168 GEO. D. HULST. 



HYPOC-HAL.CIA Hiih. 



(Type ahenella S. V.) 

 Verh. p. 367, 1816; Zeller, 1848, p. 585; Herricli-Scliaeffer, Sys. Bear, iv, 85, 

 1849; von Heiiiemaiin, Pyr. p. 165, 1865; Eag., Ento. Mon. Mag. xxii, 18, 1885. 



Labia] palpi long, horizontal, heavy, second member about two 

 and a half times third ; maxillary palpi scale tufted, distinct; tongue 

 rather short and weak ; ocelli present ; antenna3 bent, members in 

 bend toothed. Tarsi spinnlated. Genitalia of % : uncus broad, tri- 

 angular, spine not long, hook short ; harpe bilobed, the lower part 

 narrow, elcmgated with stiff inturned hairs ; lower plate truncate 

 spatulate, with stiff inturned hairs. Venation : fore wings 11 veins, 

 4 and 5 separate, 10 separate; hind wings 8 veins, 2 near angle, 4 

 and 5 long stemmed, 3 sepai-ate, 6 stemmed with 7, 7 and 8 stemmed 

 or separate. 



1. H. hulstiella Eag., Diag. N. A. Phyc. p. 11, 1887.— Expand.s 22 mm. 

 Fore wiugs dark reddi.sh brown chocolate color; cross lines broad, ill-defined, 

 formed of dull reddish ochreous gray scales; the first oblique, straight; second 

 line rounded externally, uearing the first line on inner margin. Disc and costa 

 dusted with similar colored scales. Fringe lustrous, dark. Hiud wings dark 

 brown. 



Texas. 



S A RATA Eag. 

 (Type perfuscaUg Hulst) 

 Eag., Diag. X. A. Phyc. 



Palpi long, drooping, slender ; maxillary palpi small ; tongue long 

 and strong; ocelli present; antennae thin, bent and swollen above 

 base, with a very small ridge of scales in bend. Venation : fore 

 wings 11 veins, 4 and 5 sejjarate, 10 separate; hind wings 2 quite 

 far from angle, 3 at angle close to 4, 4 and 5 long stemmed, cell 

 rather short, 9 smaller than % . 



1. S. perlliscalis Hulst, Trans. Am. Ento. Soc. xiii, 161, ISM (NepJiopteryx) ; 

 Ento. Am. v, 1.56, 1889. 



dophnerella Eag., Diag. N. A. Phyc. p. 11, 1887. 



Expands 26 mm. Palpi and head dark fuscous ; thorax above nearly black. 

 Abdomen fuscous, with first segment black and second black above; fore wings 

 blackish fuscous, with an ochreous shade medially on costa; two white cross 

 lines rather broad, the first beginning below subcostal space going obliquely to 

 inner margin, the outer near margin and parallel with it; discal space incom- 

 pletely annulated with white; hind wings dark fu.scous ; all fringes white, fus- 

 cous at base; beneath even, light fuscous, a little lighter on outer field. 



This, my description, was of the 9 only. ^Ir. Ragonot's descrip- 

 tion, which includes the male, is as follows : 



"Expands % 32 mm 9 20 mm. Male fore wings gray, strongly and evenly 

 dusted with black, veins streaked with black, interrupted by the gniy, indistinct 



