THE CANADIAN ENtOMOLOGIST. 153 



NEW MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA. 



BY W. D. KEARFOTT, MONTCLAIR, N. J. 



(Continued from page 128.) 



Eucosma Hamptotiana, sp. nov. 



Expanse, 12.5 to 14 mm. 



Head very pale fdwn ; palpi white fawn, with a darker dusting on 

 outside ; antenna dark fuscous, fawn-wb.ite between joints ; thorax darker 

 fawn than head, posterior half streaked with blackisii \ abdomen grayish- 

 fuscous, anal tuft with an ochreous tinge ; legs whitish-gray, anterior pair 

 dusted with fawn above, and tarsi ringed with black. 



Fore wing light tawny-fawn, with a large white dorsal spot, white 

 dashes on costa, and strigulated with black on costal and dorsal margins. 

 The basal area is limited on lower half of wing by white dorsal mark, on 

 upper half it is not clearly defined ; on the fold are two black dots, and 

 the male costal fold, which extends to middle of wing, is marked with 

 black dashes, with a corresponding line of blackish dots below ; the dorsal 

 margin is similarly marked with black dashes, and the mner edge of the 

 white patch is outlined with black. The white dorsal patch is large, 

 extending from middle of dorsum to tornus, beneath ocellic spot, with two 

 or three dark dots on lower edge ; the inner edge curves obliquely 

 outward to above middle of wing, it then follows fold to tornus; outwardly 

 it is somewhat overlaid with fawn and black scales. Between the white 

 patch and costa is a gray shade ; beyond this the costa is marked with 

 four long geminate lines, white on costa and shining gray below. Each 

 encloses a small black costal dot, and is separated by a larger black spot ; 

 the line below apex curves outward in termen, ending in a white dot below 

 apex. The ocellic area is large, the vertical bars purplish-gray-metallic, 

 the inner is double the width and length of the outer, and above connects 

 with the inner pair of costal lines, below it expands outward beneath the 

 ocellus ; in the fawn-coloured ocellus are four or five short black lines and 

 dots, and there is a patch of black on the inner side of the inner bar. 

 Terminal line black, cut with white below apex. Cilia shining leaden- 

 gray. 



Hind wing smoky-gray, darker at apex. Cilia whitish, with a darker 

 basal line. Under side yellowish-gray. Under side fore wing dark 

 smoky-gray, blackish towards termen ; costal spots repealed. 



The description is from a $ specimen ; the $ differs in that the 

 dorsal patch is gray instead of white \ the 9 is also darker, black and 

 brown scales overlay the fawn. 



May, ig07 



