THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 12:^ 



This is allied to H. Menickana, K. It can be separated by the edge 

 defining the dark apical area, which in Merrickana is straight, and in 

 riscana at upper third turns, gi:)es to costa vertically, making a hump at 

 that point. 

 ~ Hysterosia tiscana, sp. no v. 



Expanse, ^ 15-18 mm, $ 17-19 mm. 



Head grayish-ochreous ; palpi grayish-white inside, bronzy-black 

 outside ; antenna brownish-fuscous , middle of thorax and patagia bright 

 ochreous-brown, edged on side with blackish-brown, the posterior tips of 

 the scales whitish ; abdomen grayish-fuscous, anal tuft cinereous ; legs 

 whitish, banded and dusted with bronzy-black. 



Fore wing mottled shades of gray, fuscous and bronzy-black. The 

 oblique liiie from dorsum at inner fourth is almost obsolete, being a more 

 intense blackish siiade on the dark ground colour ; it is, however, sharply 

 outlined on basal side by streak of whitish, mixed with a few ochreous 

 scales. Tliere are tliree black lines in the apical fourth, beginning on costa 

 and coming nearly together at tornus. These lines are edged with 

 ochreous, and vertical ochreous striguhe cross the wing, especially on the 

 lower half, between these lines and the base. At the end of cell is an 

 angulated cluster of black scales, margined with white, and betvveen it and 

 the inner of the three black lines is a parallel short black line in middle of 

 wing. Between the middle black line and termen the ground colour is 

 whitish-gray. Terminal line black, cut by three dashes from as many small 

 white spots in tornus. Cilia gray. 



Hind wing pale gray, cilia the same, with a darker basal line ; under 

 side gray, heavily reticulated with bronzy-brown. Under side fore wing 

 smoky-black, spotted with dull ochreous on costa, terminal line black, 

 preceded by a dull ochreous line. The females are much darker, thorax 

 and fore wing almost uniform bronzy-black, without any paler markings. 



Five males and four females, Essex County Park, N. J., Aug 1-22 ; 

 Tight trap. 



Hysterosia Cartwrig/itana, sp. nov. 



Expanse, 18-24 mm. 



Head and thorax light brownish-ochreous ; palpi whitish inside, light 

 brownish-ochreous outside, shaded anteriorly with bronzy-brown ; antenna 

 brownish-fuscous ; abdomen ochreous-fuscous ; legs wliitish, banded and 

 dusted with bronzy blark. 



