A REVII^ION OF THE DELTOID MOTHS SMITH. 10 



Tlie anteuiiii' in both sexes aie furiiislied with hiteial bristles, and 

 in botli tliere is a dense eh)thingot' scak's, which j;ives the member a 

 deeidedly thickened appearance. Inthe'male the jointsareshortandtlie 

 bristles arc set in very close to the base — so close, indeed, that they api)ear 

 to arise from the suture. Above the i)oint at which these lateral bristles 

 are inserted are small, teat like processes, which are Inrnisiied with a 

 tuft of bristly hair, and other similar, thou.uh shorter, liairs are on the 

 upper surface of each. joint, arising from small, tubercle-like i)rocesses. 

 Among- these i)rocesses are small pittini^s without liair. which ai'e ]»rob- 

 ably sensory in character. In the female the anteiinal joints are longer, 

 more cylindrical, and tlic lateral bristles are less jtrominent, set into 

 distinct pits on the sides, tliongii rather close to the base, and they 

 lack the bristly tubercles entirely. The har[)es of the male are (juite 

 simple, the ui)i)er angle produced into a pointed })rocess, whue inferiorly 

 and toward the base is a somewhat chitinous process with a knob-like 

 tip, which is furnished with short, stiff s))ines and hau. 



Epizeiixis denticulalis. Harvey. 

 1875. Harvey, IJull Huff. Soc. Nat. Sei,, II, 2S3. I'seiiddfjloxsa. 

 Groundcolor a i)ale, somewhat yellowish, gray, with blacli powderings; 

 abdomen and secondaries paler, the former with the edges of tlie seg 

 ments pale ringed, the latter more thinly scaled. Primaries with all 

 the lines distinct. P>asal line veiy close to the root of the wing, and not 

 prominent; dusky. Transverse anterior line nearly upright, dark sei)ia 

 brown, preceded by an indefined line only a little paler than the ground 

 color, indented on the veins and irregularly outcurved in the inter- 

 spaces. Trausverse posterior line irregular, strongly denticnlated, as a 

 whole nearly parallel with the outer margin, dark brown, followed by 

 an indefinite, slightly paler shade. Au obvious median shade line, 

 smoky brown in color, crosses the median si)ace over the reiiiform, and 

 below that spot darkens its outer portion to the inner margin. Subter- 

 minal line pale, strongly and irregularly dentate, variably distinct, pre- 

 ceded by a variably distinct dusky shade, which is most marked ou the 

 costa, A series of dusky terminal lunules, beyond which the pale 

 friuges are cut with brown. The orbicular is wanting, or traceable only 

 as a jialer dot. Keniform a paler, yellowish lunule, outwardly defined 

 by a <lark crescent. The secomlaries are crossed by three variably dis- 

 tinct dusky bands, the two outer of which are more or less dentate. 

 The bauds are not sharply marked except at their outer margin, thin- 

 ning out toward base in each case. A distinct blackish terminal line. 

 r>eneath, the ]>riinaries are dusky, and there is a more or less evident 

 reproduction of the transverse ]»osterior and sul)tci ininal lines of the 

 ui>i)i'r side. The secondaries are more luteous, and iia\e two distinct, 

 brown, even extra median, lines and a blackish marginal line. IJoth 

 wings have a discal lunule, that ol" the primaries less distinct and some 

 times obsolete. 



