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As already said, by the laws of modern Zoology " once a synonym, 

 always a synonym," and so the term Hornigia being a synonym of 

 Lamoria Walk, cannot be used for any other genus in Zoology. I 

 therefore propose Manhatta in its stead. 



Synopsis of Species. 



Outer line obtusely anglerl at middle obtiisaiig^ulella. 



sinuous dentate liigiibrella. 



1. M. obtusaugiilella'^Eag., Diag. JSf. A. Phyc. p. 16, 1887 (Hornigia). — 

 Expands 13 — 18 mm. Fore wings dark vinous red, median area suffused with 

 black ; lines whitish, the first nearly perpendicular, second line oblique, obtusely 

 angled in the middle. Discal spots coalescing, followed by a pale grayish cloud. 

 Hind wings semi-transparent, bluish, veins and edge fuscous. 



Texas. 



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2. M. lugubrella Rag., Diag. N. A. Phyc. p. 17, 1887 (Horjiigia).— Expands 



16 — 18 mm. Fore wings gray, with a reddish tinge, dusted with blackish, espe- 

 cially in the median area. Lines whitish, first perpendicular, outwardly shaded 

 with blackish; second Hue oblique, sinuous dentate, indistinct. Discal spots 

 coalescing. Hind wings pale yellowish gray. 



California. 



U1VADIL,I.A« n. gen. 

 (Type nasutella Hnlst) 



Labial palpi weakly ascending, short, scarcely reaching summit ; 

 tongue strong ; maxillary pal})i very small ; ocelli present ; antennse 

 simple, pubescent. Venation: fore wings 9 veins, 5 and 8 wanting, 

 2 at angle, 3 and 4 separate, 10 separate ; hind wings 7 veins; 2 dis- 

 tant from angle, 3 and 4 separate, 5 wanting, 8 distinct; cell very 

 short. 



1. U. nasutella'^n. sp. — Labial palpi nearly white, anunlated at base of 

 segments with blackish; head whitish; thorax and abdomen bluish gray; fore 

 wings slightly arched on costa, narrow, apex distinct. (Jolor a light gray washed 

 with fuscous, vvith some sprinkling of dark scales, except along costa, thus leav- 

 ing a nearly white costal stripe lost before apex; also somewhat lighter than 

 ground color along inner margin ; lines faint, the first scarcely suggested by a 

 darkening of color, the outer even, parallel with outer margin, and near it, very 

 faint. Discal spots faint fuscous. Hind wings whitish gray. 



Hot Springs, N. Mex. Taken in September. 



EPHUSTIA Guen. 



(Type elutella Hiib.) 



Ann. Soc. Ento. France, 1845, p. 319 (Index Meth. p. 81) ; Zeller, Isis, 1848, p_ 



.585, 592; Herrich-Schaeffer, Sys. Bear, iv, 110, 1849; von Heinemann, Pyr. 201, 



1865; Meyrick, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, iii, 215, 1878; iv, 234, 1879; vii, 



160, 1882. 



* An Indian tribe of the Northwest. 



