36 AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA. 



11. H, confluentella n. sp. (Plate II, fig. 18.) — Head, basal 

 joint of autennae and palpi, yellowish-white, the latter long and slender, 

 terminal joint three-fourths the length of second, the latter densely 

 dusted with dark fuscous within and without, the terminal joint moder- 

 ately dusted toward the apex without, scarcely at all within. Antennas 

 slender in both sexes, basal joint dusted with fuscous, stalk pale gray- 

 ish-fuscous, deeply excised above the base and ciliate in the male, 

 cilia nearly 1. Thorax yellowish-white, more or less densely dusted 

 with purplish-fuscous, especially on the disc, and like the head with a 

 certain metallic lustre. Forewings of moderate width, pointed, ground 

 color white, dusting and markings deep purple-brown ; a sharply angu 

 lated dark brown fascia at one-third, the summit of the angle is some- 

 what quadrangular and close above the fold, before this fascia the 

 dusting is slight, but increases in density towards the base, outwardly 

 the fascia shades gradually into the median space in about equal 

 width, but is slightly interrupted just about the middle of the wing, 

 and is equidistant from the base at the wing margins ; a large semi- 

 circular costal spot at three-fifths, ill-defined towards the disc ; first 

 discal spot obsolete, or rather obscured by the fascia, two spots at end 

 of cell distinct, subconfluent, a rather distinct spot on the dorsal mar- 

 gin just beyond the lower spot at end. of cell and more or less dis- 

 tinctly connected with it, a sharply angulated line in apical part of 

 wing, the costal end of which ends in a costal spot beyond the end of 

 cell ; a zig-zag line along circum-apical margin ; cilia gray, with scat- 

 tered white and brown scales in basal portion, and three or four in- 

 distinct paler lines outwardly. Hindwlngs under 1, gray, dusted with 

 fuscous, rather pointed; cilia nearly 1, gray, with pale basal line. 

 Underside of wings fuscous, especially the anterior. Abdomen gray- 

 ish-fuscous. Legs densely dusted with dark brown ; posterior tibia} 

 with oblique median band and apex and apices of tarsal joints whitish. 

 Expanse 14.0-15.0 mm., 0.56-0.6 inch. 



Hab. — Penn. (Hazleton) ; Central N. Y,, June ; Mass. 

 (Cohasset), July. 



A very distinct species, very closely resembling H. chalco- 

 frontella in its markings, but differs by the white ground 

 color of forewings, the deeper excision and larger cilia of 

 male antennae and the somewhat more pointed wings. Three 

 specimens in my collection, my specimen was taken at elec- 

 tric light June, 1902, one specimen in the Nat.*Mus, Coll. 



12. H. busckiella n. sp. (Plate II, fig. 19.)— Palpi long, re- 

 curved, longer and more slender in the female than in the male, 

 second joint of latter nearly twice the thickness of the terminal joint, 

 and roughened beneath with brown scales ; grayish-white, more or less 

 densely — especially in the male — dusted with brown, less so on the upper 



