14 AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA. 



slender, simple, and finely denticulate below. Labial palpi long, 

 curved upward, decidedly stouter in the male than the female, grayish- 

 white, the second joint externally, densely overlaid with dark fuscous 

 scales, except extreme apex, third joint less densely speckled. Fore- 

 wings moderately wide, margins nearly parallel from near the base to 

 apical fourth, equally narrowed thence to apex, latter rather obtuse ; 

 ground color whitish, more or less densely overlaid with dark brown 

 scales, forming a fairly constant pattern, a whitish fascia at one-third, 

 curved outwardly and somewhat angulated in the fold, this fascia is 

 shaded with dark fuscous within, which increases in density towards 

 the base, outwardly the fascia is densely shaded with dark fuscous, 

 which extends a little further along the costa than along the dorsal 

 margin ; two well marked spots at end of cell and immediately beyond 

 these a transverse costal and dorsal spot, which form somewhat of a 

 fascia, interrupted in the middle third, beyond these spots are six or 

 seven, more or less well marked marginal dots ; remaining surface more 

 or less densely speckled with fuscous ; cilia gray towards the base and 

 speckled with white and fuscous scales ; outer portion traversed by 

 several ill-defined longitudinal lines. Hindwings over I, dorsal mar- 

 gin feebly convex, gray, dusted with fuscous ; cilia under 11, gray, 

 with pale basal line. Abdomen dark fuscous, segments margined 

 posteriorly with whitish scales ; anal bush grayish-ochreous. Under- 

 side of abdomen grayish-fuscous. Legs gray, suffused with fuscous, 

 hind tibia with an oblique fascia at middle and at both ends paler ; 

 tarsal joints paler at apex. Expansion 16.0-23.0 mm., 0.64-0.92 inch. 



//^.—Atlantic States. Tex. (Dallas), Mo. (St. Louis), 

 N. C, Cal. (Lake Co.) (Walsingham). 



Larva in acorns. I have examined Zeller's type of nubi- 

 lella. A female, bearing his green label — Blast obasis nubi- 

 le! la Z. ; red type label 1714, locality label Dallas, Tex. Boll., 

 compared with specimen oiglandulella Riley, in my collection, 

 found identical with the latter. Lord Walsingham 's* refer- 

 ence to Mr. Chambers' and Mr. Riley's assertions concern- 

 ing the identity of nubilella ZeW., triangularisella Ch., and 

 sciaphilella Zell., must be corrected as follows : nubilella Z., 

 as there and above stated, is synonmyous with gla?idulella R.; 

 triangularisella Ch., and sciaphilella Z., are the same and 

 belong to Holcocera — sensu Clementi. The type of sciaphi- 

 lella presents an anomaly in the neuration of the hindwings, 

 as it has 8 veins on the left side {Holcocera) and 7 (Blastoba- 

 sis) on the right, veins 3 + 4 are stemmed. This no doubt 

 accounts for Mr. Busck referring this species to Blastobasis. 



* Prov. U. S. Nat. Mus. Vol. XXXIII, p. 201. 



