AMERICAN LEPIDOFTERA. id 



EUDARCIA Clem. 

 Dyar's List, p. 574. 



Head, and especially the face, rough haired. Eyes small, hemis- 

 pherical, freely visible from above, a free space immediately above. 

 Labial palpi rather short with a few isolated seta?, third joint nearly 

 as long as the second, pointed. Maxillary palpi plicate. Antennae 

 of moderate thickness, fully as long as the forewings, somewhat flat- 

 tened, simple, joints close set with prominent angles, giving a finely 

 denticulate appearance. Forewings lanceolate; 11 veins, 4 want- 

 ing, veins 7 and 8 and 9 and 10 stemmed, 11 short; I 6 furcate. 

 Hindwings lanceolate, 7 veins, cell open between 3 and 5, 4 want- 

 ing, 5 and 6 stemmed. Cilia a little over 1. Hind tibise rough 

 haired. 



The two species here recognized are rather small insects, brownish 

 black, forewing with white fascias and marginal spots, and are dis- 

 tinguished as follows : 



Apical cilia of forewing white simulatricella. 



Apical cilia uot white oseinitariella. 



E. si ill ii la I ricella Cleru. — Dyar's List, p. 574, No. 6538. — Head hrowuisb 

 ochreous. Palpi pale yellowish. Antemne ochreous, annulated with dark brown. 

 Forewings a rich dark chocolate brown with a faint purple lustre. A white 

 fascia at one-third, a white costal spot about the middle, a similar dorsal spot 

 opposite and a trifle beyond the middle, a curved costal spot before the apex. 

 Cilia brown, white about the apex and correspondingly to the dorsal spot. Hind- 

 wings brownish fuscous; cilia concolorous. Underside of wings brown with 

 considerable lustre. Legs yellowish fuscous. 



Exp. 8.0-9 mm.; 0.32-0.36 inch. 



• Hab. — Atlantic States. 



A specimen in my collection was received from Webster, New 

 Hampshire. 



E. cremitariel la Cham. — Dyar's List, p. 574, No. 6538, syn.— Certainly 

 distinct from the preceding species, with which indeed it agrees in general 

 appearance, but from which it is readily distinguished by the following charac- 

 ters: All wing markings narrower, more oblique, especially noticeable in the 

 first and second costal spots and the first dorsal spot, which is farther removed 

 from the base; the costal spot before the apex is small and inconspicuous, simply 

 oblique, in the three or four type specimens in the Cambridge Museum, the 

 apical cilia are brown. The markings vary from mere marginal spots to entire 

 fascias. 



Exp. 8.0 mm. ; 0.32 inch. 



Hab. — Kentucky ; Gulf States. 



TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC. XXXI. FEBRUARY. 190." 



