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blotches and bands. Underside of body silvery white; upper side 

 of abdomen brown. Legs fuscous with silvery white annulations. 

 Expanse 12-13 mm. 



Hohitat. — Pullman, Washington, June (Piper). 



Tyjpe.—Q2X. No. 7811, U. S. National Museum. 



I take pleasure in naming this beautiful species in honor of the col- 

 lector. It is nearest to Cho7'eutis silphieUa^ but smaller and easily' 

 distinguished by the different wing ornamentation. 



CHOREUTIS LEUCOBASIS Fernald. 



Choreutis leacohasis Fernald, Can. Ent., XXXII, 1900 p. 242. — Keakfott, Journ. 

 N. Y. Ent. Soc, IX, 1902, p. 124.— Dyar, List N. A. Lep., No. 5529, 1902. 



Bred from Anapkalis 'marcjaritacea ^yy Doctor Dyar, Kaslo, British 

 Columbia (July); also a specimen from Wellington, British Columbia 

 (Bryant). 



GLYPHIPTERYX Hubner. 



GLYPHIPTERYX IMPIGRITELLA Clemens. 



Glyplii-pterxjx impigriteUa Clemens, Proc. Ent. Soc. Pliila,, II, 1862, p. 9; Tin. 

 N. Am., 1872, p. 214.— Dyar, Can. Ent., XXXII, 1900, p. 84.— Fernald, 

 Can. Ent, XXXII, 1900, p. 242.— Dyak, List N. A. Lep., No. 5513, 1902.— 

 BuscK, Proc. Wash. Ent. Soc, V, 1903, p. 211. 



One specimen from Kaslo, British Columbia, May (Cockle). 

 EUCALANTICA, new genus. 



Antenna | of forewing, thick, simple. Second joint of labial palpi 

 long, porrected, somewhat thickened above toward apex, with rough 

 scales; terminal joint shorter, deflexed, blunt. Maxilaiy palpi well 

 developed, folded. Face smooth, head rough. Forewing broad, 

 widening toward tornus, pointed; termen oblique; 12 veins; 7 to 

 termen; 9 and 10 stalked; Ih with subobsolete fork at base. Hind 

 wings as broad as foi-ewings, ovate, costa straight; 8 veins, all sepa- 

 rate; vein 2 from before middle of cell; 3 from much before end of 

 cell; 4, 5, 6, and 7 equidistant, nearly parallel; posterior tibia smooth. 



Type. — Calantica pol'ita Walsingham. 



W^hile the t3'pe of this genus has a certain superficial resemblance to 

 the true genus Calantlca Zeller, it is in reality not very close to this 

 genus, as supposed b}^ Lord Walsingham, « differing both in the oral 

 characters and in the very distinct venation. 



EUCALANTICA POLITA Walsingham. 



Calantka polita Walsingham, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1881, p. 302. — Dyar, Can. 

 Ent., XXXII, 1900, p. 38; List N. A. Lep., No. 5493, 1902. 



Several specimens from Seattle, Washington, May (Kincaid). Au- 

 thentic specimens, determined b}' Lord Walsingham are in the U. S. 

 National Museum. 



aProc. Zool. Soc, L ndon, 18S1, p. 302. 



