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faint discal point of same color. Extreme outer edge a little fuscous, with fringe 

 composed of intermixed white and dark scales. Hind wings light ocher, with 

 fuscous tinge, stained darker along margin. Beneath light ocher, with outer 

 margins slightly stained. 



Texas, California. 



7. H. electella Hulst, Ento. Am. iii, 1.37, October, 1887 {AnerasUn). 

 texanella Rag., Diag. N. A. Phyc. p. 15, December, 1887 {Homceosow.a). 



Expands 15 — 24 mm. Palpi fuscous, dark fuscous at tip. Thorax dark fus- 

 cous. Abdomen ringed with dark and light fuscous on each segment. Fort- 

 wings light fuscous, dusted with fuscous scales. A narrow costal stripe of giound 

 color, without the intermingling fuscous, extending from base nearly to apex. 

 A faint diffuse outer line, oblique, and in good specimens dentate. Hind wings 

 light fuscous pellucid. Beneath fore wings fuscous, hind wings lighter. 



Iowa, Texas, Colorado, New Mexico. Taken in March, April, 

 Maj', June, August and Sei)teniber. 



8. H. mncidella Bag., Diag. N. A. Phyc. p. 15, 1887.— Expands 18—20 mm. 

 Fore wings ash gray, speckled with black, inner margin washed with reddish 

 gray, costa paler. First line thick, oblique on costa, formed of two black coales- 

 cing spots; a third spot on dorsal vein, opposite the first costal spot, preceded by 

 a white spot; second line whitish, shaded internally with blackish, oblique, 

 straight. Discal spots distinct; hind wings whitish ; veins fuscous. 



Texas, California, New Mexico. Taken in New Mexico in August 

 and September. 



9. H. Stypticella Grote, Bull. U. S. Geol. Surv. Terr, iv, 703, 1878; N. A. 

 Ento. i, 12, pi. ii, 13, 1879. — Dusty whitish gray ; wings narrow; a diffuse black- 

 ish anterior line ; discal spot formed of two blackish, superposed or coalesced 

 spots near the outer line, which is even, oblique, bordered on either side by a 

 blackish shade, the outer of which is sometimes wanting and indicated by a 

 costal mark. Hind wings smoky pellucid, with paler fringes. Beneath smoky, 

 immaculate ; average expanse 19 mm. 



New York, Texas, Maine. 



MOODNA* n. gen. 

 (Type pelviculella Hulst) 

 Labial palpi erect; maxillary palpi small; tongue strong, long ; 

 antennae ciliate pubescent, bent above base, bend distinct, flattened ; 

 ocelli present ; fore wings short, stout, rather broad, a scale fold below 

 on costa near base, concealing a tuft of yellow hairs. Fore wings 

 10 veins, 4 and 5 stemmed, 8 wanting, 10 separate ; hind w'ings 6 

 veins, 3 and 4 short stemmed, 5 and 8 wanting. Very close to Man- 

 hatta (Ho7Viigia) and Ephestia. 



* An ancient tribe of Indians in New York, near Newburgh.) 



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