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apical area beyond the cell, but less profusely along the dorsum and 

 scarcely at all along the disc ; a faintly indicated narrow brownish- 

 gray fascia seems to leave the costa at one-third from the base, and, 

 after interruption on the cell, is bent inward from the fold to the dor- 

 sum at one-fourth ; this is somewhat accentuated in the fold, where it 

 probably absorbs a small darker spot, corresponding to, but preceding 

 a larger brownish-fuscous discal spot about the middle of the wing ; 

 two smaller darker spots are indicated at the end of the cell, and one 

 at the lower edge of the cell equidistant between the inner and outer 

 discal spots ; the apex is slightly mottled, the cilia pale brownish-gray. 

 Alar expanse, 18 mm. Hindwings pale gray, with a slight brownish 

 tinge ; cilia pale brownish-ochreous. Abdomen grayish. Legs pale 

 brownish-ochreous. ' ' 



Type. — Male, in the author's collection. 



Hab. — Shasta County, Bear Creek, California, July 27-28, 

 1871. 



The above is Lord Walsingham's description, from this 

 and his reference to ijiconspic.ua we may infer that the general 

 effect and appearance of this species is rather grayish-fus- 

 cous than sordid white. 



38. H. punctiferella Clem. (Plate IV, fig. 33).— Labial palpi 

 yellowish white, dusted externally with fuscous, apex of second and of 

 terminal joint white, the latter two-thirds the length of the former. 

 Head sordid white with yellowish tinge. Antennae yellowish-brown, 

 not excised above the basal joint (d 1 ), the latter one-half longer than 

 wide, pecten grayish-white. Thorax sordid gray, with a yellowish- 

 brown tinge. Forewings rather narrow, costa approximately straight, 

 apex acute ; ground color whitish, dusted with brown, the dusting 

 more condensed along the margins, especially the costal and in apical 

 portion of the wing, a subquadrate dark brown costal spot at one- 

 third, opposite this but a trifle nearer the base, is a larger, irregularly 

 triangular patch, the apex of which extends beyond the fold, but does 

 not reach the costal spot, within the dorsal spot is a plical dash, and 

 behind it and obliquely above is a distinct, longitudinal spot before 

 the middle, two distinct spots at end of cell and midway between the 

 lower one of these and the discal spot is a distinct, longitudinal spot 

 on the posterior median vein, a row of spots along the apical margin ; 

 cilia gray with some scattered white and brown scales. Hindwings 

 a trifle under 1, costa scarcely refuse, apex pointed ; gray, lightly 

 dusted with fuscous, with yellowish tinge ; cilia concolorous with pale 

 basal line. Abdomen above, underside of body and legs grayish, 

 dusted with fuscous, anal bush pale ochreous. Expanse 11.0-13.0 mm. 



Hab. — Penna. (Hazleton); (Nicholson), collected by E. 



