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costa of the same color ; cilia grayish-ochreous, sprinkled with fuscous 

 scales, the latter forming two or three ill-defined lines. Hindwings as 

 wide as the forewings in basal third, costal margin strongly retuse 

 beyond the middle, apex pointed, grayish, dusted with fuscous ; cilia 

 gray, over 1. Abdomen (wanting); underside of thorax and legs 

 yellowish-white, dusted with fuscous, apices of tibia? and tarsal joints 

 pale. 



Hab. — Texas (Brownsville). The type, probably female, 

 in the Nat. Mus. Coll. 



In coloration this species resembles somewhat chalcofnm- 

 tella, but aside from size is of different wing shape, I place 

 it here provisionally. Veins 3 + 4 of hindwing long stemmed, 

 5 out of stem of 3 + 4. 



25. H. elyella n. sp. (Plate III, fig. 25).— Palpi white, more or 

 less densely suffused with dark brown, except apex of second joint, 

 long, and especially the terminal joint, slender, the latter about two- 

 thirds the length of the second. Head sordid white, front smooth scaled, 

 somewhat shining, vertex slightly rough. Basal joint of antenna? one- 

 half longer than wide, sordid white, pecten of closeset scale like seta?, 

 gives the joint a very broad appearance, shaft light fuscous, not excised 

 above the basal joint, finely pubescent and denticulated beneath (male) . 

 Thorax sordid white, tinged with fuscous. Forewings relatively wide, 

 costa slightly convex from the base, a trifle retuse about the middle, not 

 acutely pointed at the apex, dull white, lightly dusted with fuscous, 

 markings dark fuscous-brown, as follows : extreme costal margin, espe- 

 cially in basal half, two streaks in basal third, one about midway be- 

 tween the fold and dorsal margin, the other midway between fold and 

 costal margin, above the latter streak and connected with it near the 

 base is a small patch, extreme base, an irregularly quadrate costal patch 

 at one-third and a larger dorsal patch opposite to it but extending almost 

 beyond the middle of the wing length, and enclosing an obscure spot, 

 a well marked dark spot before the middle and nearer the costa, two 

 equally well marked spots at end of cell, in the median space are two 

 longitudinal streaks, one nearer the costa, the other in a line with the 

 lower spot at end of cell, just before the later but in the fold, is a short 

 streak or patch and a nebulous dorsal spot just beyond it, dusting 

 more condensed in outer half of wing, margin along base of cilia dark 

 fuscous ; the latter light gray, speckled with white and fuscous scales. 

 Hindwings as wide as the forewings, costa slightly retuse in outer half, 

 obtusely pointed, grayish, dusted with fuscous; cilia scarcely 1, gray- 

 ish-white. Abdomen above fuscous ; anal bush grayish-white. Under- 

 side of body white, dusted with fuscous. Legs grayish-white, anterior 

 and middle densely suffused, posterior dusted, with fuscous, ends of 

 tibia? and tarsal joints paler. Expanse 13.0-16.0 mm., 0.52-0.64 inch. 



TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC, XXXVI. (7) MARCH, 1910. 



