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New York: Bear Mountain, 2 $ $, 9 (13-VI-1925, F. M. Schott). 



Pennsylvania: New Brighton, $ (24-VI-1907, H. D. Merrick) ; Oak Station, 

 Alleglieny County, 11 $$,3 $$ (11-18-VI-1911, Fred Marloff) ; Ohio 

 Pyle, $, S 9 9, (lO-VI-1906, Henry Engel) ; Pittsburgh, 2 $ $ ((6-10- 

 VI-1906, Henry Engel) ; York, 3 $ $ 2 9 9 (ll-VI-1901 and 1(>-VI-1902, 

 W. D. Kearfott). 



Virginia: Great Falls, 31 5 5, 2 9 9 (May dates, 1919-1922, A. Busek). 



Canadian records 

 Ontario: Severn (June 17, 1925, C. H. Curran). 



Remarks. — This and the following species are the only two, described 

 from North America, referable to the genus Fahiola. 



FABIOLA TECTA Braun 



Plate 20, Figures 119, 119a 



Fahiola tecta Bbaun, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 61, p. 45, 1935. — Beimlet, 

 Insects of North Carolina, p. 304, 1938. — McDunnough, Check list of the 

 Lepidoptera of Canada and the United States of America (Part 2, Micro- 

 lepidoptera), No. 8357, 1939. 



Similar to shdleriella but smaller, with the golden-ochreous areas 

 of the fore wing replaced by yellow, the median black area extending 

 almost across the wing and containing three longitudinal metallic-blue 

 streaks, and with the fuscous areas and cilia of both wings more 

 blackish. 



Male genitalia. — Similar to shaleriella but with the harpe broader, 

 cucullus more acutely pointed and with the lobes of the tegumen 

 shorter and more bluntly pointed. 



Alar expanse, 9-10 mm. 



Type. — In Dr. A. F. Braun collection, Cincinnati, Ohio. 



Type locality. — Near Natural Bridge, McCreary County, Ky. 



Food plant. — ^Unknown. 



Distribution. — Known only from Kentucky. 



United States records 



Kentucky: Cumberland Valley, Letcher County, 2 S $ (l-VII-1935, A. F. 

 Braun). 



Remarks. — The two males listed above were sent to me by Dr. 

 Braun. I have seen no other specimens. 



This species is amply distinct from shaleriella in markings and 

 genitalia. 



18. Genus SCHIFFERMULLERIA Hubner 



Plate 2, Figtjre 18 ; Plate 7, Figure 56 ; Plate 13, Figures 82, S2a ; Plate 16, 



Figure 98 



Schiffermillleria Hubner, Verzeichniss bekannter Scbmetterlinge, p. 421, 1826. — 

 Stephens, Illustrations of British entomology, Haustellata, vol. 4, p. 423, 

 1835. — Walsingham and Durant, Ent. Monthly Mag., vol. 45, p. 156, 1909. — 



