.50 THE CAXADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



This genus must approach closely to Chauliodus^ Treit., but I cannot 

 reconcile either Mr. Stainton's or Dr. Clemens' diagnosis of the genus 

 with the characters of this insect as to the labial palpi and neuration, nor 

 do I discern any tooth -like projections of scales along the inner margin 

 of the primaries. In ornamentation, too, the insect evidently approaches 

 C. canicinctcUa^ Clem, closely, though evidently distinct from it. 



D. Miirtfeldtella. N. sp. 



Head, palpi, thorax and basal third of the primaries pale yellowish, 

 the remainder of the primaries being of the same general hue, but darker 

 and more reddish, the line between the two shades distinct (that is, they 

 do not pass gradually into each other). 



AL ex. Yz inch. Kentucky in June. Also, received from Miss Mary 

 E. Murtfeldt, of St. Louis. 



In many specimens (which should, perhaps, be regarded as a distinct 

 species) the colors are much more distinct, and the hue varies somewhat, 

 the basal portion of the primaries having a pinkish cast and the remainder 

 more of a brownish purple : some of the scales in the apical part of the 

 wing tipped with hoary or pale yellow ; these specimens are also decidedly 

 larger than the others. 



Oenoe, gen. nov. 



Head and face rough, the tuft projecting in front ; tongue short, con- 

 cealed by the palpi ; maxillary palpi long, folded ; labial palpi drooping, 

 the second joint one-third longer than the third, and with projecting 

 bristles at the apex ; eyes globose ; no ocelli ; antennae nearly two-thirds 

 as long as the wings, filiform ; the terminal joints with the scales arranged 

 in whorls, and the basal joint with a few long hair-like scales depending 

 over the eyes. 



Anterior wings lanceolate ; discal cell closed by a straight discal 

 nervure ; costal vein short ; the subcostal from before the middle sends a 

 branch to the margin behind the middle ; another short branch behind 

 the middle, from the end of the cell, is slightly bent upwards to the 

 margin ; the discal vein emits two branches from a common point : the 

 upper branch attains the costal margin, the second branch sends a branch 

 to the dorsal margin and becomes furcate before the tip, delivering a 



