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Forewing: inner half mottled dull ochreous, ochreous-brown, and black in 

 vertical strigulation. The outer edge of this area is a line of black scales from 

 middle of dorsum to outer three-fifths of costa. The outer part of wing is of the 

 same vertical strigulated appearance, but the color is cream-white, the strigula- 

 tions inwardly are pinkish-yellow, and in outer third shining cream color. At 

 the end of cell there is a small circle of black scales, and a black dot at end of 

 each vein from outer fourth of costa around ternien to anal angle. There is a 

 subapical line of black, one dot on each vein. The inner fourth of dorsal margin 

 is rather heavily powdered with black, this streak running to middle of base. 

 Each of the black strigulations begins with a black dot or dash on costa. 



Hind wing: brownish-gray, underside paler and reticulated with darker brown. 

 Underside forewing ochreous-brown. 



Two specimens: Plumnier's Island, Md., May; A. Busck, col- 

 lector. 



Cotype in U. S. Nat. Mus. 



Phalonia formonana sp. nov. 



Expanse 13-15 mm. 



Head: cream-white, brownish on sides; palpi cream-white, ochreous-brown 

 outside; apical joint black ; antenna brownish-gray ; thorax cream-white ; pata- 

 gia and posterior end of tuft ochreous-brown ; abdomen mottled gray and fus- 

 cous, tuft dull ochreous; legs cream-white, heavily dusted and banded with 

 blackish-brown. 



Forewing: cream-white, with dark central fascia and ochreous-brown outer 

 third. The middle fascia is ochreous-brown, dotted with black on edges of lower 

 two-thirds, and narrowly black on extreme costal edge; its inner edge is from 

 inner third of dorsum to middle of costa. The lower end is broader than the 

 upper. The cream color bordering it on each side is edged with shining scales. 

 The inner fourth of costa is ochreous-brown, dotted with black, with two black 

 dashes between this and fascia. A shade of light ochreous-brown spreads from 

 inner fourth of costa to middle of wing, with a lighter shade overspreading the 

 cream-white except narrowly on dorsum and outer edge of the white area. Be- 

 tween the middle dark fascia and dark outer third is a narrow cream-white fascia, 

 broad on costa, contracted at middle of wing, and broadening again to dorsum, 

 where it is marked with three blackish dots. The outer third contains a large 

 patch of dull ochreous from end of cell, touching costa as a dot at its outer edge 

 and curve of termen at anal angle as two dots. There are two blackish dots, one 

 on costa before apex and one in apex, that send a darker fascia-like streak to 

 middle of wing; the inner edge is outlined with shining white, and the outer 

 edge continues as a shining white streak nearly to anal angle. The upper part 

 of this dark streak is overlaid with leaden-black scales, and a horizontal line of 

 black crosses middle of the whole area from end of cell. Cilia dull ochreous-white 

 by reflected light. 



Hind wing: light purplish-gray; cilia whitish, divided near base by darker 

 line. Underside the same but paler. Underside forewing smoky black ; costal 

 spots repeated as light ochreous. 



Eleven specimens : San Luis Obispo, Cal,, March and July, A, 

 H. Vachell. 



TE.^NS. AM. KNT. SOC. XXXIII. (11) MARCH, 1907. 



