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nieiit, and on the rest on dorsum ; fore wings almost pure white along costa to apex, 

 behind this very narrowly edged with black, then the rest ochreous, darker anteriorly 

 and basally ; hind wings clouded white, shining, beneath as above with colors shaded 

 with fuscous. — Colorado. 



From INIr. Wm. Foster, in whose honor the name is given. 

 Oreana, n. gen. 



Fore wings il veins : 8, g and lo stemmed, 4 and 5 stemmed ; hind wings 8 

 veins: 2 near angle, 3, 4 and 5 stemmed ; labial palpi present, thoseof(5' with brush 

 of long hairs on end ; tongue strong ; antennre ot 1^ bent above base with heavy tuft 

 ot scales in bend. Type : u>iicolordi/a^ Hulst. 



Sciota,^n. gen. Fore wings 11 veins : 8, 9 and 10 stemmed, 4 and 5 separate ; 

 hind wings 8 veins : 3, 4 and 5 stemmed : tongue strong ; antennae of (j' bent above 

 base with luft of scales in bend ; labial palpi erect, short ; maxillary palpi present. 

 Type : croceclla', Hulst. 

 S. croceella, n. sp. 



Expands 19 mm. Palpi antl head fuscous yellow ; thorax of same color with 

 purp!ish stain ; abdomen reddish brown, intei lined on each segment wiih dark brown; 

 fore wings reddish brown, lightest at Ijase, and broadly and brokenly washed with 

 blackish along anterior half, tliis being most decided on ba<al jiart of middle field ; a 

 geminate black discal spot, and in place of outer line a cuived row of Vjlack pomts ; 

 a marginal line of black points also ; hind wings fuscous, darker outwaidly. — Texas. 

 Tacoma, n. gen. 



Fore wing- 11 veins : 10 separate, 4 and 5 stemmed ; hind wings 8 veins : 3, 4 

 and 5 stemmed ; tongue strong ; antennae of (^ simple ; ocelli present ; labial palpi 

 erect, long ; maxillary palpi present. Type : fdvielta, Hulst. 

 T. feriella, n. sp. 



Expands 20 mm. Palpi gray, white beneath ; head and thorax dark gray with 

 a bluish shade ; abdomen fuscous gray, interlined with light gray ; fore wings dark 

 gray with a bluish shade ; lines whitish, the inner nearly at middle, angulate, the 

 outer waved and dentate, subparallel with outer margin ; on inner margin just 

 beyond basal line is a rather large broken white spot ; discal spot faint with outer 

 edge whitish ; a marginal line of black points ; hind wings fuscous, a black marginal 

 line. — Texas. 

 W-'^'-^allula, n. gen. 



Fore wings 11 veins : 10 separate, 4 and 5 separate ; hind wings 8 veins: 3, 4 

 and 5 stemmed ; maxillary palpi present ; labial palpi erect, recurved ; tongue strong; 

 antennK of (5^ simple pubescent ; ocelli present. Type: atrifascialis, Hulst. 

 Tehama, n. gen. 



Fore wings II veins : 2 and 3 separate, 4 and 5 stemmed ; hind wings 7 veins : 

 3 and 5 separate, 2 far from angle, 7 and 8 stemmed ; tongue strong ; labial palpi 

 drooping, long ; maxillary palpi wanting ; antenna; of r^ simple. Type : bonijatella, 

 Hulst. 



Mona, n. gen. 



Fore wings II veins: 4 and 5 separate at a point, 10 separate ; hind wings 7 

 veins ; 2 near angle, 3 and 5 stemmed, 7 and 8 appearing stemmed ; labial palpi 

 erect, recurved, 3rd member short ; maxillary palpi wanting ; antenniie of r^ simple, 

 slightly bent above base ; ocelli present ; tongue strong. Type : olbiella, Hulst. 



