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97. SNOW I A Ncmii. 

 Pap. iv, 95, 1884. 



Tyjie moiitanariu Nciim. 



I*;il{)i rather short, porrect, long haired below ; tongue tleveloped ; 

 fnmt haired, somewhat tufted; antennje bipectinate in t , pectina- 

 tions short, t'lavate, apex simple; thorax densely hairy above and 

 below, with long subdorsal hair tufts above from underneath j)atagia) ; 

 abdomen smooth ; hind tibia- swollen, with hair peneii in % , witii 

 two pairs of spurs in both sexes ; wings rounded, even, fore wings 

 without fovea at ba.se in S , 12 veins, 10 on IJ, 11 on cell ; hind wings 

 all veins separate, 5 undeveloped, 8 separate from cell. 

 Species. — S. montanarla Neum. 



98. STENASPICATES Pack. 

 Geoni. Moths, 211, 1876. 



Type meskearia Pack. 



Pal])i moderate, ])orrect, very heavily scaled ; tongue developed ; 

 front .scaled, not tufted ; antennie bi[)ectinatc in % , filiform in 9 ; 

 thoi-ax very heavily and loosely scaled with a dorsal crest and with 

 a low, but heavy posterior tufting of scales; abdomen loosely scaled ; 

 hind tibiic without hair pencil, slightly swollen in both .sexes, with 

 two pairs of spurs ; fore wings outer edge sinuate, more excised below 

 vein •"), the sinuations all more decided in 9 > without fovea at base 

 in S , 12 vein.*, 5 nearer H than 4, (J se[)arate, 10 and 11 from cell ; 

 hind wungs more deeply sinuate, especially in 9> ^iH veins .separate, 

 5 undeveloped, 8 separate from cell. 



Species : — 

 S, za/i.-^iiarld Walk. S. muricolor Hulst, n. sp. 



iS. ru(Uot«ir!(( Hulst. S. meskearia Pack. 



S. muricolor n. sp. — Exi)aiids 34 mm. Much in general markings like .'<. 

 mexkearia Pack., but the wings are broader, more even, and the color is a bluish 

 gray or mouse color, darkening on middle field within outer line to blackisii 

 olive ; discal spots white, of raised scales. In form and general appearance it 

 looks like a bluish gray form ()f Aselina peplaria Hiih. 



San Antonio, Texas, from Mr. Rautenberg. 



99. 9IAR.MAKEA u. gen. 

 Ty]ie ocrideiitiilis JInlst. 



Palpi moderate, subascending, stout, densely haired ; tongue 

 strong ; front densely haired, tufted ; antenme of % stout, heavy, 

 dentate, .-Jomewhat lamellate, flattened, of 9 filiform ; thorax den.sely 

 long haired, rising into a longitudinal dorsal crest, long den.<elv hairv 

 below; abdomen rough scaled ; femora hairy, iiind til)i:e not swollen, 

 without hair pencil, with all spurs; fore wings without fovea l)elo\v, 



TRANS. AM. ENT. SO<J. XXIII. SKPThJMBEK. 1896. 



