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Under side fore wing i eddish-black, with a yellowish spot above end 

 of cell ; extreme costal edge and cilia reddish-yellow. 



Twelve specimens, bred by Mr. C. H. Young, from larvae feeding in 

 Club Moss, Lycopodium, at Hurdman's Bridge, Ottawa, Canada. 



Co-types in collections of Fletcher, Young and Kearfott. 



This species is very like Epagoge sul/ureana, Clenx; and I have held 

 it for over two years, thinking it possibly might be a variety. I have 

 examples of the latter from nearly all of the Gulf and Eastern States, and 

 while they exhibit a very wide range of variability, there is not one that 

 even approximates this intensely-dark form. It is nearer E. tunicana, 

 WIsm., but is a brighter red. 



Venation : Fore wing, 7 and 8 stalked, others separate ; hind wing, 3 

 and 4 approximate, but not connate, 6 and 7 connate, not stalked. In 

 Meyrick's Handbook of British Lepidoptera, the synopsis of this genus 

 states that 3 and 4 of hind wing are connate, and 6 and 7 stalked. 



Recurvaria coniferella, sp. nov. — Expanse, 9 mm. 



Head opalescent-white, palpi pale cinereous, third joint ringed with 

 black at base and tip. Antennse whitish, annulated with brown. 

 Abdomen and legs pale cinereous, the latter heavily ringed with black. 



Fore wing yellowish-white or pale cinereous, overlaid with white in 

 the middle of the wing from base to end of cell, and above the fold. There 

 are the usnal three oblique fascioe, all much broken into spots. The inner 

 consists of a black dot on costa at base, and tuft of black and white raised 

 scales below the fold at inner fifth. The second consists of a black dot on 

 costa before the middle, hardly separated from a larger dot below it on 

 the middle of the wing ; below this is a third distinctly separated dot 

 above the dorsum. The outer fascia begins in outer third of costa, with a 

 large dot ; below it, towards base, is a small round dot, and another 

 towards apex in the form of a short horizontal line ; below the first of 

 these, above the dorsum, is another small dot. All of these dots, except 

 on the costa, consist of tufts of black raised scales, bounded outwardly 

 with white raised scales. The apex of wing is heavily powdered with 

 black, obscurely forming four black marginal dots. Cilia gray, overlaid 

 with black. 



Hind wing pale gray, cilia yellowish-gray. 



Two specimens, bred from larvae on pine, Ottawa, Canada, by Mr. 

 Arthur Gibson. Issued June 20, 1905. Type in my collection. Co- 

 type in Dr. Fletcher's collection. 



