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COSMOPTERYGIDAE 



PSACAPHORA EDITIIEI.LA, II. sp. I'l. XXVIII, Fig. 11. 



Labial palpi light whitish straw colored with anterior edge purplish black. 

 Face, head and thorax shiny purplish black; antennae purplish black. Fore- 

 wings shining golden red with bronzy black and metallic golden markings ; ex- 

 treme base of wing black, which color is continued narrowly on the costal edge 

 to basal fourth and broadly along the dorsal edge to basal third; the outer half 

 of the dorsal part of this area is heavily irrorated transversely with metallic gold 

 and terminates in a tuft of raised scales; near the end of this black area is a 

 blunt irregular extension upwards into the cell, so strongly overlaid with metallic 

 golden scales as to obscure the black entirely in certain lights and appear solid 

 gold; a similarly colored elongate spot on outer half of the cell; an elongate 

 black, golden irrorated spot on the end of the fold, but not touching the dorsal 

 edge, terminates in a tuft of raised scales and has a large spur upwards over 

 the end of the cell ; the tufts of raised scales have the lower scales pure white and 

 when the tufts are pressed down in setting the specimen these scales protrude 

 and form small white spots at the edge of the black and golden areas; just 

 beyond apical fourth is a conspicuous white costal dash and beyond this the 

 costal, apical and terminal edges are deep black, heavily overlaid with metallic 

 golden scales. Cilia bronzy black. Hindwings and cilia bronzy black. Abdomen 

 Mack. Legs black with the ends of the joints white. 



Alar expanse: 16-17.5 mm. 



H.\BiTAT: Chimney Gulch, Golden, Colorado. Oslar coll. 



Type and cotypes in Collection Barnes; cot\pes in U. S. National Museum 

 (No. 22649). 



A very brilliant moth, typical of the genus and nearest to P. piir- 

 piiricUu Busck, but easily distinguished by the lighter color, different 

 pattern and striking metallic golden wings. 



Named in honor of Miss Edith Horstmann. 



.Stagmatopiiora vvvattella, n. sp. 



Labial palpi white with base of second joint and with base and a broad 

 annulation on terminal joint black. Face and head white. Thorax black. Fore- 

 wings black with a strong purplish sheen and with silvery white markings; an 

 outwardly oblique white streak from basal fourth of costa reacliing to the fold; 

 a similar but smaller streak on the middle of costa and a semicircular white 

 costal spot at apical fourth; a silvery white spot on the middle of dorsal edge, 

 connected by white scales with another white spot at apical fourth of dorsum; 

 a few scattered white scales at apex. Cilia blackish fuscous. Hindwings dark 

 blackish bmun with a stron.^ purple sheen; cilia blackish fuscous. Abdomen 



