66 AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA. 



forewings, acutely pointed, costa not retuse, pale grayish-white with 

 lustre, lightly dusted with pale fuscous externally. Abdomen above 

 rufous, segments fringed with white scales. Underside of body silvery- 

 gray. Legs grayish-white, very lightly touched with reddish-brown. 

 Expanse 16.5 mm., 0.66 inch. 



Hab. — Col. (Denver), Oslar. 



A single female specimen in my collection. Easily recog- 

 nized by the white color of the insect and the rusty-red 

 markings of the forewings and the same color of the abdo- 

 men above. Veins 3 -|- 4 of hindwing long stemmed, 5 from 

 middle of stem. . uu, 



44. H. melonostriatella n. sp. (Plate IV, fig. 38.)— Palpi 

 somewhat robust, of moderate length, sordid white, dusted with fus- 

 cous. Head, basal joint of antennae and thorax white, speckled with 

 pale brown scales. Basal joint of antennas one-half longer than wide, 

 pecten long, of closeset whitish setae ; shaft grayish-fuscous, shortly 

 ciliate and denticulate beneath not excised above base (male). Fore- 

 wings somewhat elongate, pointed, ground color whitish, dusted with 

 pale reddish-brown ; the dusting more marked along the margins, and 

 especially so in apical part of wing, where it is intermixed with fus- 

 cous ; a spot at extreme base of costa, costal margin for about one-third 

 its length, a streak on basal portion of anterior median vein, extend- 

 ing somewhat along vein 11, a somewhat elongated spot before the 

 middle and two spots at end of cell, of which the upper one is longer, 

 dark blackish-brown ; cilia pale gray, speckled with pale reddish- 

 brown and whitish scales, with two or three pale lines. Costo-basal 

 portion of underside of wing infuscate. Hindwings a trifle narrower 

 than the forewings, costa retuse beyond one-third, apex rather acute, 

 grayish-white, lightly touched with pale brown, especially along the 

 margins; cilia a little over 1, pale gray with pale basal line. Basal 

 portion of abdomen above ferruginous, remaining segments of same 

 color, fringed with sordid white scales ; anal bush sordid white. 

 Underside of thorax silvery white, abdomen pale yellowish-white. 

 Legs white, dusted with brown, the latter color arranged in undulat- 

 ing transverse lines on the anterior and middle femora, hind legs more 

 grayish-white, hairs of tibiae long. Expanse 14.5 mm., 0.58 inch. 



Hab.—Vz. (Hazleton); Conn. (East River), Chas. E. Ely 

 collector. 



Seven specimens, all males, in my collection. Two speci- 

 mens in my collection from Frederick, Md. — not in very 

 good condition — probably belong here, but the streak on the 

 anterior median vein is scarcely noticeable, and there is a 

 black dot on the fold at one-third. In five of the hindwings 

 examined vein 5 is distinctly free, while it is connate with 



