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which contains Hglit ochreous, reddish and silvery scales especially in its basal 

 part. Apical and terminal edge golden fawn-colored with an oblique narrow 

 silvery streak crossing the tip. Cilia light yellow. Hind wings dark blackish 

 fuscous. Abdomen dark fuscous. Legs ochreous shaded with black. 



A lar expanse : 12-13 mm . 



Habitat: Oak Station, Pennsylvania (F. Marloff). 



Type: U. S. N. M., No. 1023 1. 



Nearest and quite close to Pkalonia hospes Walsingham, but 

 differing in that the basal light area is broadest on the dorsal side 

 instead of at the costal part as in Lord Walsingham 's species. 



Phalonia gunniana, new species. 



Labial palpi white, shaded with fuscous on the exterior sides. Face light 

 ochreous. Head and thorax whitish ochreous mixed with brown and black 

 scales. Fore wings dark brownish ochreous on the terminal part with a rosy 

 tint; on the middle of the dorsal edge is a large semicircular blackish spot, 

 which is the base of an indistinct transverse light brown fascia, hardly darker 

 than the ground color. Before tornus is a similarly colored large round spot 

 surrounded by silvery and light rose-colored scales. Across the extreme 

 apex of the wings is an oblique black streak and terminal edge and the cilia 

 is dusted with black. Hind wings 'dark fuscous. Abdomen, dark fuscous. 

 Legs, ochreous shaded externally with black. 



Alar expanse: 10-12 mm. 



Habitat: Plummers Island, Md. (Busck). 



Type: U. S. N. M., No. 10232. 



This species is very close to, and when rubbed mistakeable for 

 Phalonia bunteana Robinson, but differs by the darker basal part 

 and the more brownish general color. 



Phalonia marloffiana, new species. 



Labial palpi whitish dusted with fuscous; terminal joint fuscous. Face and 

 head whitish sprinkled with fuscous. Thorax light fuscous. Fore wings 

 white with dark fuscous and black markings and slightly suffused with ochre- 

 ous near base. Basal third white except the costal edge and a dorsal spot 

 near the base which are dark fuscous. This nearly unmottled basal patch 

 reaches further out on the costal than on the dorsal edge, and is limited by a 

 poorly defined broad central blackish fuscous area, sprinkled with whitish 

 and brownish scales and somewhat incised on the middle of the wing. Beyond 

 this area is a transverse white fascia parallel with the terminal edge and more 

 or less obscured by dark mottling especially towards the dorsal edge. Apical 

 part of the wing black sprinkled with scattered brown and whitish scales. 

 Hind wings dark blackish fuscous. Abdomen dark fuscous above, under side 

 ochreous sprinkled with fuscous. Legs whitish ochreous, sprinkled with 

 fuscous. 



