NEW TORTRICID MOTHS— KEARFOTT. 353 



pale cinereous. Abdomen fuscous, anal tuft cinereous. Legs pale 

 cinereous, shaded with ])rown, tarsi annulated with brown. Expanse 

 16.5 to 19 mm. 



Four males, Tryon, North Carolina. Two, May 20-22; two, July 

 3-24. 



Cotyj)e.s. — Cat. No. 82-40, U. S. Nat. Mus., and in my collection. 



1 have hesitated some time before describing- this species, as there 

 are several alread}^ described simihir to it, and it seemed as though a 

 place could be found for it. The nearest to it and their ditferences 

 are as follows: 



E. irroratana Walsingham is fawn colored, and is dotted with shin- 

 ing scales, but the interior scales are arranged in wavy lines, the 

 ocellic spot contains a number of l)lack dots — not bars, no reference 

 in the description to the very distinct costal markings; 50 per cent 

 or more larger; habitat California. 



E. atomomna Walsingham is milk white, reticulated with fawn and 

 irrorated with fuscous (not shining), only 10 to 20 per cent larger, but 

 hailing from California. 



E. cataclystiana Walsingham. This is a common Eastern species of 

 about the same shade of brown, ])ut the interior lustrous dots are 

 entirel}' absent. 



E. monogrammaiK! Zeller is much paler, less dots, different ocellic 

 and costal arrangement, and more nearl}' resembles atoinomna. 



E. (dl)iguttana Zeller is very close, the marking is almost identical, 

 but is only about half the size, the interior dots are arranged in four 

 or live vertical rows and are far less numerous proportionately; the 

 hind wings are paler, and the metallic lines around the ocellic spot 

 somewhat different. Additional studj^ may prove graeiliana nothing 

 more than a gigantic race of aJhUjuttdiia^ hence it should be placed 

 next to it in the list. 



EUCOSMA PALLIDIPALPANA, new species. 



Head with long loose scales in front and on top, pale ochreish at 

 base, pure white at tips; second joint of palpi clothed with long loose 

 white scales, concealing third segment, shaded basally and outwardly 

 with pale ochreish. Thorax dull ochreish. Fore wing pale fawn or 

 dull ochreish. The ground color only in patches along dorsal margin, 

 streaks along outer half of costa and before outer margin. The 

 costa from base to apex is white, evenly marked with about sixteen 

 short oblique grayish-brown dashes, arranged in eight geminated 

 spots; a little beyond base a white transverse line is overlaid on its 

 middle l)y l)rownish-fuscous. From about the inner third of costa 

 another such line goes obliquely to the anal angle; at about the middle 

 of the wing a right-angled spur from this to dorsal margin ; half-way 

 between this ffrst spur and anal angle a second points toward costa, but 



