212 GEO. D. HUI.ST. 



ocher: fore wings broad, rounded, nearly oval; color violet-gray, darkest over 

 the fold as an edging to the costal stripe reaching fron) the base outwardly ; costal 

 stripe whitish, broad, covering nearly or quite half the wing, slightly powdered 

 with brown scales, discal points obsolete; hind wings pellucid, yellowish white. 

 Beneath fore wings brown gray, hind wings light fuscous. 



Texas. 



Zeller says his type was taken August 15th. 



l^AVASOTA Eag. 



(Type hebetella Rag.) 

 Eag., Diag. N. A. Phyc. p. 18, 1887. 



Labial palpi oblique, ascending, third member horizontal ; maxil- 

 lary palpi filiform; antennre thick, pubescent, a very flattened tuft 

 of scales in bend above base; ocelli present; fore wings 10 veins, 

 10 from the stem of 8 and 9, 2 distant from angle, 3 and 4 stemmed, 

 5 wanting. Hind wings 7 veins, 2 distant from angle, 3 and 4 on a 

 lung stem, 5 wanting, 8 stemmed with 7. 



1. !^. Iiebetella Eag., Diag. N. A Phyc. p. 18, 1887.— Expands 16 mm. 

 Fore wings reddish ochreous, paler on inner margin. Costa with a broad whitish 

 streak, not reaching apex, and finely streaked with reddish brown. Hind wings 

 pale yellowish. 



Texas. 



IIYPSOTROPA Zell. 

 (Type limbella Zell.) 

 Isis 1848, p. 591 ; von Heinemann, Pyr. p. 200, 1865. 



Labial palpi erect, end member fine, sharp, middle member heavily 

 sealed; maxillary palpi filiform; tongue wanting; ocelli wanting; 

 antennae of % ciliate, bent above bitse, without tuft. Fore wings 

 10 veins, 3 and 4 separate, or at a point, 5 wanting, 10 separate, or 

 stemmed with 8 and 9 ; hind wings 7 veins, 2 near angle, 3 and 4 

 stemmed, 5 wanting, 7 and 8 separate or stemmed. 



1. H. luteicostella Rag., Diag. N. A. Phyc. p. 19, 1887.— Expands 17 mm. 

 Fore wings dark red, with a broad pale yellow costal streak, not reaching apex, 

 and tinged with reddish at base. It is bordered with black underneath. Hind 

 wings yellowish fuscous. 



Florida. 



DANNEMORA* n. gen. 

 (Type edenteUa Hulst) 



Labial palpi erect, long, slender; maxillary palpi very small; 

 tongue weak, but about three times length of head ; ocelli present ; 

 antennie simple, pubescent. Fore wings long, narrow; apex much 



* An ancient Indian tribe of New York. 



