12 AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA. 



third. Between the fascia and base is an ochreous dostal spot that sends a line to 

 dorsum, but is interrupted at fold. Beyond the fascia are several ochreous 

 streaks, the inner connecting with an ochreous and black patch ; the one from 

 middle of wing sends a curving fascia under costa to anal angle before termen. 

 On the outer third the ochreous spots merge together in a continuous streak be- 

 low costa. The dark ground color is almost entirely overlaid or dotted with 

 metallic blue. There are some black vertical lines from ocellus to above middle 

 of wing. The ocellus is not clearly defined, consisting of an irregular line of 

 steely-blue scales defined on each side by these black lines. Cilia pinkish-fuscous. 

 Hindwing: smoky fuscous, slightly paler at base, cilia whitish; underside 

 both wings grayish-fuscous; forewing a shade darker with costal spots repeated 

 on extreme edge. 



Three specimens, Hazleton, Pa., June 4th and July 14th, Dr. 

 Dietz; Hampton, N. H., July 25th, S. Albert Shaw. 



Allied to and very much like osmundana Fern., but entirely lacks 

 the shining whitish bands in the outer half of that species as well as 

 its well-defined spot on dorsum before anal angle. 



Oletlireutes daeckeana sp. nov. 



Expanse 17 to 19 mm. 



Head: black, mixed with pink scales; palpi pale fawn, black outwardly and 

 apically; antenna blackish-fuscous; thorax blue-black; patagia mottled, pale 

 fuscous and piuk ; abdomen fuscous; legs cinereous, dusted and banded with 

 black. 



Forewing: mottled, shining, dull blue-black and pinkish-ochreous. There is 

 a transverse fascia in middle of wing of velvety-black scales, changing to dull 

 ochreous at dorsum ; the inner edge is indented four times ; the outer edge gives 

 off three long spurs about equally separated. A smaller black spot is on fold at 

 inner fourth ; a disconnected black streak runs from it to base, and above it on 

 costa is another. There is a lunate black spot before apex and a black line from 

 anal angle to above middle of wing. The black spots are generally outwardly 

 outlined with reddish-ochreous. The balance of the ground color is shining 

 dull-blue, dotted with black and pinkish-ochreous. Before the middle the costa 

 is marked with six short reddish-ochreous dashes; there are four larger wedge- 

 shaped streaks of same color on outer half; the two outer join below costa and 

 send a line paralleling termen to middle of wing ; the outer ends of veins before 

 termen are outlined with black. Cilia bluish-fuscous with a darker line at base. 



Hindwing: coppery-brown; cilia fuscous with darker basal line; underside, 

 both wings the same; forewing less coppery and more grayish-fuscous. 



Ten specimens, bred from larvse boring in the stalks and flowers 

 of the pitcher plant, Sarracenia purpurea, at Toms River, N. J., 

 and Brown's Mills Junction, N. J., issued July 4th to Aug. 4th, all 

 collected and bred by Mr. E. Daecke, in whose honor the species is 

 named. 



This species belongs to the group in which are hebesana Walk, 

 and agilana Clem. 



