38 AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA. 



mixed in every collection I have seen, which is partly accounted for 

 by reason of the fact that the females are usually so unlike the males 

 that it has been easier to refer them to another species than to asso- 

 ciate them together. I have been successful in accumulating very 

 long series of both sexes of each species, including four new species 

 which are described below, and the following notes will doubtless be 

 helpful in arranging them hereafter. For the purpose of compari- 

 son the males and females are treated under different heads. 



T. radiatana. Wlsm. % . — Forewing : whitish-fawn color, with a browii- 

 ochreish streak from base to termen below apex, the veins beyond cell outlined 

 with the same color, ocellus not well developed. 



Hiiidwing: light fuscous-brown. 



essexaiia Kearf. %. — Forewing: paler than 'radintana, more of a 

 bleached straw color, median brown streak darker, veins beyond cell not dis- 

 tinctly outlined with brown, ocellic spot well defined and encircled by brown. 

 Hindwing: gray fuscous. 



T. unibrastriaiia Kearf. % .—Forewing: a shade darker than radiatana, 



median streak obscure, the entire outer third suffused with brown-ochreish, ex- 

 cept the costal spot area, ocellus not strongly defined. 

 Hindwing: dark smoky brown. 



..^T. roseoterininana Kearf. % . — Forewing: similar to umbristriana, but a 

 paler brighter color, median streak nearly or quite obsolete, suffusion in outer 

 third of a bright burnt-sienna shade, ocellus not distinct. 



Hindwing: paler than umbristriana, or the same shade as radiatana. 



•—-V, aweineaiia Kearf. %,. — Forewing: like a diminutive distinctana, but 

 darker, median streak broader and to middle of wing only. 

 Hindwing: light fuscous brown, similar to radiatana. 



T. ferruginana Fern. %. — Forewing: reddish-ochreous, paler at base. 

 This is the smallest in both sexes of the series. 



T. formoNana Clem. %. — Forewing: inner two-thirds blackish-brown, 

 outer third ochreous, costal metallic streaks do not connect with ocellus. 

 Hindwing: dark smoky brown. 



"•■T. aspidicana Hbn. %. — Forewing: similar to /ormosana, but less ochre- 

 ous in outer third, and a strong metallic line from costH to inner metallic bar of 

 ocellus. I have five European specimens of this species, the name of which has 

 been so frequently applied to Ameiican specimens, I think erroneously, as I have 

 never seen an American specimen having all of the characters common to the 

 European. 



T. radiatana Wlsm. 9- — Forewing: brownish-ochreous, with the median 

 streak of a darker brown, ocellus not distinct. 

 Hindwing: darker brown. 



