196 GEO. D. HULST. 



Synopsis of Species. 



Fore wings color gray Iiospitella. 



" " reddish orange along inner margin ig;iii<lorsellst. 



1. E. hospitella/'Zell., Verb. Zool.-Bot. Ges., Wien, 1872, p. 338 (Beit, iii, 

 p. 132), (Ephestia). 



quantuleUa Hulst. Ento. Am. iii, 134, 1887 (Pempelia). 

 Expands 8—12 mm. Palpi dark fuscous. Head and thorax fuscous gray. Ab- 

 domen fuscous. Fore wings narrow, rounded and oblique on outer margin, steel- 

 gray in color. Two cross lines white, the finst nearly at the middle, broad dif- 

 fuse, obsolete at both costa and inner margin, slightly lined outwardly with 

 black; outer line close to margin, three times dentate. Hind wings fuscous. 

 Beneath dark fuscous, the costal region of the fore wings very dark. 



Central Texas. I have received specimens taken in April, May, 

 July, August, September and October, so it is very probably two- 

 brooded. There is considerable variation in color in the specimens 

 from light to dark gray, the middle field being generally the darkest. 



2. E. igiiidorsella'' Rag., Diag. N. A. Phyc. p. 16, 1887.— Expands 12-14 

 mm. Fore wings narrow, blackish gray, the inner margin broadly suffused with 

 blackish. First line undefined, second line oblique, pale, indistinct, black mar- 

 gined internally. Hind wings semi-transparent, veins pale fuscous. 



Arizona, Mexico. 



MAIVHATTA® Hulst, n. gen. 

 (Type hiviella Zell.) 

 Hornigia, Rag. Diag. N. A. Phyc. p. 16. 1887. 



Labial palpi erect, light, the end member nearly equaling middle; 

 maxillary palpi small; tongue long, strong; front slightly rounded; 

 ocelli wanting ; antenme simple, or scarcely bent above base in S . 

 Fore wings rather broad, apex not much rounded, a tuft of scales 

 below on costa, costa arched ; hind wings with strongly oblique outer 

 margin ; legs rather heavy, closely scaled, tarsi spinulated ; fore tibia 

 longer than upper tarsus, hind tibia about three times upper tarsus. 

 Genitalia % : uncus not divided at base, end rather spatulate with 

 projecting spine below, not at end; harpse large, broad, with fold 

 near middle with long inturned hairs; lower plate broadly conical, 

 truncate with indentation at middle of end, with spinous hairs on 

 outer edges ; last segment of abdomen beneath with four hair tufts. 

 Venation : fore wings 10 veins, 3 separate, 4 and 5 stemmed half 

 length, 8 wanting, 10 separate ; hind wings 6 veins, 2 distant fnmi 

 angle, 3 and 4 very short stemmed or from a point, 5 and 8 wanting, 

 6 separate. 



« An ancient tribe of Indians living on Manhattan Island, where New York is 

 uow situated. 



