North American Tortriciihe. 135 



Eccopsis, ZcJI. 

 Eccopsis jJenmmdanum, Clem. 

 Two, N. Carolina ; two, Wisconsin. 



Eccopsis fasciatana, Clem. 

 Four. N. Carolina. 



Penthina, Treits. 

 Penthina imjnidens, n. s. 

 Head, palpi, antennae, and thorax dark gi-eyisli fuscous. Fore 

 wings with a dull greyish fuscous basal patch occupying about one- 

 fourth of the length of the wing, somewhat streaked with darker or 

 more brownish fuscous lines, and slightly indented below the fold. 

 The lower half of this basal patch, as far as the middle of the cell, 

 is followed on its outer side by the rather creamy white ground 

 colour of the wing, but the upper half, which recedes towards the 

 costa, is connected by a greyish fuscous shade with an obhque 

 brownish fuscous costal patch about the middle of the wing, which 

 forms the upper one of an irregular and oblique series of three 

 patches of the same colour forming a broken fascia to the dorsal 

 margin, interspersed with olivaceous-ochreous scales, and margined 

 on its inner side by an olivaceous-ochreous band. Following this 

 interrupted fascia is a patch of the pale gi-ound colour, shaded espe- 

 cially towards the costa with shining greyish scales ; an obhque 

 centrally distended olivaceous-ochreous band from the costal to the 

 apical margin, and an oblique line of shining greyish scales before 

 the brownish fuscous apex. The dark fi-inges with a brownish fuscous 

 line along their base have a shght purphsh hue in some specimens. 

 The dark costal margin is marked with six pairs of paler streaks, 

 of which the three outer pairs most nearly approach the creamy 

 white ground colour. Omitting others more or less inconspicuous 

 in the space occupied by the basal patch, these streaks are thus 

 distributed : two pairs in the grey shade succeeding the basal patch, 

 one pair immediately beyond the dark central patch or fascia, the 

 other three beyond the distended ohvaceous-ochreous band. Hind 

 wings pale brownish fuscous, with lighter fringes, having a dark 

 line along their base. The abdomen is of the same colour, but the 

 bilobed upper plate of the clasping organs on the anal segment of 

 the male partially concealed by the anal tuft is of a bright ochreous 

 colour. Expanse, 12 — 13 mm. 



I have received this species from N. Carolina, as 

 well as, through the kindness of Prof. Fernald, from 



