222 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. viii. 



In some specimens the purple and reddish tints are nearly or en- 

 tirely lost ; the males seem more especially to have this characteristic 

 coloring. 



Benta speciosella, sp. no\ . 



Very much like B. floridella ; the violet shadings are wanting, the basal half of 

 the basal field is gray, or whitish on anterior half, blackish posteriorly and outwardly, 

 the scale ridge forms a black line across wing ; basal line more bent in middle ; 

 outer line scarcely dentate ; there are three lengthened black spots on veins in mar- 

 ginal field near apex ; hind wings less clear than B. floridella, veins fuscous shaded ; 

 outer edge, especially near apex, fuscous ; beneath lighter. 



Santa Rita Mountains, Arizona. Collected by E. A. Schwarz., June 

 15th. The National Museum type number is 4966. 



PHYCITIN.E. 

 Sarasota, gen. nov. 



Tongue strong ; labial palpi erect, rather long, exceeding summit, end member 

 quite long ; maxillary palpi small in $ ; front rounded ; antennte of $ filiform, not 

 bent above base, without scale tuft, finely pubescent. Fore wings 11 veins, 3 sep- 

 arate, 4 and 5 from a point, lo from cell ; hind wings 8 veins, cell short ; 2 and 3 

 long, parallel ; 3 and 4 stemmed one-half length, 7 and 8 stemmed ; middle legs 

 with tibiae long and heavy ; femora long and heavy with a long pencil of hairs from 

 upper end ; hind legs more than ordinarily weak, indeed partly aborted. 



Peculiar in the structure of middle and hind legs of <? . It may 

 be catalogued after ATyelois. 



Sarasota plumigerella, sp. nov. 



Palpi blackish ; summit of second member ochre fuscous ; front blackish ; summit 

 dull black ; thorax blackish, tinged with wine red, this color prevailing in front ; 

 abdomen ochre, tinged with fuscous on dorsum ; fore wings blackish, tinged with 

 wine red, more distinct along costa and on posteiior half; the posterior portion is 

 somewhat lighter than anterior portion, the lighter color showing especially on veins ; 

 fringes wine red ; basal line rather distinct, extending from costa one-half across 

 wing ; outer line very indistinct ; marginal row of black spots ; hind-wings white, the 

 veins lined with fuscous ; margin fuscous ; beneath even shining fuscous ; fore wings 

 orcheous along costa and at base ; legs reddish. Expands 14 mm. 



Palm Beach, southern Florida. Taken by Dr. H. G. Dyar. The 

 National Museum type number is 4927. 



Heterographis arizonella, sp. nov. 



I'alpi blackish gray ; front light gray ; summit nearly white ; thorax blackish 

 gray ; abdomen fuscous, with an ochre tint ; fore wings pure white, pretty evenly 

 peppered with black scales giving an even clear gray color ; base black ; lines white, 

 edged on both sides with black ; the basal much bent out in the middle, the general 



