AMERICAN EEPIDOPTERA. 35 



PHRYGAffEOPSIS Wish. 

 Dyar's List, p. 573. 



Head rough. Antennae pubescent in both sexes. Maxillary 

 palpi plicate; labial palpi three times the length of the head, por- 

 rect, clothed with coarse, hair like scales. Forewings rather broad ; 

 all veins present, free, l 6 furcate. Hindwings a little wider than 

 the forewings, oval ; all veins present. Abdomen compressed. 

 Tibiae rough haired, somewhat thickened. 



P. briiunea Wish.— Dyar's List's, p. 573, No. 6536.— Head ochreous; palpi 

 brown; antenna? whitish brown. Forewings chocolate-brown, with purple (% I 

 or greenish purple ( 9 ) reflection. A pale, ochreous spot about the end of tin- 

 cell and another at the middle of the dorsal border ; two or three groups of simi- 

 lar scales on the outer half of the costa. Cilia concolorous. Hindwings brown 

 ( % ) or purplish ( 9 ). Abdomen and legs brown, feet a trifle paler. 



Exp. 20.0 mm. ( % )-25.0 mm. ( 9 ) ; 0.8-1.0 inch. 



Hab. — California. 



The species is unknown to me in nature. 



liV€lR\ARIA Haw. 

 Dyar's List, p. 569. 



Head rough. Tongue developed. Antennae shorter than the 

 forewing, ciliated in the male. Maxillary palpi folded ; labial palpi 

 variable in length, filiform, sometimes with terminal bristles of sec- 

 ond joint; third joint pointed. Forewings subtriangular to ovate- 

 lanceolate, all veins present, \ b furcate ; hindwings oval or ovate- 

 lanceolate, all veins present, free, cilia under 1. Hind tibiae rough 

 haired, except aureovirenx. 



As here defined, the species occurring in our fauna, as far as 

 known, may conveniently be arranged into three distinct groups, 

 each having a subgeneric value, and the last of these probably dis- 

 tinctly generic. Scarcity of material must leave this question un- 

 answered for the present : 



Larger species; 10.0 mm. and more. Hindwings at least as wide as the fore- 

 wings, oval, apex broadly rounded. 

 Forewings dark, fuscous or purplish brown, with pale fascias and spots. 



Scales of hind wings oval, veins of forewings all free Group I. 



Forewings unicolorous, or else ground color, white or grayish white, with 

 dark browu fascias and spots, veins 7-8 stalked. Scales of hindwings 



hair like Gkoup II. 



Smaller species; not exceeding 7.0 mm. Hindwings narrower than forewings, 

 ovate-lanceolate, scales hair like Group III. 



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



