NE W TOR TRICID MO THS—KEARFO TT. 351 



.small dot of o-round color; two vertical white fascia arisino- from inner 

 half of dorsal margin, but reaching* only to upper vein of cell; a 

 large white spot in anal angle with a small round white spot before 

 and beyond it, these two ))eing sometimes joined to the large spot; a 

 a small white spot on outer margin below apex and a tiny white patch 

 at extreme base, a continuation of the white scales of thorax. These 

 white spots are all narrowl}" bordered by darker-blackish lines. Cilia 

 dull fuscous. Hindwing fuscous, cilia paler. Underside: fore wing- 

 dull smoky fuscous, with white spots on costa faintly repeated from 

 above, cilia same; hindwing slightly paler than fore wing. Abdo- 

 men fuscous, anal tuft cinereous. Logs white, annuiated with olive- 

 brown. Plxpanse 16.5 to 17.5 mm. Three male specimens. Try on, 

 North Carolina, collected by Mr. Fiske, Ma}^ 17 to June 1. 



Cotype.'<.—OAt. No. 8239, U. S. Nat. Mus., and in my collection. 



It differs from rohlnsonlana in larger size, paler ground color, and 

 especially in the white spot at anal angle, which is, in this variet.}-, a 

 cluster of three or four smaller spots, more or less joined, while in 

 rdblnsoniana this spot is simple and covers less than one-third of the 

 area. In Bulletin 52, U. S. National Museum, I'ohinsoniana is made a 

 s^'nonym of qidnqueiaaculana Robinson. But a study of the types at 

 the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, and the possession of 

 a long series of both forms convinces me of their distinctness. 

 QainqnemacvJana difl'ers from either of the above by: Head, thorax, 

 and palpi ])rown, not white; position of two inner bands not the same; 

 the inner is a basal patch and the second one is double the width and 

 reaches to the costa. The outer costal spots do not inclose a dot of 

 ground color and are of different shape and size, which is also the case 

 with the spot on anal angle, and most notably all the spots of (pdnqiie- 

 iiKiriihina are silver}" white, while those of rol>iiixoniana and tryonana 

 are dull white. I have male and female of both Robinson's and 

 Grote's species, and they show no sexual difference. 



EUCOSMA ADAMANTANA Guenee. 



Three specimens, September 1. Both Mr. E. Daccke and I have 

 taken this species early in September, near Hammonton, South New 

 Jersey, and I believe these and Mr. Fiske's captures are the first that 

 have been made since Guenee's time; as his description" is not readily 

 accessible, it will be of interest to add that the species can be at once 

 recognized by the almost perfect rusty-red cross on each fore wing, 

 on a bright silver background. The longer limb of the cross arises on 

 dorsal margin, close to base, and continues into apex, the cross-bar 

 begins at center of costa and goes to anal angle. Thc^re is no other 

 species of Encoftma, known to me, at all near this style of ornamen- 

 tation. Mr. Daecke has most thoroughl}" worked this South New 



aAnn. Ent. Soc, Fr. (2), III, 1845, p. 303. (Type, from New Jersey.) 



