19(1 LORD WALSINGHAM. 



Genus (EGOCOKIA. 



417. CEgoCMtnia lilt ipriiiiis. sp. nov. — Palpi pale oehreous, the second 

 joint with ;i fuscous patch at the base externally, apical joint with a fuscous spot 

 beneath at its base. Tongue pale oehreous, the maxillary palpi tinged with fus- 

 cous. Head pale oehreous. Antennae very thick, with a serrated appearance 

 beneath, brownish fuscous above, pale oehreous beneath and at the joints. Thorax 

 pale oehreous, tinged anteriorly with brownish fuscous. Fore wings with thecosta 

 rather straight, beyond a slight bulge near the base; apex rounded, apical margin 

 somewhat oblique, slightly convex. Dorsal margin straight, nearly parallel with 

 the costal, pale oehreous, much suffused and irregularly clouded with brownish 

 fuscous, which occupies the whole of the costal and apical portions of the wing, 

 except a pale fascia, commencing at the costal cilia, turning outwards at a right 

 angle at the apex of the cell, then again, downwards to the anal angle; the apical 

 margin and the dorsal half of the wing are also chiefly pale oehreous, enclosing 

 one plical and two discal diffused brownish-fuscous spots, of which the outer one 

 near the end of the cell is the most conspicuous ; cilia tinged with greyish fuscous. 

 Hind wings very pale cinereous; fringes greyish fuscous, with a pale oehreous 

 line along their base. Expanse 18 milliin.* 



This species has much broader wings than the* European (Egoronia 

 quadripuncta, Haw. ; but the colors are much the same, although dif- 

 ferently arranged. The only specimen I have seen is in somewhat 

 imperfect condition ; it is in the collection of the Am. Ent. Soc. Phila- 

 delphia. 



Genus PIORI 11 A. 

 224. Pigritia latieapitella. 



Pigritia laticapitella, Clem. Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil. I860, p. 173; Tin. Nor. Am. 

 pp. 41, 136. 



Blastobasis > aufugella, Zeller, Verh. z.-b. Ges. "Wien, 1S73, p. 300. 

 Dryope murtfeldtella, Cham, (partim) Can. Ent. vi. p. 50. 



This specimen received from Mr. Chambers, is in the collection of the 

 Peabody Acad. Sci. Salem, Mass. I have little doubt that this is Blas- 

 tobasis ? aufugella, Zeller, the description of which agrees extremely 

 well with light well-marked varieties of this species. Prof. Zeller, after 

 comparing it with Blastobasis pht/eidella, its resemblance to which is 

 also noticed by Mr. Stainton (Tin. Nor. Am. p. 136), expresses some 

 doubt whether it should be rightly included in the genus Blastobasis or 

 classed with Hypaiimu, which it resembles in the absence of a notch at 

 the base of the antenme of the males. Probably it will be convenient, 

 for the" present at least, to retain Clemens's genus Pigritia. Mr. Cham- 

 bers described (Can. Ent. vi. p. 50) two varieties of his Dryope. murt- 

 feldtella, one of which he writes " should perhaps be regarded as a 

 distinct species."' A specimen received from Mr. Goodell, referred to in 

 his list as "Dryope murtfeldtella , Chambers type," undoubtedly belongs 



* Habitat, Orono, Me.— C. H. Fkr.nald. 



