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ing to light brown (approximating ground color of wing) and continuing to outer 

 margin. No other lines or dashes. Cilia short, uniform with ground color. Hind 

 wing dark fuscous. Underside both wings dark fuscous. Abdomen dark fuscous, 

 terminal tuft shade lighter. Legs dark fuscous. Alar expanse 20 to 23 mm. 



Described from five males, Liicaston, N. J., October 10, 1902. 

 Collected by E. Daecke in whose honor I take pleasure in naming 

 this very distinctive species. Mr. Daecke states that on October 10 

 the grass was fairly alive with specimens of this species, and as it 

 seemed so common he thought the few he caught would be sufficient 

 for all of his needs. 



Zelleria celastrusella, sp. nov. Plate IX, Fig. i. 



Head : frontal tuft of long, overhanging, light gray scales, finely specked with 

 brown, and over the eyes forming rounded tufts, out of which the antennae arise. 

 Palpi porrect, one and a half length of head, second and apical joint about equal in 

 length, both tufted, the apical joint ending in a large rounded tuft, scales same color 

 as on head. Eyes black. Antennre : basal joint slightly thickened beneath, color 

 fuscous, more whitish on upper side of basal joints, and at incisions, length three quar- 

 ters of forewing. Thorax : rather closely appressed scales, whitish with fuscous spots 

 caused by tips of scales being so marked. Patagia long, appressed scales, same color as 

 thorax. Forewing : fuscous, with loosely appressed scales, about twenty single long, 

 black scales form as many black dots, four on costa before the middle, two just below 

 costa beyond the middle and two on costa before the apex, others are about evenly 

 distributed over the dorsal half of wing, a lighter shade crosses wing at inner fourth 

 bordered outwardly by a much darker patch, which is broadest just below costa, and 

 curves inwardly to a narrow band on dorsum. A distinct patch of white scales form 

 a spot on costa before apex, just at the beginning of the cilia, another patch of white 

 scales on outer margin between apex and outer angle, between these white patches is 

 a median shade of yellowish fuscous, beyond this shade and the white spots the cilia 

 is inwardly margined with black, cilia before apex ferruginous, a shade of pearly white 

 scales on cilia below lower white spot. A streak of lighter ground color from base to 

 angle between median and dorsal. Underside dark fuscous, nearly black at apex. A 

 costal white line on the outer half, ending in a white costal spot beneath the subapi- 

 cal spot on upper side. Cilia paler. A long pencil of dark fuscous hairs arise at base 

 and lay along costa. Hind wing : upper and under side uniformly dark fuscous, cilia 

 paler. Abdomen fuscous, speckled with lighter scales. Legs same as head and 

 palpi. Alar expanse 13 to 16 mm. 



Described from about 200 bred specimens, Essex County, New 

 Jersey, larvae on Celastrus scaudens Linn, (climbing bittersweet). 

 Type U. S. Nat. Mus., no. 6817. Cotypes, Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 

 Acad. Nat. Sciences, British Museum and collection Kearfott. 



Larva. — Mature, 9-10 mm. long, slender, tapering evenly to each end, slightly 

 annulate, width widest part middle segments 1.5 mm.; width head .45 mm. Head 

 olive greenish-brown, mouth parts light brown, ocelli black ; slightly flattened, in- 



