82 AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA. 



Plialonia maiaiia sp. nov. 



Expanse 7.5-9 mm. 



Head, palpi, antenna, thorax, legs, and abdomen cream-white, — last gray above 

 on outer segments before the anal segment. 



Forewing: cream-white, shaded with blackish-brown on inner two-thirds of 

 costa, and four or five dots of same color on dorsum. From middle of dorsum a 

 narrow, outwardly oblique fascia, with parallel edges, goes to middle of wing. 

 From the middle of costa a similar semifascia goes to middle of wing. The inner 

 edge of the costal and the outer edge of the dorsal fasciae run together. From 

 costa before apex a narrow fascia goes to termen just above tornus, diminishing 

 in width below. Beyond it in apex is a shade of ochreous-brown containing a 

 darker costal spot, and a dark spot in the apex is the beginning of a dark tei- 

 minal line. There is an ochreous streak through middle of wing from middle to 

 outer fascia. The central and other fasciae are brown dotted with black, espe- 

 cially along their margins. Beyond and parallel with the dorsal fascia are sev- 

 eral blackish dorsal streaks. Cilia mottled, gray, brown, and black. 



Hindwing: light brownish-gray, cilia lighter; underside light yellowish-gray, 

 reticulated with light brown towards apex. Underside forewing light brown ; 

 between veins, in outer half of costa, cream color; the outer fascia repeated 

 strongly, and the middle fascia lightly in black. 



Sixteen specimens : Essex Co., N. J., Great Notch, May 4th to 

 17th. 



Phaloiiia siiblepidana sp. nov. 



Expanse 8.5-11 mm. 



Head: bright yellow, darker on top; palpi yellow, dusted with darker out- 

 side; antenna yellowish-gray; thorax brown, posterior edge and patagia bright 

 yellow; abdomen above fuscous and tuft light ochreous ; legs light gray, dusted 

 with brown in front. 



Forewing: basal third and terminal fourth bright yellow with horizontal 

 streaks of ochreous. Between these yellow patches is a blackish-brown patch in 

 the form of a large H, the two upper bars touching the costa and there edged 

 with cream-white, the two lower bars touching dorsum. Between these, both 

 above and below the horizontal bar, are patches of ochreous-yellow. The dark 

 color of the figure H is outlined with shining steely-gray scales. There is a sub- 

 apical line of shining cream-yellow. The inner half of costa is narrowly shaded 

 with brown. Cilia ochreous. 



Hindwing: purplish-black, cilia paler, with a broad darker line near base; 

 underside grayish-purple. Underside forewing ochreous-brown internally, ochre- 

 ous around margins. 



Five specimens: Essex County Park, July 4th to 7th ; Caldwell, 

 N. J., July 1st to 8th. 



This species is close to lepidana Clem., and I have had it so 

 labelled with a query for some years, but a recent comparison with 

 Clemen's type in the American Entomological Society's collections 

 proves it to be distinct, I also positively identified as lepidana a 

 long series of specimens caught several years ago resting on, and 



