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fascia l>oforc its middle, and shorter ones beyond it near margins; speculum of 

 about (i black patches with silver scales between them. 13 mm. (sclilcegeri Zeller; 

 Dicte coruscofasciclla Chambers). 



June, July. 



Maine to mountains of North Carolina: northern Pennsylvania. New York: 

 Rock City (Cattaraugus Co.), Ithaca. 



2. A. purpura Walker. Antenna; in male three times as long as fore wing; face 

 hairy, palpi very bushy, eyes of moderate size; all veins widely separate in fore 

 wing, M! and M 2 stalked in hind wing. Greenish to purplish bronzy with a white 

 medial fascia, and a costal bar beyond the fascia, both edged with black. 14 nun. 

 (biviella Zeller). 



The moth is found on willow bloom in April. 



Nova Scotia to northern New Jersey and Manitoba. New York: Cranberry 

 Creek. 



3. A. bella Chambers. Antennae four times as long as fore wing in male; one 

 aud one-half times as long and thickened with scales toward base in female; face 

 smoothly scaled, strongly oblique inward to mouth; eyes small, palpi small and 

 - -jakly bristled; hind tibia smooth. Venation as in A. purpura. Purple-green 

 with lines of brighter, blue-purple iridescence toward apex. Antennae black, with 

 outer half white. 14 mm. (chalybeis Zeller; oichroa Zeller). 



This species may be the same as A. cceruleella Walker. 



Southern New Jersey, and southern Ohio to Texas. New York : Crugers. 



8. NEMOTOIS Hiibner 

 (Adela, in part) 



Similar to Adela in all stages; eyes typically very large in male, though small 

 in our species; R and M : of hind wing stalked. 



1. N. bellella Walker. Male antennae over twice as long as fore wings; female 

 short and thickened with black scales on the basal half. Fore wing dull, old gold, 

 striate with purple on veins, the inner margin and apex solidly purple; a broad, 

 golden fascia two-thirds way out, and a streak in base of fold. 16 mm. 



Canada; Colorado. 



