112 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



thorax grayish fuscous ; primaries whitish, sparsely dusted with golden- 

 brown scales and with three or four transverse patches of golden brown ;. 

 about the basal fourth, in one of the golden brown patches, are two small 

 spots of yellow scarcely raised scales opposite to each other and just 

 within the margins, the dorsal one being the smallest. (In one specimen 

 in place of the dorsal yellow spot is a distinct patch of brown raised 

 scales.) In another of the transverse patches, about the middle, is 

 another larger spot of yellow scarcely raised scales, with a small opposite 

 dorsal patch of raised scales, and in another transverse fuscous patch, 

 about the beginning of the ciliae, is another transverse patch or streak of 

 whitish and brown scales with a few yellow ones intermixed. Costal 

 margin brownish, with seven white streaks, the first three pointing a little 

 obliquely backwards, and the last four, which are in the apical part of the 

 wing, nearly straight or a little oblique forwards; the last two cross the 

 wing and are concave — especially the last one — towards the apex. The 

 brownish portions of the wing with golden reflections in some lights. At 

 ex. 3 a inch. Kentucky. 



The specimen above mentioned in parenthesis has the apex of the 

 wings a little worn and I cannot distinguish the costal streaks in that part 

 of the wing. Possibly it may be a distinct species, but I think not. 



The foregoing sub-genus is allied to Tinea both in the tropin" and the 

 neuration of the wings. Nevertheless, it differs decidedly from that genus 

 in the neuration. In the neuration of the wings and their tufts of raised 

 scales it is allied to Xylesthia, but differs decidedly from it in the trophi ; 

 and the antennae differ decidedly by their increased length. In this 

 respect and in the neuration and palpi it approaches nearer to Clemens' 

 sub-genus (of Tinea) Homosetia, but that sub-genus has no raised tufts 

 upon the wings, and the neuration is not exactly the same. 



cvane, gen. nor. 



This genus is very near to Tinea, the principal differences being in the 

 form and neuration of the hind wings (in which respects different species 

 of Tinea by no means agree with each other), in the absence of bristles 

 on the palpi, and the ciliated antennae. The general appearance of the 

 insect in repose is that of a Ge/ec/iia, and such I supposed it to be when 

 it was captured. It also approaches that group in the form and neuration 

 of the hind wing'-. 



