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INGA SPARSICILIELLA (Clemens). 



Gryptolechia sparsiciliella (Clemens), Dyar List. N. Am. Lop., No. 5844. 



11. Genus SEMIOSCOPIS Hubner.' 

 Semioscopis Hubner, Verzeichniss bekannter Schmetterlinge, 1818, p. 402. 



Labial palpi moderately long, curved; second joint with appressed 

 scales, which protrude somewhat at apex; terminal joint shorter than 

 second joint. Antenna:' without pecten on basal joint, shortly cili- 

 ated in the male, simple in the female. Tongue developed, though 

 rather short. Forewings ample, elongate; apex blunt, termen very 

 oblique; 12 veins; 7 and S stalked ; 7 to costa or apex : '_' and 3 stalked 

 or approximated. Hindwings as broad as forewings, ovate; 8 veins; 

 7 and 6 parallel; 3 and i connate or closely approximated; 5 cubital. 

 nearest 4. 



Type. — Semioscopis steinkellneriana (Schiffermiiller). 



The genus is also represented in Europe. 



The following American species belonging to this genus are at 

 present described ; 



pacJcardella Clemens, Dyar List Lep. X. Am., No. 5893. 

 merriccella Dyar, Can. Entom., XXXIV, 1902, p. 319. ' 

 aurorella Dyar, Can. Entoin., XXXIV, 1902, p. 31'.). 

 megamicrella Dyar. Can. Entom., XXXIV, 1902, p. 320. 

 inornatella Walsingham, Dyar List N. Am. Lep., No. 5895. 

 allenella Walsingham, Dyar List X. Am. Lep., No. 5894. 



12. Genus EPICALLIMA Dyar. 

 Epicallima Dyar, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 52, 1903, p. r,L>r>. 



Labial palpi very long, recurved; second joint slightly thickened 

 with smoothly appressed scales; terminal joint long, slender, but 

 shorter than second joint. Antenna' without pecten on basal joint, 

 simple, slightly serrated toward the tip in the males. Tongue devel- 

 oped. Forewings rather narrow, pointed, termen oblique; 12 veins; 

 7 and S stalked, both to costa. Hindwings not as broad as the fore- 

 wings; 8 veins. 6 and 7 parallel ; 3 and 4 connate; 5 distant but cubital. 



Type. — Epicallima argenticinctella (Clemens). 



The genus is widely distributed. The following European species, 

 hitherto placed in the genus Borkhausenia, are referable to Epical- 

 lima: procerella Schiffermiiller; schcefferella Linnaeus; grandis Des- 

 vignes ; augustella Hubner ; luctuosella Duponchel ; strosmella 

 Fabricius; tripuncta Haworth, and rhcetica Frey; probably also 

 other intervening species, with which T am not familiar. 



The following American species belong in the genus: 



argenticinctella Clemens, Dyar List N. Am. Lep., No. 5920. 

 edithella Busck Jour. New York Ent, Sec, XV, 1907, p. 138. 



