44 AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA. 



with fuscous and a pale yellowish tint, some lustre ; cilia 

 under 1. Abdomen ochreous-fuscous ; anal bush grayish- 

 ochreous. Underside of body and legs ochreous, dusted with 

 fuscous. Expansion 14.0 mm., 0.56 inch. 



The specimen has the following labels : " Type, Holcocera 

 maligeminella Murt., Nothris maligemmella Murt. ; Columbia 

 Mo. 12, July 189; Stedman Coll." 



Veins 3 + 4 of hindwing short stemmed, 5 subconnate 

 with stem. The forewings of this species are more obtuse 

 than in any other of our North American Blastobasidae. 

 18. H. gilbociliella Clem. 



Dr. Clemens describes this species very shortly as follows : 



" Forewings pale yellow, with a dark dot in the middle of the wing, 

 and slightly dusted with fuscous towards the apex. Hindwings pale 

 ochreous-fuscous. Antennas dark ochreous. Head and tibial palpi 

 yellowish. The forewings of the female are more dusted with fuscous 

 than those of the male." 



The antennae are thickened towards the base. In the male 

 ciliate, cilia a trifle over \, excision not deep, scale tuft ob- 

 liquely truncate. Labial palpi long and slender, terminal 

 joint of nearly equal thickness, pointed, about three-fourths 

 the length of second joint. Hindwings as wide as the fore- 

 wings. Anal bush and legs pale yellowish or sordid white. 

 Expansion 11.0-15.0 mm., 0.44-0.6 inch. 



Hab. — Atlantic States. 



The type, a male, in the Clemens' collection at the Acad, 

 of Nat. Sciences, Philadelphia, in good condition. A female 

 specimen in the Nat. Mus. Collection, three specimens in my 

 own. The dark discal spot in middle of forewing is obsolete 

 in some specimens. Might be confounded with H. melanos- 

 triatella, but aside from the black subcostal streak the 

 antennae are not excised in the male in the latter species. 



19. H. funebra n. sp. — Palpi moderately robust, not reaching 

 above the head, second joint dark fuscous-brown, somewhat thickened 

 towards the apex, terminal joint attenuated towards the apex, two- 

 thirds (c? 1 ) or three-fourths (9) the length of the second, fuscous, 

 speckled with whitish within. Antennae of moderate thickness, fus- 

 cous-brown, with a faint sheen, slightly pubescent and denticulate 

 within, not excised above the base in the male. Head and thorax fus- 



