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An aberrant genus, distinguished by the extraordinarily long 

 palpi, which are much more extended than in any other American 

 genus. I have only the % of one species, and only the 9 of the 

 other, but as far as these give characteristics they are congeneric. 

 Species. — 31. monticola Hulst, n. sp. 



M. longipalpata Hulst, n. sp. 



M. monticola n. sp. — Expands 32 mm. Palpi grayish black, ascending 

 slightly, round, with loose projecting scales, end member black at base, blackish 

 gray at end ; front black, loosely scaled ; summit buff colored ; antennae of % 

 black; thorax buff colored. Legs blackish, mixed with ocher. becoming ochre- 

 ous at ends of joints; fore wings buff color, with an intermixing of fuscous scales, 

 the color quite even over all wings: a basal black cross-line angulated at middle; 

 a broad black cross-line at middle of wing, even, rounded on cell ; an outer black 

 cross-line narrower than the preceding, and nearly parallel with it, shortly den- 

 tate its whole length ; the outer field slightly shaded : marginal line black ; a 

 black spot on cell half way between basal and middle cross lines, much further 

 towards base than the ordinary position of the discal spot; hind wings with the 

 lines of the fore wings continued, except that the basal is obsolete ; the outer 

 edge of the wings somewhat wavy : beneath faintly showing the markings above ; 

 colors all lighter. 



Sierra Nevada, California. 



M. longipalpata n. sp. — Expands 26 mm. Palpi dark gray, lighter to- 

 wards base, rounded with loose scales ; front black, summit gray ; autennse inter- 

 lined, light gray and blackish; thorax fuscous gray: fore wings fuscous, pretty 

 evenly sprinkled with blackish scales giving a dark fuscous gray color, there are 

 also a few scattered scales of a violet-red color, these being more prevalent at 

 base of fore wings, within discal spot, and over the middle and outer field of hind 

 wings giving a faint violet shading to the wings ; fore wings with a broken black 

 basal line, a broken middle band, and a more distinct extra-disi.al line, narrow, 

 black, broadly rounded at cell, wavy scalloped ; a black spot on cell between first 

 and second lines; marginal line black ; hind wings with cuter and marginal lines 

 of fore wings ; discal spot large, black, lengthened ; both the fore and hind wings 

 have waved outer margins ; beneath as above, lighter and fainter. 



Soda Springs, Siskiyou County, California. From Mr. Behrens, 



July 19. 



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6. DEFTAL.IA n. gen. 

 Type insularia Guen. 

 Palpi erect, reaching above head ; tongue developed ; front rounded, 

 short scaled ; antennpe strongly bipectinate in S ; hind tibiae of % 

 with only end pair of spurs present, not swollen, without hair pencil ; 

 hind tibiae of 9 with both pairs of spurs present; fore wings with- 

 out accessory cell, discal cell short, 12 veins, 3 and 4 from a point, 

 6 separate, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 on one stem ; a tufting of long scales 



TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC. XXIII. SEPTEMBER, 1896. 



