28 AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA. 



Mus. Coll. The author does not mention the interspersion 

 of white tipped scales on the forewing. The similarity to 

 quisquiliella Zell., as remarked by the author, is .consider- 

 able, but the latter lacks the greenish-cupreous reflections, 

 and the white tipped scales of forewing ; it is a larger insect, 

 the male antennas less deeply excised, cilia under i, the mod- 

 ding more pronounced ; altogether it is a lighter colored 

 insect. 



3. H. estriatella n. sp. (Plate II, fig. 15.) — Head rather narrow, 

 ochreous, tinged, especially on the face with fuscous. Antennae (cT) 

 rather robust, basal joint ochreous, fuscous on the disk, pecten long, 

 fuscous, shaft fuscous, paler toward the tip, indistinctly annulate with 

 ochreous, finely denticulate and ciliate beneath, deeply excised above the 

 base ; cilia 1. Palpi long, slender, reaching considerably above level of 

 head, second joint dark fuscous without, paler within, extreme apex, 

 like the third joint, whitish, latter very slender, as long as the second, 

 very sparsely speckled with pale brownish scales. Thorax shining, 

 ochreous, disk suffused with fuscous, patagia paler, purplish-brown 

 anteriorly. Forewings moderately wide, not widened exteriorly, costal 

 margin very slightly depressed about the middle ; ground color white, 

 overlaid in varying density with dark purplish-brown, as follows : Base 

 dark, shading off outwardly at one-third, the ground color forms an out- 

 wardly sharply angulated fascia, not defined within, sharply so with- 

 out, summit of angle on the fold, the fascia recedes a trifle outwardly on 

 the costa, externally the fascia is heavily shaded with very dark fus- 

 cous-brown, more so on the costal portion, where it extends to the 

 outer third, but is somewhat interrupted about the middle ; the re- 

 mainder of the middle space is less densely speckled with dark fuscous, 

 except along the fold, first discal stigma absent, two large, coalescent 

 spots at end of cell, below which and a trifle outwardly is an ill-defined 

 spot on the dorsal margin, an oblique costal blotch beyond the second 

 discals, not reaching middle of wing, remainder of apical part of wing 

 speckled with fuscous, the latter forming an ill-defined curved line 

 before the apex, a dark line along base of cilia around the apex, most 

 marked at extreme apex ; cilia gray, basal part speckled with white, 

 intermixed with fuscous scales. Hindwings nearly 1, gray, with 

 sheen, dusted with fuscous ; cilia under 1, gray, paler outwardly. 

 Underside of forewings dark, hindwings pale fuscous. Abdomen fus- 

 cous, anal bush pale. Legs fuscous-brown, anterior more so, hind 

 tibiae with an oblique pale spot about the middle, apices of same and 

 apices of tarsal joints whitish. Expanse 15.0 mm., 0.6 inch. 



Hub.— Mass. 



A male specimen, without exact locality, in my collection. 



