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14. HOMOSTINEA Dietz 



Antennae two-thirds as long as fore wings; fore wings (fig. 76') lanceolate, R, 

 M,, and M; stalked; Mj sometimes lost, accessory cell present. Hind wings nar- 

 rower than fore wings, narrow-lanceolate, cell open below media; costa sinuate; 

 Sc only two-fifths as long as fore wing; one medial lost, and radius and M, often 

 barely traceable. 



1. H. curvilineella Dietz. Pale yellow dusted with blackish; antennae blackish; 

 fuscous dusting variable, and sometimes very slight, gathering at base of costa 

 and forming obscure spots and streaks. First discal dot normally represented by a 

 black spot, and the outer one by a curved, oblique streak. 9-12 mm. 



The moth flies in the Gulf Strip in June, and northward in July. 



District of Columbia to Missouri, Kansas, and Texas. New York (?) 



15. CENOE Chambers 



Head normal; antennae three-fourths as long as fore wing. Fore wing lanceolate 

 (fig. 75); R 5 , M,, and M 2 stalked; Cu a lost; hind wing linear, with short Sc and 

 sinuate costa; M represented by a free, forked or trifid vein; Cu obscurely forked 

 at margin or simple. 



1. (E. hybromella Chambers. Head yellowish white, dusted with brown; thorax 

 and basal third of fore wing maroon brown, ending at an erect silvery fascia. 

 Outer part pale green, easily fading to pale yellow, somewhat irregularly dusted 

 with brown. 89 mm. 



Northward, the moth flies in July, and in the Gulf Strip in June. 



Maryland; Pennsylvania; southern Ohio; Mississippi. 



16. MEA Busck 

 (Progona Dietz, not Berg) 



Palpi with second joint bushy, clothed with spreading, hair-like scales on its 

 apical half; leaving the upper edge free, third joint rough and blunt. Antennae 

 rough-scaled, two-thirds as long, or as long, as fore wings. Fore \ving lanceolate, 

 C^ lost, M 2 and M 3 stalked, R 5 and Mj stalked; R 2 arising well back from angle of 

 cell; hind wing with Sc ending two-fifths way out on costa; costa sinuate; cell 

 closed, M 2 and M 3 stalked. Fringe nearly twice as wide as membrane. 



The venation is Tineid, but the sexually dimorphic antennae suggest the Adelidae. 

 I have had no opportunity to examine the structure fully. 



1. M. skinnerella Dietz. Vertex white; palpi and face black. Antennae fuscous 

 brown, white toward the base. Thorax white; fore wing white, dusted with brown, 

 shaded with orange toward apex and on fringe; costa irregularly edged with dark 

 brown well toward apex, and with some smaller, ill-defined, brown spots. 7.5 mm. 



July. 



Northern New Jersey. 



2. M. bipunctella Dietz. White; shoulders black; dark costal shading forming 

 only two projecting waves. 



Florida; Ohio. 



17. TRIPTODEMA Dietz 



Fore wing with normal venation, all veins free; hind wing lanceolate, the costa 

 not sinuate, with M primitive, three-forked, with no cross-vein between the forks, 

 but one present between M 3 and Cu. Fringe nearly twice as wide as membrane. 

 Ovipositor membranous. 



This genus apparently is related to Hybroma. 



1. T. sepulchrella Dietz. Dark brown, dusted with yellow, the yellow dominant 

 on the thorax. Head russet. Fore wing with yellowish streaks in cell and fold, 

 cut by the dark brown discal spots. A large dark brown spot near base. 8 mm. 



August. 



Plummers Island, Maryland. 



