78 AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA. 



Plialonia basiochreaiia sp. nov. 



Expanse 18 mm. 



Head, palpi, thorax, and basal area of forewing light ochreous; antenna and 

 abdomen yellowish-fuscous; legs whitish, dusted with blackish-brown. 



Forewing: the ochreous basal area extends to inner third on costa and inner 

 fourth on dorsal margin. It is shaded with fuscous at base of costa. There is a 

 large triangular patch of grayish-purple in middle of wing, widest on dorsum, 

 where it extends from yellow basal area to anal angle. It does not reach costa, 

 but ends at top of cell, where the apex of the triangle is flattened. On the middle 

 of costa is a small square spot of grayish-purple, separated from the large lower 

 patch by a yellow line. Below this are two superimposed spots of black sur- 

 rounded by yellowish-brown. These spots are in the large purple area. Beyond 

 the end of cell is a lunate spot of dull ochreous enclosing a black spot in its upper 

 end. A narrow band of the same color curves outwardly from outer fifth of costa 

 to lower third of termeu, thence into anal angle, where it joins the lower end of 

 the lunate spot ; this band encloses black spots at costa and above middle. There 

 is a short dash of dull ochreous from costa before apex and an irregular marginal 

 line of the same color from apex to middle of termen. The interspaces between 

 these ochreous bands and spots are grayish-purple, tending to become white below 

 costa; the bands and spots are irregularly outlined with shining white scales. 

 Cilia white with an ochreous tinge, and interrupted by three ochreous spots on 

 upper half, one of which is in apex. 



Hind wing: liliaceous-gray; cilia paler; underside whitish, heavily mottled 

 with light fuscous on upper half and before termeu. Underside forewing smoky 

 purple; cilia light ochreous, divided by a darker line. 



One specimen : Los Angeles, Cal., June, collected by Bevery 



Letcher. 



Phalonia cincinnalana sp. nov. 



Expanse 14-16 mm. 



Head, palpi, and thorax whitish-gray; antenna yellowish-gray; abdomen 

 grayish -fuscous ; legs whitish, banded and dusted with blackish-))rown. 



Forewing: inner three-quarters whitish-gray, lightly strigulated with light 

 fuscous. A streak of light ocbreous-brown from base to inner fourth below costa, 

 and a well defined fascia of the same color from middle of dorsum obliquely out- 

 ward to upper vein of cell, with a fuscous spot above it on costa. The outer fourth 

 of wing is ochreous-brown, with a darker brown fascia through it from outer 

 fifth of costa to lower third of termen. The nariow terminal line is black. Cilia 

 ochreous-brown, mottled with black. 



Hindwing: smoky gray, cilia paler; underside whitish-gray, reticulated out- 

 wardly with fuscous. Underside forewing dark ochreous-brown, mottled with 

 ochreous along costa and termen. 



Four specimens: Cincinnati, Ohio, April 23d to 30th, Miss An- 

 nette F. Braun. 



Fhalouia discana sp. nov. 



Expanse 12-13.5 mm. 



Head : light brown on top ; face gray-brown ; palpi whitish-gray inside, gray- 

 brown outside; outer end of tuft and apical joint black; thorax gray-brown, 

 with four longitudinal black lines; abdomen yellowish-gray; legs whitish, dusted 

 and banded with blackish-brown. 



