A REVISION OF THE DELTOID MOTHS SMITH. 49 



A rare species, of which I have only a female at haiul. I have seen 

 the male, however, and lind it fully conjieneric with //. dh.soiptfili.s; 

 indeed, Mr. (Irote's generic descrii)tion of Pallaclura is in all essentials 

 like that given by me for llormixH. 



The species can not be mistaken for any other in the entire J)eltoid 

 series represented in our fauna. The specific description is copied 

 from j\[r. Grote's original characterization, and is ample for the dclini- 

 tion of this sinii)ly marked form. 



Honnisa orciferalis, Walker. 



LSri't. Walker, Cat. Brit. .Miis., ll.tororcra, .\\'I,23r), ! /loninsa. 

 lS.".!t Walker, Cat. ihit. Mus., Heterocera, XI\, 87(5, ■! KpizeuxlH. 

 18!t3. Smith, Bull. IJ. S. Nat. Miis.. U, 3<SG, SiiiyvUijpeiiii. 



2)1(2)11 lar in, Grote. 

 1873. Grote, Canadian Ent()iiiol()u,ist, V, 227. Si.sijrliiij)ciiu. 



1893. Smith, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mas., 11, 380, pr. syn. 

 harfii, Freiieh. 



1894. French, Bull. Ills. State Lab. Nat Hist., IV, Id, I^dlnrhira. 



''Male. Concolorous, silky drab, veins tending to be paler marked. 

 Primaries with diffuse darker terminal shading, and a discal, narrow, 

 outwardly extended streak. An exc<?edingly line and faint outer trans- 

 verse line, rounded oi)posite the discal cell. A subterminal oblujue 

 l)unctiform line from ai)icesto internal margin within the angle. Costal 

 margin dark shaded. The disi;al dots are perceivable against the 

 longitudinal discal streak. Hind wings a little paler, witli a very faint 

 trans\erse shade line. An interrupted tiue dotted line before the silky 

 fringes on both wings. l>eneath darker; the hind Aviugs much clouded 

 with dark brownish, with a distinct discal si)ot and a continued trans- 

 verse guttilbrm or cuneiform subterminal line, analagous to the suljter- 

 iiunal line of the fore wings above; faint traces of an inner transverse 

 line. Fore wings witliout markings except an incomplete reproduction 

 of the subterminal shaded apices. Body parts concolorous; abdomen 

 like hind, thorax like fore wings." 



"Female. The labial pali)i are held as in the male, but the third article 

 is more pointed. Slighter than the male, with simi)le antenna' and with 

 almost wholly blackish brown primaries. The male exhibits two trans 

 verse lines, while both female specimens have entirely glossy brown foie 

 wings without a]»pareiit marks except the inconspicuous discal points. 

 Hind wings ])ale drai), with faint darker terminal shading. lU'iieath, 

 the secondaries have the doubh' lines more eipuilly detined. Tliorax 

 and head dark, concohuous witli primaries." 



Expanse of Mings, 21 to 2.'3 mm. =0.8r> to 0. 00 inch. 



Habitat, — Texas, Florida, Southern States; Illinois; IMiiladelpliia. 



The above is Mr. Grote's original description, which is applical)h' to 



the types and to most of the otiier specimens seen by me. A male 



example from J'lorida, now beloie me, is considerably daiicer, smoky, 



almost blackish. I have seen this specit's only rarely, and never from 



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