120 GEO. D. HULST. 



2. R. exsillella ZelL, Isis 1848, p. 868.— Expands about 20 inm. Head 

 clear lemon-yellow, brown about eyes ; antennse browu ; tongue sborter than 

 usual ; legs light violet gray ; abdomen brown, anuulated with yellowish ; fore 

 wings costa arched, apex not sharp, color violet-gray; first line white, rather 

 wide, on inner side a deep red band not reaching costa; outer line faint gray ; 

 discal points nearly obsolete. 



Zeller says he received this insect from Zimmennami. Elsewhere 

 he gives locality of what Zimiiierniann sent as " Georgia, Carolina," 

 so that is likely the habitat of the species. I do not know the spe- 

 cies. Mr. Ragonot is authority for the reference. 



ACROBASIS Zell. 

 (Type tumideUa Zinck.) 



Isis 1839, p. 176 ; 1846, p. 731 ; 1848, p. 585, 606 ; Herrich-Schaeffer, Sys. Bear, iv, 

 p. 99, 1849; Von Heinemann, Pyr. p. 175, 1865; Grote, Bull, U. S. Geol. Surv. 

 Terr, iv, p. 692, 1878; N. A. Ento. i, 10, 1879; Ragonot, Ento. Mon. Mag. xxii, 

 19, 1885. 



Labial palpi erect, recurved ; maxillary palpi distinct; tongue long and strong; 

 ocelli present; antennae simple, the basal member with a protuberance on inner 

 side at summit crowned with a pointed scale tuft; fore wings with basal cross- 

 ridge of scales above, more or less developed. Genitalia of % (comptomeUa) un- 

 cus rather long, spine long, trifid at point, bifid at base ; harpse broad, long, not 

 spurred at base; lower plate broad, conical, with inturned bristles on outer edge. 

 Venation : fore wings 11 veins, 4 and 5 separate, 10 separate; hind wings 8 veins. 

 2 distant from angle, 3 separate, 4 and 5 very short stemmed, rarely separate; 

 cell short. 



Synopsis of Species. 



1. Fore wings with red basal cross-line 2. 



without 4. 



2. Hind wings beneath with one or more black dashes in '^ . 



»iig;iiNella. 

 iiigro!^igiielIa n. sp. 

 Hind wings with none 3. 



3. Larval case oval globular coiii|»toiiiella u. sp. 



extended, horn-shaped riil»rit'asciella. 



4. Hind wings with one or more black dashes beneath in "k " .* ,, 



® I (lemofella. 



5. Head, thorax, and base of fore wing white palliolella. 



'• '■ '■ '■ not white 6. 



6. Fore wing (lark blue-gray 7- 



" not 8 



7. Head reddish caryivorella. 



" blackish gray «;»»l«s«'l'» 'i- sp. 



8. Fore wings dark gray washed with violet betiilt'llsi n. sp. 



" ocher fuscous Iit'boj^cella n. sp. 



