AMERICAN LEPIDOPTEEA. li 



middle legs brown, tarsal joints paler at apex ; hindlegs yellowish, tinged with 

 gray and fuscous. 



Exp. 7.5 mm. ; 0.3 inch. 



Hub. — New Jersey (Caldwell). 



Taken by Mr. D. W. Kearfott in July, and to whom I am 

 indebted for a male specimen. Named in honor of my friend Dr. 

 Skinner. 



P. bipunctella n.sp. — PI. VI, fig. 1.— Labial palpi brown, apices of second 

 and third joints paler, maxillary palpi yellowish. Face and anteror part of head 

 a rich brown, remainder of head white, with a faint tinge of yellowish. Antenna?, 

 nearly as long as the forewing, brown, basal joint deep brown, apex a trifle paler. 

 Thorax white, a large oval, velvety, dark brown spot each side before the inser- 

 tion of the forewing, the latter white, costa brown from base to apex, though paler 

 towards the latter, the brown dilated in the basal third to one-third the wing 

 breadth, a similar expansion in the last third, an irregular spot on the dorsal mar- 

 gin about the middle; scattered brown scales along the entire dorsal margin, 

 more evident along base of cilia, latter pale brown, densely sprinkled with brown 

 scales in costal portion, white around the apex ; remainder of surface very spar- 

 ingly sprinkled with pale brown scales, giving it a somewhat sordid appearance; 

 in the apical part of the wing are several ill-defined patches of pale golden yel- 

 low ; the dark brown has in certain lights a golden reflection ; underside brown- 

 ish. Hind wings grayish fuscous. Abdomen above grayish fuscous. Underside 

 of body silvery white, tinged with fuscous. Legs silvery gray, anterior and 

 middle dusted with fuscous; tarsi brown above, joints slightly paler at apex; 

 hind legs entirely yellowish gray. 



Exp. 9.0 mm.; 0.36 inch. 



Hab. — Florida (Hastings). 



A single female specimen in my collection. 



P. floritlella n. sp. — Head and thorax entirely white, former slightly 

 tinged with yellow posteriorly and between the antennae. Palpi yellowish. 

 Antenna- scarcely two-thirds the wing length, brown, basal part and extreme 

 apex whitish. Forewings white, costa seal brown for three-fourths, not dilated 

 near the base, a conspicuous blackish brown costal spot about two-thirds the 

 wing length ; a blackish spot or short dash on the disc, just before the middle 

 and nearer the costal than dorsal margin, a short dash just before the apex nearer 

 the dorsal margin; apical two-fifths near the costa, and apical part of wing, 

 thickly dusted with golden yellow. Cilia ochreous yellow, whitish at beginning 

 of dorsal portion, with scattered brown scales, forming two ill-defined lines. 

 Hindwings grayish fuscous. Abdomen pale fuscous above. Underside of body 

 grayish silvery. Legs yellowish white; anterior tibia.' and tarsi dark brown, 

 middle and posterior tinged with brown. 



Exp. 8.0 mm. ; 0.32 inch. 



Hub. — Florida (Hastings). 



A male specimen in my collection. 



TElNS. AM. ENT. SOC. XXXI. FEBRUARY, 1905. 



