pairs of spurs on hind tibiae, no hair pencil. Fore 

 wings : twelve veins, three and four widely separate, six and seven very 

 short-stemmed or separate, with fovea at base. Hind wings : three and 

 four separate, six and seven long-stemmed, eight approximates cell only 

 near base, where there is a small fovea. 



The above characters are drawn from the male only, the female being 

 unknown at present. When found she will undoubtedly prove wingless, 

 as in Coiiiodes Hulst, next to which genus this should be placed. It differs 

 as follows : vein five of fore wings normal, vein eight approximates cell 

 only near base, and in the absence of spines on the abdomen — present in 

 both sexes in Coniodes. 



Type : Grcefia Smithii, n. sp. — Expanse, 30 mm. Head rather 

 prominent. Front somewhat retreating, rounded. Antennse long, of a 

 dusky brown, rather loosely bipectinate to apex, not so plumose as in 

 Coniodes. Head, thorax and abdomen smooth-scaled, dusky brown, the 

 patagiae ending with long hair-like scales. All wings broad, the primaries 

 slightly produced at apices, covered thickly with dusky-brown scales ; 

 with those are mingled, more or less abundantly, dingy, yellowish scales, 

 and over all a heavy covering of long dusky hairs, appearing as if brushed 

 smooth from base toward apex. Only basal and extradiscal lines are 

 pictured, the former frequently absent, generally as a diffuse, broad, 

 blackish shade, one-fourth out from base at costa, rounding sharply 

 outward, thence with a slight basal incline, to inner margin. Extradiscal 

 similar, sometimes a little blackish, especially at costa, where it starts 

 one-fourth from apex, curving regularly outward to vein seven, thence 

 parallel with outer margin, having a slight basal trend as it nears inner 

 margin. This line is often only a series of blackish diffuse spots on veins. 

 Discal dots are diffuse black, large on primaries, very small on secondaries, 

 the latter being only slightly paler in colour than primaries, with a silken 



