no. 1644. REVISION OF CECOPHORID MOTHS— BUSCK. 199 



muricolorella Busck, Dyar List N. Am. Lep., No. 5873. 

 sanguinella Busck, Dyar List N. Am. Lep., No., 5861. 

 argillacea Walsingham, Dyar List N. Am. Lep.. No. ."istiO. 

 amissella Busck, Proc. Ent. Soc. Washington, IX, 1908, p. 89. 

 pallidella Busck, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XXVII, 1904, p. 765. 

 pergandeella Busck, Proc. Ent. Soc. Washington, IX. 1908, p. 89. 

 flavicomella Eugel, Ent. News, XVIII. 1!>o7. p. 276. 

 senecionella Busck, Dyar List X. Am. Lep., No. 5875. 

 sabulella Walsingham, Dyar List X. Am. Lep., No'. f»x7<'>. 

 arenella Schiffermiiller, Dyar List X. Am. Lep., No. 5877. 

 canadensis Busck, Dyar List N. Am. Lop.. No. 5878. 

 lythrella Walsingham, Dyar List N. Am. Lep., No. 5879. 

 posticella Walsingham, Dyar List N. Am. Lep., Xo. 5880. 

 nubiferella Walsingham, Dyar List X. Am. Lep., Xo. 5881. 

 robiniella Packard, Dyar List X. Am. Lop., Xo. 5882. 

 lecontella Clemens. Dyar List X. Am. Lep., Xo. 5883. 



AGONOPTERYX PLUMMERELLA, new species. 



Second joint of labial palpi slim and smooth on basal half; with 

 short trumpet-formed brush on outer half; light ochreous gray, exter- 

 nally speckled with dark fuscous; terminal joint rather thick; light 

 ochreous gray, strongly mottled with black scales, which congregate 

 into an ill-defined basal spot and a broad annulation before the tip. 

 Antennae dark fuscous with narrow black annulations. Face light 

 ochreous gray. Head and thorax dark ochreous fuscous, mottled 

 with darker fuscous. Forewings pepper-and-salt colored ; under a 

 lens with the ochreous fuscous ground color thickly mottled with 

 white and black scales; no lighter basal patch; a round white second 

 discal dot is preceded by a few black scales and easily overlooked: 

 along the costal edge is a series of small ill-defined black spots, sepa- 

 rated by white and ochreous scales. Cilia ochreous fuscous. Hind- 

 wings shining fuscous, whitish on basal half and darker toward the 

 tip. Abdomen light ochreous fuscous. Legs ochreous; tarsal joints 

 mottled with black. 



Alar expanse. — 24 mm. 



Habitat.— Plummers Island. Maryland (Busck) ; Cincinnati, Ohio 

 (Miss A. F. Braun). 



Type.— Cat. No. 11943, U.S.N.M. 



Very near to nebulosa Zeller. but considerably larger and with base 

 of the hindwings more whitish. 



AGONOPTERYX SCABELLA (Zeller). 



Epeleustia scabella Zeller, Dyar List. X. Am. Lep., Xo. 5S92. 



Not being acquainted with this species in nature at the time of my 

 review of the genus Depressaria, a I concluded from Zeller's descrip- 



a Proc. U. S. Xat. Mus., XXIV, 1902. 



