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one (cf), not thicker at base than at the middle, pointed, thickly 

 dusted with fuscous, except at base and extreme apex. Antennae of 

 moderate thickness, not excised above basal joint, latter pale yellowish ; 

 pale fuscous above, grayish beneath, obscurely denticulate and pubes- 

 cent beneath. Head sordid white, speckled with fuscous scales and 

 without lustre. Thorax sordid white, broadly margined in its entire 

 width anteriorly with deep purple-brown. Forewings moderately wide, 

 costa approximately straight three-fourths its length ; ground color 

 gray, sprinkled with whitish scales, the latter more aggregated in 

 the basal third which is limited externally by a sharply angulated 

 line, the summit of the angle much nearer the costa than the dorsal 

 margin and limited by a distinct black spot ; besides the white there are 

 dark fuscous scales forming spots or patches, distributed as follows : 

 a patch at base of costa, a distinct but not sharply defined spot at one- 

 third, and a very feeble one about middle of costa, in the basal space 

 immediately above the fold is a longitudinal dash, and immediately 

 beneath it, but a trifle nearer the base another, and beyond it, in the 

 fold and beginning on the angulated line another dash, on the disk are 

 some scattered fuscous dots and dashes, two spots at end of cell ; an 

 outwardly angulated, not well defined fascia in apical part of wing, a 

 series of dashes along base of cilia. Cilia grayish, spinkled with fus- 

 cous scales. Underside fuscous. Hindwings as wide as forewing, 

 costa nearly straight, slightly retuse before the somewhat obtuse apex, 

 grayish fuscous ; cilia gray with pale basal line. Abdomen above 

 grayish-fuscous, segments fringed posteriorly with sordid white scales ; 

 anal bush sordid white. Thorax beneath fuscous, abdomen ochreous, 

 infuscated on the sides. Legs grayish, thickly dusted with fuscous, 

 except ends of posterior tibias and ends of tarsal joints. Expanse 15.0 

 mm., 0.6 inch. 



Hab.— Md. (Frederick), Fla. (Hastings). 



Two male specimens in good conditions in my collection. 

 The following variety may prove a distinct species, but prefer 

 to leave it here for the present. 



Var. spoliatella. 



Six specimens in my collection very closely resemble the 

 above, but differ, by all the markings being less distinct, 

 especially so the basal streaks, a greater gloss of forewings, 

 the latter paler, absence of the dark purple color of anterior 

 thoracic margin, and longer and more slender palpi. Ex- 

 panse 12.0-13.0 mm., 0.48-0.52 inch. 



Hab. — Penna. (Hazleton), N. J. (Caldwell) ; two speci- 

 mens of the latter locality were collected by and received 

 from Mr. W. D. Kearfott. 



TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC, XXXVI. MARCH, 1910. 



