Notes on some Pyrdlidoe from New England. 267 



with the wing. Hind wings with the first division spoon-shaped at the 

 end; third very short and blnut at end; entire wings fawn color, with no 

 dark brown scales in the fringe on third division. Legs whitisli-brown, 

 hind pair as far as middle of tibiae, beyond brown, spurs paler. Beneath 

 uniformly brown, thiclily dusted with paler scales ; with a large pale cloud 

 on the costal division of primaries. 



Length of body -48; of fore wing -43 of an inch. California (Edwards). 

 This species may at once be known by its hind short wings, its uniform 

 fawn color, and by tiie faded ochreous cloud near the apex of costal divis- 

 ion of fore wings. It is remotely allied to Pt. pterodactijlus of Europe, but 

 differs decidedly in the costal divisions of the fore wings, being much 

 more acutely produced. Besides these I have received, through Mr. Ed- 

 wards, two other species of this genus from California, but too imper- 

 fectly preserved for description. 



XXIV. — Notes on some Pyrdlidoe from New England, luith 

 Remarks on the Labrador Species of this Family. 



By A. S. PACKARD, JK. 

 Read January 6, 1873. 



Among the specimens of this group, in the Museum of 

 the Peabody Academy of Science, are several species which 

 occur frequently in New England, and are so well marked 

 that I have ventured to describe them, without waiting for 

 more material from other localities. 



I am unable, so far in my studies on this group, to find 

 any valid characters separating the "Pliycidse" from the 

 family Pyralida^, whether Ave regard the larval or imaginal 

 characters. They seem to me to be intimately related on 

 one hand to the lower Pyralids, such as Botys and Scopula, 

 and on the other to the Crambi. Certainly the "Phycidai" 

 should not rank as a family, but take their place as a sub- 

 ordinate group. 



Acrobasis rubrifasciella, u. sp. — 8(J 7$. Antennge of J" with the usual 

 tuft on basal joint; the palpi slender, pointed, ascending vertically. Body 

 and fore wings slate-ash, glistening ; thorax tinged with reddish-brown, 



