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a good natural genus. That character^ is found in several genera, 

 and ver\' closely allied species are found differing in the presence or 

 absence of this hair pencil, while others, evidently farther apart, 

 would go together on account of the possession of it. 



Miss Murtfeldt's species J^ucatojjfus striatella^^ however, can not be 

 inchided in that genus, and consequently not in the present, as it has 

 veins 3 and 4 in hindwings connate and also differs in palpal charac- 

 ters. It belongs to Meyrick's recent genus PhthoriiirMd^ under which 

 it will be treated. 



Of the species included in Aristotelia hy Dr. Dietz,-' pui'ifolicUa 

 Chambers will be found treated under Paralechia Busck, attrihutella 

 under Eplthecth Meyrick, and dor-slvltteUa under Recwniaria Haworth. 



The species at present recognized belonging to this genus may be 

 separated thus: 



Forewings, unicolorous, or nearly so 1 



Forewings, not unicolorous 7 



1. Ground color light, white, or yellowi.sh 2 



Ground color dark, black, or fuscous 5 



2. Forewings with five black discal dots rpi'ni(jvi'/iinict,'//<(, p. 804 



Forewings Avithout such five dots 31 



8. With light yellow costal streak at beginning of cilia 4 



Without such streak ,l,srnii,>lt'll<i, p. 802 



4. Tip of terminal joint of labial palpi black I:i'iirfnit,'/lii, p. 803 



Tip of labial palpi not black f/i/n.linirlh,, p. 803 



5. Antennse with fifth and tenth apical joint white above (iln^foiKlitflln, \i. 801 



Antennas without wdiite joints <> 



(). Face creamy yellow '. jtlii/naHiihi, p. 802 



Face dark tnhihiiclUi, p. 802 



7. With metallic markings 8 



Without metallic markings 10 



8. Basal two-thirds of forewing light yellow ror/.v/vVA/, p. 800 



Basal two-thirds- of forewing not yellow 9 



9. With row of black discal dots. . . ." ,-lc(/„ntrl/n, ]>. 799 



Without such row of dots (irj/i'iillfini, p. 800 



10. Forewings with dark fascia at apical third 11 



Without such fascia 12 



11. Head and thorax light yellow I,lf,i.-<r!,'ll«, p. 799 



Head and thorax dark molrstrUd, p. 797 



12. Forewings more or less roseate 13 



Forewings not roseate /('<■(', p. 799 



1 3. With pure white costal markings roaamtlfuaella, }>. 796 



Without pure white costal markings 14 



14. Males with costal hair pencil at base of hindwing rnhiddht, p. 798 



Males without such hair pencil 5 



15. Extreme apex of third joint of labial palpi black pudlhundclla, p. 796 



Apex not black fungivorella, p. 798 



^This hair pencil is of an entirely other and less important nature than the one 

 found in the genus Phthorimiea Meyrick (p. 821), where the wing itself is modified 

 for its reception. 



^Can. Ent., XXXII, 1900, p. 163. 



^Smith's List of New Jersey Insects, 1900. 



