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p21. HO]»IO<'HI.ODES ii. gen. 

 Type fritillaria Gueii. 



Palpi moderate, subascending, rather long, scaled below ; tongue 

 developed; front smooth; antennae flattened, filiform, very finely 

 ciliate; thorax and abdomen smooth; legs smooth, hind tibise in I 

 much swollen, with pencil of hairs, and with a short tuft of hairs 

 at end of femora; two pairs of spurs in both sexes; fore wings 

 rounded, without fovea at base in I , 12 veins, 10 from cell with 9, 

 or short stemmed with it, 11 from cell; hind wings all veins sepa- 

 rate, 5 undeveloped, 8 separate from cell. 



Species. -l-i^ fritillaria Guen. (disconventa Wlk.) 

 H. famulata Hulst. 



•22. THAL,L,OPHAGA u. geu. 

 TjY>^ faufaria Hulst. 



Palpi long, subascending, end member small, deflexed ; front with 

 strong conical scale tuft ; antennae of % flattened, somewhat lamel- 

 late ; tongue developed ; thorax and abdomen smooth ; hind tibiae 

 of Z swollen, with hair pencil, with all spurs ; fore wings broad, 

 slightly falcate, without fovea below, 12 veins, 10 and 11 from cell ; 

 hind wings 5 undeveloped, 8 separate from cell. 

 Species. — T. faataria Hulst. 



23. AETHYCTERAn. gen. 

 Type electa Hulst. 



Palpi rather short, porrect, not heavily scaled ; tongue strong ; 

 front broad, smooth ; antennae bipectinate in Z , plumose, pectina- 

 tions long, filiform, apex simple ; thorax and abdomen scaled ; hind 

 tibiae long, not swollen, without hair pencil, with all spurs; fore 

 wings pointed, somewhat falcate, rounded, without fovea below, 12 

 veins, 10 on 9, 11 from cell; hind wings even, rounded, anal angle 

 quite distinct, 5 undeveloped, 6 and 7 separate, 8 separate from cell. 

 Species. — A. electa Hulst, n. sp. 



A. electa n. sp. — Expands 32 mm. Palpi ocher fuscous at end ; front ocber 

 yellow, with a fuscous stain ; thorax ocher. Abdomen ooher at base, becoming 

 ocher fuscous towards end, the whole intermixed with dark scales; fore wings 

 even violet ocher, evenly peppered over with blackish scales ; outer space slightly 

 darkened, veins less violet; hind wings dull white, somewhat peppered along 

 inner edge with darkish scales : beneath light violet ocher, much lighter than 

 above, spattered with dark scales, not so distinct nor sharp in color as above, 

 and these prevalent, especially on the hind wings ; at apex of fore wings and 

 along outer margin the color deepens so as to resemble the color above. 

 Siskiyou County, California. 



TKANS. AM. KNT. SOC. XXIII. SEPTEMBER. 1896 



