1H4 GEORGE D. HULST. 



Aiierastia costalis sj). wot'. —Expands 25 mm. Palpi, head and thorax 

 Kray ; shoulders nearly white. Abdomen fuscous ; fore wings fuscous, mixed with 

 cinereous, not evenly, hut running in indistinct longitudinal dashes ; a black 

 point on costa marking the probable position of the obsolete first cross line ; outer 

 line black, not very distinct, oblique, strongly dentate costally ; a large lighter 

 patch, in which the fuscous does not so much prevail ; costally next the outer 

 line on the middle field ; margin cinereous, inclosing row of black points ; fringe 

 cinereous, interlined with black ; hind wings fuscous ; fringe whiti.sh, fu.scous at 

 base; beneath, light fuscous; fore wings cinereous along costa, with two apical 

 black points ; wing nearly white along inner margin ; fringe as above ; hind 

 wings cinereous in front, fringe as above. 



One 5 , Colorado. 



Aiierastia dotalis sj). wov.— Expands 26 mm. Palpi, head, thorax fuscous 

 white, with a few scattered black scales. Abdomen fu.scous white, with a faint 

 ochreous cast on the posterior part of each segment ; fore wings and base ochreous, 

 followed by light cinereous; first cross line blackish, running obliquely outward, 

 strongly angulated at ante-median space, edged with whitish on basal side, and 

 that edged with a broad even ochreous fuscous band ; middle field white, much 

 peppered with l)lack on anterior half, the same with an ochreous shading on pos- 

 terior half; discal spot ochreous, annulated with black ; outer line oblique, some- 

 what angulated just before middle, edged outwardly with whitish, and that with 

 a band of same width and color as the one within basal line; outer space cine- 

 reous, inclosing a subterminal black line ; fringe cinereous ; hind wings pellucid 

 white, slightly fuscous on anterior angle; fringe white; beneath, fore wings 

 dirty white, with a faint ochreous shade along costa, on outer field, and broadly 

 along inner margin ; centrally fuscous; hind wings white, a little fuscous on an- 

 terior margin. 



One 9 , Arizona. This insect differs from any other I know in 

 its fnll ronnded l)ulging clypeus, and is not properly congeneric. 



EPHESTIA Giien. 



Ei>he»«tia alboeostalialis sp. nov. — Expands 28 mm. Palpi cinereous, 

 indistinctly annulated with whitish; head and collar snowy cinei'eous; thorax 

 and abdomen dark fuscous cinereous ; fore wings with a snow white costal band, 

 occupying the space to the subcostal vein, and reaching outwardly to a point 

 nearly at apex, fading on the outer half along costa into mouse color ; the re.st of 

 the wing dark fuscous, basally and medially, fading behind and outwardly into 

 fuscous mouse color, a very fine submedian white dash present on middle portion ; 

 fringe blue-gray, finely interlined with white ; hind wings fuscous outwardly, 

 fading to light fuscous basally ; fringe light fuscous ; beneath, dark fuscous, with 

 a lengthened ante-median white spot, crowned with ochreous subcostally; hind 

 wings as above. 



One % , California. 



As has been seen, I have described many of the above from 

 females only. The generic determination, as genera at present 

 stand, is l oosely h ypothetical. . I have named them simply that they 

 I may be handled in the science. , [ 



