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dorsum before the tornus, above which are a few white scales on 

 the costal cilia, both streaks have a few black scales on their outer 

 side; cilia reddish brown, fading to gray about the tornus. 



Alar expanse. — 7 mm. 



Hindwings gray; cilia grayish. 



Abdomen grey. 



Legs whitish, posterior tibiae very faintly spotted. 



Caenotype. — Male (Walsingham determined, No. 4974, 1906) U. S. 

 National Museum. 



Type. — Female in Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, 

 Massachusetts. 



Larva on Quercus alba. 



Habitat. — Kentucky, New York (Beutenmuller collection), U. S. 

 National Museum. 



Genus ORNIX Treitschke. 

 ORNIX INNOTATA, new species. 



Antennse bro"vvnish fuscous, very faintly annulate. 



Palpi whitish, annulate, with fuscous before the apex. 



Head brownish. 



Thorax grayish brown. 



Foreivings grayish brown, with a series of almost undistinguish- 

 able streaklets along the costa, slightly oblique outward; a minute 

 whitish spot occurs about the middle of the costa, and there are two 

 pale spots in the costal cilia before the apex ; the apical cilia have a 

 pale line along their base, preceded along the margin by a few dark 

 fuscous scales; there is also a faint indication of a darkened spot 

 near the outer end of the fold; cilia brownish gray. 



Alar expanse. — 9 mm. 



Hindirings grayish; cilia brownish gray. 



Abdomen grayish brown; anal tuft slightly ocherous. 



Legs cinereous. 



Type.—Msile. Cat. No. 10355, U.S.N.M. 



Habitat. — United States. Unique. (Walsingham determined, No. 



4984, 1906.) 



Genus TISCHERIA Zeller. 



TISCHERIA ALBOSTRAMINEA, new species. 



Antennse, head, and thorax pale whitish straw-color. 



Forewings pale whitish straw-color, the extreme costa narrowly 

 sprinkled with purplish brown scales to two-thirds the length of the 

 wing, where the}^ form a slight costal spot; a dorsal spot, consisting 

 of a group of scales of the same color, lies about the tornus, and 

 beyond it the apex of the wing is thickly bestrewn with purplish 

 scales, a reddish brown hue prevailing among them; this dark scal- 

 ing does not extend to the costal cilia, which are of the pale ground 



