Article II. — Description of tv:o Xev) Deltoid Moths. By 

 G. H. French, Carbondale, III. 



PSEUDAGLOSSA FORBESII, n. sp. 



Similar to P. lubricaUs, and probably heretofore mis- 

 taken for that common species. In size and color more 

 like P. scohialis, but smaller. Color dull brownish black, 

 with very little of the lustre of P. liibricalis. T. a. line 

 straight in its course, slightly wavj^ black, preceded by 

 a pale line; median shade forming a distinct black line, 

 curved outward through the cell; t. p. line black, ex- 

 tending obhquely outward from the costa to subcos- 

 tal vein, thence nearly straight to posterior margin, 

 slightly dentate, followed by a pale line that is very fine 

 except on costa, where it is quite prominent ; a subcostal 

 pale line that is obscure except on the costa, a terminal 

 black line cut with pale between the veins; fringe dusky. 

 The pale part is paler than in P. liibricalis and less yel- 

 lowish. Hind wings blackish, the basal portion pale, the 

 lines of the fore wings, except the t. a., continuous across 

 these but parallel to outer margin, the pale lines white 

 and prominent ; discal spots of both wings obsolete. Un- 

 der side gray, from a mixture of black and white scales, 

 the lines of upper side, except the t. a., repeated. Head 

 and thorax above solid brownish black, the tip of joint 

 3 of the palpi pale; abdomen concolorous with hind 

 wings, annulate with pale. 



Expanse from .70 to .75 inch; length of body .25 inch. 



Described from 4 females collected at Savanna, 111., in 

 1892, two of which were taken at sugar, and two found 

 upon the flowers of sweet clover {Melilotus aJha) by day. 

 Three of these are in the collection of the State Laboratory 

 of Natural History, and one is in the author's cabinet. 



