Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History. <j 



Pallachira hartii, n. sp. 



Male atteniiae pectinate, female simple; fore wings nar- 

 row, costa but little falcate, outer margin rounded ; in 

 color darker than P. hivittata^ a dusky yellow, more 

 dusky than Hellophila phragmitidicola; a blackisli stripe 

 below median vein, and another from middle of cell to 

 outer margin, a series of blackish points, tending to tri- 

 angular shape, in a slightly incurving line from apex to 

 posterior angle, the spot located midway between the 

 veins and followed by a few pale scales; beyond the pale 

 spot a few dark scales in the intervenular fold to outer 

 margin; terminal row of black dots; fringe dusky; two 

 black points at end of cell, on each side of the blackish 

 stripe. Hind wings smoky. Under side darker than the 

 upper; fore wings immaculate, hind wings with a discal 

 dot and a dusky subterminal line. Body concolorous 

 with wings, palpi dark, with tip of terminal joint pale. 

 Hind tibiae with two pairs of long spurs, the proximal 

 pair much the longest. 



Expanse from .90 to .93 inch ; length of body .35 inch. 



Described from two males and three females in the 

 collection of the State Laboratory of Natural History, 

 and one female in the author's cabinet. These were all 

 taken at light in Champaign county. 111., from July 27 

 to August 20, in the years 1886 and 1892. 



