AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA. 00 



H. ehrysoadspersella n.sp.— PL II, fig. 8. — Maxillary and labial palpi 

 silvery white, the latter externally, and the third joint within at the base, 

 brownish. Face orange yellow becoming orange brown on the vertex. An- 

 tennas |, brown above, silvery white beneath. Thorax flee)) brown. Fore- 

 wings dark brown, irrorated with silvery gray, which in certain lights has 

 a blueish reflection, and sprinkled with fine golden scales; costal, and to some 

 extent, the dorsal margin, darker; in the basal fourth are three rounded, ill- 

 defined silvery spots, between these and on the fold is a scale tuft, beyond these 

 is an oblique, ill-defined, silvery baud limited externally at two-fifths the wing- 

 length, by two discal scale tufts, the lower of which is on the fold, exterior to 

 these tufts is an oblique, ill-defined, darker fascia, externally to this another 

 oblique silvery facia, interrupted below the middle; two tufts at end of cell and 

 another at almost the end of fold, all the tufts are very dark, velvety brown, 

 faced towards the base with silvery white scales; six silvery white costal spots, 

 the first before the middle, the first and second of these are somewhat oblique, 

 the third perpendicular to the margin, the remaining three directed obliquely 

 backward, the fourth spot forms with an opposite spot on the dorsal margin, an 

 augulated, silvery line or band; on the dorsal margin are five or six similar 

 spots; a narrow subcostal line of golden yellow in basal third. Cilia gray, basal 

 portion dark brown, barred with silvery lines corresponding with the marginal 

 spots. Hind wings grayish fuscous without metallic lustre, cilia concolorous. 

 Abdomen above fuscous brown ; body beneath and legs silvery white, the latter 

 tinged with brown, tarsal joints brown above, except at their apex. 



Exp. 8.5 mm. ; 0.34 inch. 



Hub. — -Maryland (Plummer's Island). 



A single specimen sent me by Mr. A. Busck, who took it at the 

 above locality in September, 1903. Type in the National Museum. 



H. costisignella Clem.— Dyar's List, p. 574, No. 649S.— PI. V, fig. 2.— 

 Maxillary and labial palpi dark fuscous, the latter paler within and whitish at 

 the apex. Head sordid ochreous, intermixed with brown. Antenna' dark 

 fuscous above, paler beneath. Thorax and forewings reddish fulvous, the latter 

 narrow; costal margin and dorsal margin from about the middle to apex, black- 

 ish brown ; on the costal margin are about eight spots, which are somewhat 

 arranged in pairs, the second pair about the middle in such a way that the third 

 spot is before and the fourth behind the middle, the remaining four spots are 

 within the last third, and the last of these extends across the apex to a small 

 dorsal spot; the apical part is thickly dusted with dark brown, this space is 

 rather sharply limited by an oblique line which extends from beginning of 

 dorsal cilia to the fifth or sixth costal spot, and interspersed with silvery white 

 scales; the remainder of the wing is traversed by obscure, oblique silvery lines. 

 which proceed from the first four costal spots, the two exterior of these lines 

 become confluent and form an indistinct fascia, these lines become less distinct 

 as they approach the dorsal margin, and in a certain light have a blueish pearly 

 appearance; a blackish brown scale tuft at end of cell. Cilia gray with a rather 

 wide, more or less interrupted dividing line at basal third. Hind wings gray, 

 with brassy lustre, darker towards the apex ; cilia concolorous. Abdomen above 

 and beneath fuscous brown mixed with gray. Legs pale yellowish gray, anterior 

 and middle pair dark brown externally; tarsal joints pale at apex; hind legs 

 paler. 



Exp. 10.0 mm. ; 0.4 inch. 



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



