AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA. 27 



Hub. — British Columbia (Wellington); Europe. 



A male specimen in my collection has served for the above de- 

 scription. I have not seen an authentic specimen of this species, 

 but the description tallies so completely with my specimen that I 

 entertain no doubt of its identity. 



S. Burkerella Busck.— Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxvii, p. 777.— Antenna- 

 pale, annulate with brown Wings rather elongate, pale ochreous; spots large. 

 dark brown ; no median fascia, a large oblique costal spot near the base extend- 

 ing beyond the fold ; a large subquadrate spot about the middle, between these 

 two are three or four small costal spots, and beyond the middle are four more; a 

 large spot at end of cell and beyond it, but a little nearer the costa, another spot, 

 these spots are connected by a dark line ; a large subquadrate spot on dorsal mar- 

 gin about the middle, three or four spots along base of dorsal cilia, the last of 

 these just before the apex is smaller and is opposite to the last costal spot, these 

 spots extend somewhat into the cilia; aside from these coarser markings the 

 wing is dotted with smaller dots and scales of a brown color. 



Exp. 26.0 mm. 



Hub. — Washington (Hoquiam). 



Mr. Busck has kindly permitted me to see his type, from which 

 the above short description was taken. 



S. approximately n. sp. — PI. I, fig. 8.--Head ochreous, slightly tinged 

 with brown. Labial palpi long and slender, pale yellowish, second joint porrect. 

 externally and brush beneath, brown, the hairs of the latter are less stiff and 

 dense and directed obliquely forward so as to form a projecting tuft beyond the 

 joint; third joint as long as the second, slender, ascending and pointed, tinged 

 with brown in its basal half externally. Maxillary palpi pale, plicate. Anteume 

 slender, grayish ochreous, annulate with dark fuscous above, more pronounced 

 toward the base; joints less close set, longer than wide; cilia in the male, long, 

 2 and over. Thorax yellowish, patagia brownish anteriorly. Forewings elon- 

 gate-oval, less broadly rounded at the apex than tessulatella, ground color yellow- 

 ish white, with scattered, pale brownish scales; near the base is an oblique costal 

 spot attaining the fold ; about the middle of the wing is a transverse fascia, be- 

 ginning on the costa and extending in about equal width for two-thirds the width 

 of the wing, when it becomes narrowed from both margins and attains the dorsal 

 margin as a small spot, nearer the base than the apex ; externally and near the 

 costa the fascia sends out an angular projection. Between the fascia and the 

 oblique basal spot are some transverse lines. Another spot on the apical third of 

 the costa, including a pale dot on the costa and limited externally by another 

 pale dot, does not reach the dorsal margin ; terminal margin dark brown ; a tri- 

 angular spot about the middle of the dorsal cilia. Subplical space paler than rest 

 of wing. Cilia pale, with distinct line near the base and another wider but less 

 clearly defined near the outer edge; these lines are interrupted by four light bars 

 of which the apical one is very narrow. Underside grayish fuscous, markings, 

 except near the costa, not obvious. Hindwings elongate-oval, as wide as fore- 

 wings, pale grayish, slightly tinged with fuscous. Cilia concolorous, with pale 



TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC. XXXI. JANUARY, 1905. 



