Norfli American Entomoloolsl 



Editor: A. R. GROTE. rublishers: RlilNECKE & ZESCII. 



liiiffalo Sociely of Natural /Sciences. 500 Malu Sliect, Cullalo, N.Y. 



Vol. 1. a^lNUAIlY, l?!!8J?!iO. ]No. T. 



North American Phycidae. 



By x\. R. Grote. 

 Pempslia. 



M;ilo ;i'itouii:io witli :i ridgc-likc tuft of sj:iles within a 1);is;il 

 llexure. i\Iale maxilkiry palpi with a pencil of hair. 



§ Jliiul loinys S-vtilned ; forewimjs tvith veins 4 and 5 separate. 

 ^Salebrici. Fmca Ilaw. ; Grote, Bull. Geol. Surv., 005, 1878. U. S. 

 and Euro^w. Contatelli u. s. New England, N. Y. Canada. Quin- 

 quepundella n. var. 



§ Hind wings S- veined ; foi'e wings with veins -i and 5 furcate 

 from a common stem. PravsUa, Grotc, Bull. Gcol. fSurv. 61)4, 1878. 

 New England, N. Y., Texas, 



The species included under Sdehria l)y Heineman differ from 

 Penipelia in the 8-veined secondaries. In the figure of the neura- 

 tion of fusca, Am. Ent. Plate 2, Fig. 7, vein 5 of the hind wings 

 is separated before the furcation from 4 ; but incorrectly. In the 

 original drawing it is made to run closely alongside 4 and so it 

 seems to do in the preparation. But in a second example the 

 separation of the two veins before the furcation cannot be made 

 out, the dividing line, which seems to be shown in my original pre- 

 paration vanishes. The venation of Sidebria, agrees with Nep]iopter>i.v, 

 but the male maxillary palpi are tufted. I think, then, Ave can at 

 least use S debria as a subgeneric name for the 8-veined s})ecics of 

 Penipelia, while it is considered a distinct genus by Ileinenuin. 



Pkmi'ELIA coxtatella, n. s. 



,£; $ . Male maxillary ])al})i surmounted by a discolorous pencil 

 of ha.ir. Male antennae bent at Ijase concealing a ridge-like tuft 

 of scales. Forewings 11-veincd, 4 and 5 together from one point, 

 8 out of 7, a short furcation before the apices. Hind wings 8- 



