42 ameri(;an lepidoptera. 



Tliiodia aiiiietteaiia sp. nov. 



Expanse 14-16 mm. 



Heiul, palpi and thorax yellowish-fawu ; antenna brown ; abdomen light fus- 

 cous, legs whitish-yellow, dusted with fuscous. 



Forewing: inner half dull yellow. The outer half is occupied by an elaborate 

 ocellic spot, with metallic lines from costa. The ocellus is circular, filling the 

 outer fourth of wing, on the lower half are two horizontal rows of square black 

 spots, with a trace of a third line below, the upper half is brownish-fuscous, 

 speckled with whitish scales. A silvery-metallic line in the form of a half circle 

 bounds the upper half, it is interrupted at highest point, where a short metallic 

 line from costa connects with the inuerside; the outerside ends in middle of ter- 

 men, where it nearly joins a vertical metallic line from apex. There is a vertical 

 curved line on inner side of lower half of ocellus, and a shorter line on the out- 

 side, with a short one between the two middle pairs of black dots ; the two former 

 of these roughly form a complete circle around the ocellus. Beyond middle of 

 costa a metallic line crosses the wing vertically, reaching nearly to dorsum, a 

 similar but shorter line starts from costa behind the first one, but only reaches 

 middle of wing; these two lines form the inner boundary of the ocellic ornamen- 

 tation, between the lines and above the upper metallic circle the color is same as 

 inner half of wing, but dotted heavily with gray along the edges. Cilia speck- 

 led fuscous and gray at base, outwardly shining gray ; underside gilvery-gray. 



Underside forewing: light coppery-brown, costal spots faintly repeated. 



Seven specimens: Cincinnati, Ohio, April 2d to 23d, all collected 

 by Miss Annette F. Braun, whose name will fittingly honor this 

 dainty species. It is closely allied to T. refusaua Walk., and closely 

 resembles Eucosma circulana Hbn. "^ 



■ Thiodia asphodelana sp. nov. 



Expanse 25-30 mm. 



Head and palpi brownish-gray ; antenna silvery-gray ; thorax gray, finely 

 speckled with fuscous; abdomen grayish-fuscous, tuft cinereous; legs gray, 

 banded and dusted with fuscous. 



Forewing: light brownish-fuscous, the outer half of the rather long overlap, 

 ping scales ashy-white, giving the wing a frosted appearance. The white scales 

 are not as abundant below the middle of the wing, causing a darker shade which 

 crosses fold and ends before ocellus. The latter is high up in middle of termen 

 and consists of two or three short vertical lines of irridescent scales, bounded on 

 the outside by three black dots. The costal marks are obsolete, but below costa, 

 above ocellus, are a few irridescent scales, arranged as would be the ends of 

 oblique costal lines. On the border, below apex, is a short line of shining scales ; 

 terminal line brown ; cilia whitish-fuscous, with a white line at base, followed by 

 a darker line. 



Hiugwing: smoky brown, cilia white, with white followed by brown basaj 

 lines; uuderside the same, but a shade paler, and whitish along costa; underside 

 very dark, smoky brown, whitish along costa and termen. 



Four specimens : Duraugo, Colo., June 6th and July 2d, Dr. 

 Dietz ; South Utah, July, O. C. Poling ; Calgary, Alberta, Head of 



