AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA. (J!j 



(Enectra flavibasana n. sp.— Head, palpi and thorax, dark purplish- 

 brown. Fore wings, with the costa much arched, reddish-brown; central part of 

 the base bright golden-yellow, with an oblique indistinct brown shade bordering 

 it on the outside, and extending from the humeral angle up to near the middle of 

 the costa. The apical portion of the wing is dark brown and is limited by a line 

 from the anal angle up to the costa at the outer 'fourth. Numerous cross streaks 

 show in an oblique light by their metallic reflections. Fringes lighter. Hind 

 wings above and all the wings beneath, fuscous. The markings of the upper side 

 of the fore wings show more or less beneath. Expanse 19—20 mm. 

 Habitat. — Texas, Illinois. Described from two females. 



Ceiiopis groteana n. sp.— Head, palpi, thorax and fore wings, bright 



sulphur-yellow. Outer side of the palpi, sides of the thorax extending on to the 

 costa of the fore wings, a band from the basal third of the costa extending down 

 to the fold joined with one from the outer third of the costa leaving a semicircular 

 patch on the middle of the costa, of the ground color of the wing, a speck on the 

 costa towards the apex, one on the fold near the base and a series of atoms from 

 the outer part of the outer band across the wing curving inward at a uniform 

 distance from the outer margin, bright coffee-brown. Fringes sulphur-yellow. 

 Abdomen and hind wings above and beneath pure silky white. Under side of the 

 fore wings light straw color, plainly showing the markings of the upper side. All 

 the legs white, the fore ones touched with brown in front. Expanse 20 mm. 



Habitat. — Ohio. Described from one female. 



I take pleasure in dedicating this beautiful species to my old friend 

 Prof. A. R. Grote, who has rendered me so much valuable assistance in 

 my entomological studies. 



• Ceiiopis quercana n. sp. — Head, palpi and antennae, reddish-gray in the 

 males, concolorous with the thorax and fore wings in the females. Thorax and 

 fore wings dull rust-red. Basal patch, median and subapical hands lighter in the 

 males and inclining to yellowish on the costa with strong greenish reflections when 

 seen in an oblique light, showing most strongly in the females. Fringes lighter. 

 Hind wings and abdomen above, light fuscous, lighter beneath. Under side of 

 fore wings dull reddish, fuscous on the cell, the lighter markings of the upper side 

 scarcely showing. Expanse £> 14 mm. — 9 16 mm. 



Habitat. — New York, Missouri, Texas. 



Food. — Leaves of Oak, (Comstock) ; and cultivated Cherry, ( Miss 

 Murtfeldt). Described from four nudes and four females. 



Phoxopteris goodellisiua n. sp.— Head, palpi, thorax and fore wings, 

 pale ashy white. Thorax touched with brown; a bright coffee-brown band ex- 

 tends through the fore wing from the middle of the base to the apex, occupying 

 nearly a third of the breadth of the wing, in its widest part, and is twice indented 

 on the posterior edge, once near the middle, and again more deeply, near the outer 

 end, by the. ocelloid patch. Through the centre of the band extends a somewhat 

 irregular stripe of dark brown. Costa faintly marked with oblique stripes of 

 brown which are more prominent towards the apex, leaving geminate streaks of 

 the whitish ground color. Hind margin with about eight brown dots, and faint 

 sprinkles of the same color over the ground color. Fringe white at the base and 

 beneath the apex, where it is cut by a brown streak darker beyond. Hind wings 



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