A REVISION OF THE DELTOID MOTHS — SMITH. 39 



niiiial inaikcd toward costa on liotli winiis and discal dots. JWxly parts 

 ratlier pale." 



ICxpanse of wings, .52 inni. =^ O.SS inch. 



Habitat. — Texas, Belfrage, April I'T. 



The above is Mr. Grote's oriijinal d('scrii)ti<»n, and it agrees very well 

 with a specimen in the collection of the American iMitomological Society 

 which is almost nndonbtedly the type. Mr. Grote's description of the 

 genus CAeptomita also agrees with the type, one fore leg of which is 

 sei)aTaled and monnted on a card labeled " C7r/y/o//^f " in his hand- 

 writing. Unfortunately, tlHMlescri))tion ai)i»li('s equally well to other 

 species of ZanclogndtlKi. and the characterization of the fore leg shows 

 that Mr. Grote did not realize the nature of the structure examined. 

 I have not seen a second s[)ecimen, and can add nothing on the struc- 

 ture of the antenna' save that the male has the usual thicd^ening one- 

 third from base. The tuftings of the fore leg seem to be con lined to 

 the femur. 



Zanclognatha pedipilalis, GneiKH'. 



1851. Gneuoe, Species General, Deltoides, 57, Hiriiiiiiia. 

 1851). Walker, Cat. Brit. Mns., Heteroceia, XVI, 57, Heviniino. 

 1872. Grote, Trans. Am. Entomological Soc, IV, 96, Tlvrininiu. 

 187.1. Grote, Bull. Bnff. Soc. Nat. Sci., I, .39, J'ifj/olila. 



(iround color a very pale, greenish, luteous gray, lineiy powdered. 

 Head and thorax concolorous. Primaries, basal line absent in all 

 the specimens 1 have seen. Transverse anterior line nairow, e\"en, 

 brown, with an easy outward angle on the subcostal and thence nearly 

 upright or with only a feeble outcurve to the hind margin. Transverse 

 l)osterior line narrow, even, brown, strongly exserted over the c<dl or 

 sometimes subangulated, then inward and somewhat incurved to the 

 inner margin. Subterminal line narrow, even, brown, often tbllowed 

 by a narrow, more or less com[)lete i)ale line, extending I'rom apex with 

 a feeble incurve to the inner margin well within the anal angle aiul 

 usually interrupted Just below the apex, so the line proper seems to 

 start from veins 7 and 8 and to have no connection with the apical mark. 

 A slender, usually continuous, teiminal line. ( )rbicular wanting. Eeni- 

 form varying from a dot to a narrow dusky luiiuh'. Secondaries paler, 

 less densely scaled than primaries. There is a slender, threadlike, 

 dusky extra median line, whicii is almost rectangularly bent near the 

 anal angle. There is also a sinnlar subterminal line, followed by a 

 whitish shade, les-s abruptly bent, almost above the anal angle. A nar- 

 row, brown, continuous terminal line and a vaguely visible discal 

 lunule. IJeneath, more whitish gray, often with rather coarse, reddish 

 ])owderings, with a common <'.xtra median dusky line, a similar sub- 

 terminal line, followed by a i)aler shade and a dark discal lunule. The 

 lunules and the outer line aie vaiiable and sometimes wanting on one 

 or both ]>airs of wings. 



