162 GEO. D. HULST. 



EPISC-HNIA Hiil). 

 (Type pro(homella Hiib.) 



Verz. p. 370, 1816; Zeller, Isis 1839, p. 178; 1848, p. 585, 644, 737 ; Henicli- 

 Schaetfer, Sys. Bear. iv. p. 89, 1849; vou Heinemaun, Pyr. p. 171, 1865; Rag, 

 Ento. Mag. x.xii, 19, 1885; Meyrick, Proc. Liun. Soc. N. S. W. iv, p. 229, 1879. 



Labial palpi long, horizontal, middle member somewhat bent, end 

 member nearly as long as middle ; maxillary palpi distinct ; tongue 

 long, strong; antennie bent above base, without tuft, but with ridge 

 of teeth; legs slender, tarsi spinulated, fore tibia shorter than upper 

 tarsus ; thorax with tuft of long hairs on each side below, generally 

 hidden between first and second segments behind fore coxpe ; fore 

 wings long, subparallel, angles rounded. Genitalia of % : uudus 

 stout, heavy, rather dull ; harpe broad, without clasper ; lower plate 

 broad, rounded at end, curved upon each side, armed with strong 

 inward turned hairs. Venation: fore wings 11 veins, 4 and 5 sepa- 

 rate, 10 separate ; hind wings S veins, 2 at angle ; 3, 4 and 5 stemmed ; 

 6 and 7 stemmed. 



Synopsis of Species. 



1. Fore wings wliite riiflerella. 



" not wliitish 2. 



2. ■' with broad costal stripe 3. 



witb no costal stripe grauitolla. 



3. Cross lines wanting boistluvaliella. 



One or both cross lines present 4. 



4. Hind wings white subcosfella. 



brown-gray fulvirugella. 



1. E. riiderella Rag., Diag. N. A. Pliyc. p. 9, 1887. — Expands 24 mm. 

 Chalk-white, dusted with blackish scales, especially along the costa and the 

 veins. First line elbowed, formed of dark gray spots on the veins; second line 

 white indistinct. Lower discal spot blackish, elongate. Hind wings yellowish 

 ochreous, fringes white. 



No locality is given. 



2. E. graiiHella Rag., Diag. N. A. Phyc. p. 9, 1887.— Expands 29 mm. 

 Fore wings elongate, very narrow at base, rounded in the middle, gray, much 

 dusted with blackish brown, especially in the cell and between the nervures; 

 lines indistinct, shadowy, blackish brown, the first oblique, rounded, not reach- 

 ing the costa; the second rounded, nearly parallel with the hind margin. Disoal 

 spots indistinct. Hind wings brownish, fringes white. 



• No locality is given with this species. 



3. E. l»ois<lnvalieIla''Guen , Ann. Soc. Ento. France 1845, 318 (Index 

 Meth. p. 80) ; Rag., Ento. Mon; Mag. xxii, 23, 1885. 



farrella Curt., Ann. Nat. Hist, iv, 114, 1850; Stain. Cat. Sup. ji 1, 1851; 

 Fologne Ann. Soc. Ento. Belg. 1864, p. 273; Zell., Verb. Zool.-Bot. (ies. Wien, 



