26 AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA. 



34. A large triangular dorsal patch 30. morrisoni. 



Without such a patch 31. fluxella. 



35. Fascia very pronounced 36. 



Fascia ill-defined 37. 



36. Head and thorax purplish-fuscous 27. inclusa. 



Head and thorax whitish 32. clemensella. 



37. Larger, 20 mm 33. irenica. 



Smaller, 13-14 mm 38. 



38. Gray, fascia nearly obsolete 34. illibella. 



White, fascia fairly distinct 35. crescentella. 



39. Fascia straight 36. spretella. 



Fascia curved or angulated 40. 



40. Without a dash in basal space 41. 



With one or two dashes in basal space 42. 



41. Head and thorax bone-white 37. ursella. 



Head and thorax gray as fuscous 38. punctiferella. 



42. Head and thorax silvery white 40. vestaliella. 



Head and thorax grayish-fuscous 43. 



43. Smaller, 10 mm 42. pusilla. 



Larger, 13-15 mm 44. 



44. With median costal spot 39. zelleriella. 



Without such a spot 41. tartarella. 



45. Markings rusty red 43. ruibpimctella. 



Markings blackish-brown 46. 



46. A straight subcostal line before the middle..44. melanostriatella. 

 A curved line beyond the middle 45. interpunctella. 



1. H. dives n. sp. (Plate II, fig. 14.) — Head bronze, with cupreous 

 bronze lustre ; antennae fuscous with a slight sheen ; in the male, deeply 

 excised above the base, scale tuft truncate, shaft slightly thickened to- 

 wards the base, strongly ciliate, cilia over 1, pale gray. Palpi long, 

 slender, a trifle more so in the male than the female, dark brown, third 

 joint a little shorter than the second, slightly suffused with pale, espe- 

 cially within and towards the apex. Thorax and forewings a rich, deep 

 bronze brown with considerable lustre, of moderate width, costa nearly 

 straight from near its base to apical fifth, thence equally narrowed to 

 apex ; discal spots obsolete ; the brown scaly covering is intermixed with 

 very fine, grayish hair-like scales, only visible under a strong lense ; 

 cilia fuscous-gray, darker around the apex. Hindwings almost 1, fus- 

 cous-brown with a somewhat greenish, metallic lustre, cilia under 1, 

 fuscous-gray. Underside of forewings fuscous, hindwings paler. Abdo- 

 men dark, bronze brown above, grayish-fuscous beneath, anal bush 

 small, dark gray. Legs dark brown, posterior a trifle paler, femora 

 with greenish metallic lustre, tarsal joints obscurely paler at the apex ; 

 underside of thorax fuscous, with pronounced greenish, metallic lustre. 

 Expanse 16.0-19.0 mm. 



