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tuft creamy white. Underside of body silvery white, tinged with brown; legs 

 creamy white, tibiae and tarsal joints spotted with dark brown. 

 Exp. 12.0-17.0 mm.; 0.48-0.63 inch. 



Hab. — Kentucky ; Florida (Hastings). 



A specimen in my collection from the last named locality is much 

 smaller than the expansion given by Mr. Chambers, but which. 

 without a doubt, is this species. The author mentions only seven 

 costal spots, but no doubt overlooked the one immediately follow- 

 lowing the dark basal space. I am strongly inclined to the opinion 

 that the present species is only a variety of H. argentistrigella. 



Subgenus HOMOSETIA. 



Contains the bulk of the species. The wings vary in width from 

 nearly lineo-lanceolate to lanceolate of the forewings. Hindwings 

 from lineo-lanceolate to lanceolate, costa distinctly retuse in its 

 outer half or three-fifths. Forewings with scale tufts. 



The species may be distinguished as follows : 



Forewings dark brown or blackish brown. 

 Face white, vertex black. 



A large, well defined silvery spot near the base- • - cristatella. 



Without such a spot obscurella. 



Head orange clirysoadspersella. 



Forewings tawny, or yellowish brown. 

 With white costal spots. 



Wings narrower; spots not oblique costisignella. 



Wings wider; costal spots oblique fasciella. 



Without white costal spots maculatella. 



Forewings grayish white. 

 Forewings wider, less elongate; subcostal tuft of median fascia large. 



misceeristatella. 

 Forewings narrow, subcostal tuft of median fascia small. 



tricingulatella. 

 H. cristatella Ch.— Dyar's List, p. 574, No. 6548. 

 Mr. Chambers describes this species as follows : 



Maxillary palpi yellowish white; labial palpi with the second joint dark brown 

 with a white line along its upper surface ; third joint white. Face white, vertex 

 black, antennae brown, and the upper surface of the thorax deep velvety black. 

 Forewings shining velvety black with a large spot like burnished silver at the 

 base, and not quite touching the costa, margined behind by a transverse row of 

 raised scales; about the basal fourth is a shining silvery fascia which is slightly 

 curved, a little irregular in outline, widest about the middle, but wider on the 

 costal than on the dorsal margin, and margined behind by a transverse row of 

 scales. About the middle of the wing is another fascia of the same hue, which 

 is a little oblique, being nearer the base on the costal than on the dorsal margin. 



TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC. XXXI. (11) FEBRIARY. 1905 



