32 AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA. 



Hab.—W. Va. (Aurora), Md. (Frederic). 



A female specimen in the Nat. Mus. Coll., collected by Mr. 

 O. Heideman, and a male in my own, are before me. Unlike 

 any other species. The pale yellow color of the head, thorax 

 and base of forewing gives this insect a characteristic appear- 

 ance. The somewhat moddled appearance of the remainder 

 of the forewing resembles chalcofrontella, var. fumerella, but 

 is paler. 



8. H. crassicornella n. sp. (Plate II, fig. 16.)— Palpi rather 

 robust, terminal joint three-fourths the length of the preceding, gray, 

 rather densely sprinkled externally with dark fuscous, lower margin 

 and apex of second joint paler. Antennas robust, rather deeply ex- 

 cised (male) above the base, with a large conical scale tuft, ochreous 

 above shading to fuscous beneath, ciliate, cilia \. Head gray, suf- 

 fused with dark fuscous. Thorax grayish-fuscous anteriorly with a 

 blackish-brown transverse line behind the anterior margin, which 

 extends upon the patagia ; posterior two-thirds a sordid ochreous, 

 dusted with gray. Forewings rather wide, ground color ashy-gray, 

 overlaid in varying density with dark .fuscous, broad scales, inter- 

 spersed with narrow, hair-like pale scales ; the dark scales are aggre- 

 gated into irregular patches here and there, especially along the costal 

 margin ; before the middle and close to the dorsal margin are two 

 short lines, converging into a point towards the base, between these 

 the ground color is rather pale, immediately behind the base of this 

 triangle the wing is speckled with dark scales, first discal spot at two- 

 fifths, large and distinct ; at the end of the cell are two very distinct, 

 somewhat remote spots connected by a fine black line, the lower one 

 of these spots is triangular with apex directed towards the base, in the 

 apical portion of the wing is a strongly angulated line, a series of four 

 large spots along the base of costal cilia, some less defined ones along 

 base of dorsal cilia. Cilia gray, with about three pale, not very dis- 

 tinct, longitudinal lines in outer half, the outermost of these lines 

 occupies the outer margin of the cilia. Hindwings about 1 (?); fus- 

 cous ; cilia under 1, gray, with pale basal line. Abdomen pale gray- 

 ish-fuscous beneath, anal bush the same. Legs dark gray, anterior 

 and middle spotted with blackish, posterior tibia at base and oblique 

 band at middle exteriorly, whitish; tarsal joints slightly paler at apex. 

 Expansion 15.0 mm., 0.6 inch. 



Hab. — Florida. 



A unique male specimen, simply labeled " Florida," in the 

 Nat. Mus. Coll. Very distinct and unlike any other. The 

 antennae — male at least — are very robust, the wing markings 

 quite peculiar. 



