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middle field along inner margin ; basal line faint, edged outwardly by broad 

 reddish, more prominent along inner margin; outer line indistinct, gray, angu- 

 late, inner black edging of short dashes ou veins; discal spots faint. Hind wings 

 yellowish fuscous. 



Taken at Chai'lotte Harbor, Fla., in April by Mrs. A. T. Slosson, 

 of New York. 



This may be decoralis Walk. The two lanceolate appendages 

 which he speaks of in that species may be the lobes of the genitalia, 

 wliich, m floridellus, are as m petrellus, and distinctly protrude. 



J 

 5. E. lignosellus Zell., Isis 1848, p. 883 {Pempelia); Verb., Zool.-bot. Ges. 



Wieu, 1872, p. 544 (Beit. pt. 1, p. 98) ; 1874. p. 430 (Lep. West. Amer. p. 8) ; Hor. 

 Soc. Ento. Eos. xvi, 180; Berg., Ann. Soc. Argent. 1877, p. 28; Bull. Mosc. 1876, 

 p. 38; Dept. Agric. Eept. 1881—82, p. 142. 

 / angmtellus Blanch., Gay, Hist. Chili, Zool. vii, 105, 105, 1852. 

 Expands 17 — 22 mm. Head and thorax blackish ; abdomen fuscous to yellow- 

 ish ; fore wings very narrow, outer margin oblique, inner margin waved ; lines 

 obsolete, color all around the edge of the wing from a narrow edging to a com- 

 plete covering of the wing blackish to lead color. The inner portion yellow 

 ochreous. Hind wings transparent fuscous white, darker ou veins and edge. 



Texas, Florida. Also taken in the Bahamas, Venezuela, Buenos 

 Ayres, Patagonia and Chili, S. A. 



I have received specimens taken in Texas in March and August. 

 Zeller received them from Texas taken in July and August. 



Var. incautellus Zell., Verb., Zool.-bot. Ges. Wieu, 1872, p. 544 (Beit, i, 

 99) {Pempelia). 



Differs from Ugnoselhis in having the central jwrtion of the wing- 

 bright reddish. 



Var. fartarellus'Zell., Verb. Zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 1872, p. 544 (Beit, i, 98) 

 {Pempelia); Hor, Soc. Ento. Mosc. xvi, 180. 



/carbotieUa Hulst, Ento. Am. iv, 117, 1888 (Dasypyga). 



This variety differs only in having the fore wings of a solid black- 

 ish, or rather plumbago color. 



SEL..40IA Hiib. 

 (Type argyrella Fab.) 



Verb., p. 371, 1816; Zeller, Isis 1846, p. 732; 1848, p. 752; von Heineraann, 

 Pyr. 153, 1865 ; Eagonot, Ento. Mon. Mag. xxii, 19, 1885. 



Labial palpi porrect or drooping, maxillary palpi distinct ; tongue 

 strong; ocelli present; antennae bent above base with ridge of scales 

 in bend. Legs : tarsi all spinulated ; thorax with tuft of long hairs 

 on each side below in front of last segment. Genitalia of £ very 



