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B^. Silvery streaks short and diffused, preceded by a similar 

 dorsal blotch. A. splendidulana. 



A^. Fore wings long and narrow, black-brown with paler 

 markings. 



C. Hind wings yellow-white with dark border. 



A. fimhridna. 

 C^. Hind wings white with a faint brown apical tinge, fore 



wings glistening. A. suhsequana. 



C^ Hind wings snow-white with brown apex ; fore wings 



with faint dorsal blotch. A. 2)yfjmwana. 



C*. Hind wings smoky-brown. 



D. Fore wings mottled, without definite markings. 



A. nanana. 

 D^. Fore wings with two shining white dorsal blotches. 



A. vacciniana. 

 A^. Fore wings moderately broad, hind wings smoky-brown. 



E. Fore wings mottled, black-brown, with a large oblique 



white dorsal blotch. A. argyrana. 



E-. Fore wings brown, with a broad flattened dorsal blotch. 



A. ustomaculana. 



1. A. ochsenheimeriana, Zell. — Expanse | inch 

 {9-mm.), Fore wings olive-black, with silvery transverse 

 streaks, and a narrow deep black central stripe. 



Antennae deep black finely barred with white ; palpi, 

 head, and thorax leaden-black ; abdomen smoky-black. 

 Fore wings short, somewhat ovate ; costa flatly arched, 

 apex bluntly rounded ; olive-black or almost leaden-black ; 

 at one-third the length of the wing is a very faint blacker 

 transverse stripe ; at two-thirds the length au erect 

 transverse deep black bar arising on the dorsal margin, and 

 edged on both sides with silvery lines or dots ; area of the 

 wing otherwise faintly irrorated with golden yellow dusting 

 and silvery lines ; costa minutely dotted with steel-blue, and 

 one or two similiar streaks lie before the hind margin ; cilia 



