206 GEO. D. HULST. 



1. M. lativittella Eag., Diag. N. A. Phyc. p. 18, 1887 (Cms), Cat. N. A. 

 Phyc. Ento. Am. v, 114, 1889 (Racjonotin). — Female 22 mm. Fore wings dark 

 gray, lines indistinct; first whitish,- slightly oblique, preceded by a broad baud, 

 half black, half dull reddish ochreous, not attaining the costa ; second line sinu- 

 ous, barely indicated. Discal spots black, distinct. Hind wings yellowish fus- 

 cous, edge darker. 



Arizona. 



VOL,lTSIA» n. gen. 

 (Type roseopennella Hulst) 



Labial palpi long, slender, porrect, end member short, second very 

 long ; maxillary palpi very small ; tongue wanting ; ocelli present ; 

 antennae strongly crenulate pubescent, not bent above base. Fore 

 wings rounded, oval. Venation: fore wings 11 veins; 4 and 5 

 stemmed one-half length, 8, 9 and 10 long stemmed; hind wings 7 

 veins, 2 at angle, 3 and 4 very long stemmed, 8 distinct. 



1. V. roseopennella n. sp. — Expands 16 mm. Labial palpi deep fuscous 

 red ; head and thorax deep wine red ; antennte fuscous red ; abdomen ocher red- 

 dish ; fore wings an even reddish pink, except au ochreous pink longitudinal 

 dash from base outward at middle reaching two-thirds the length of wing ; be- 

 hind this the reddish pink is deepened into fuscous red; lines obsolete; fringes 

 fuscous. Hind wings dark fuscous. 



Volusia County, Fia. 



ALiTOONAf Hulst. 

 (Type opacella Hulst) 



Hulst, Ento. Am. iv, 116, 1888. 



Labial ])al|)i long, horizontal, second mendjer about four times 

 length of third ; maxillary ])alpi small ; tongue small, front slightly 

 rounded ; antenme crenulate pubescent, basal member long, cylin- 

 drical, bent above base slightly ; ocelli very small, perhaps wanting 

 in $ ; wings quite broad, arched at costa, angles rounded. Legs 

 slender, closely scaled, spurs very long, slender. Genitalia of S 

 almost exactly like those of Cayuga. Venation : fore wings 11 veins, 

 2 distant from angle, 4 and 5 stemmed, 10 stemmed or separate 

 (stemmed with 8 and 9 in type); hind wings 7 veins, 2 at angle, 3 

 and 4 stemmed, 5 wanting, 6 separate, 8 quite long. 



I am much perplexed about this genus. It was described with 

 opacella as type. This, in his catalogue, Mr. Ragonot puts under 

 Tolima Rag. But Altoona differs from Tolima in anteunal structure, 

 and somewhat in venation. It agrees -with Saluria Rag. so far as his 



* A county in Florida, where type was found. 

 t An ancient Indian tribe of Pennsylvania. 



