288 COLEMAN T. ROBINSON, 



with a large basal patch ochreous tinged with olivaceous, separated by 

 a broad pale silvery band from two similarly colored patches situated 

 respectively on costa and internal margin which represent the usu- 

 al central fascia. The pale shade between and beyond the spots 

 contains numerous dark brown scales; beyond, a broad subterminal 

 band which is dark ochreous with a violaceous tinge. This band is 

 narrowly limited externally by pale shining scales which are followed 

 by a terminal ochreous shade. Fringes pale. 



Posterior wings dark fuscous; fringes pale. Under surface of both 

 pairs fuscous. 



Expanse, 12 — 15 mil. 



Habitat. — Pennsylvania (Theo. Bunte). 



Conchylis bunteana, n. s. (Plate viii, fig. 86.) 



Head, thorax and palpi white, the last tinged with ochreous laterally. 

 Anterior wings broadly testaceous at base with a slight pinkish tinge. 

 The central fascia narrow on costa, increasing in breadth to internal 

 margin, consists of scattered aggregations of black and brownish scales. 

 Outer third of the wing prominently tinged with pink, with scattered 

 aggregations of blackish scales. A fascia of dull brown runs from cos- 

 ta at apical third to the middle of external margin beyond a large ir- 

 regular patch of dull brown scales. 



Posterior wings dark fuscous, fringes paler. 



Uxjmnse, 12 mil. 



Habitat. — Pennsylvania. 



