534 WILLIAM T. M. FORBES 



10. MELISSOBLAPTES Zeller 



Palpi much as in Galleria; scape large, but smooth-scaled; fore wing with a large 

 costal pocket in male, but cell not enlarged; Rj and R, free, R 3 to R 5 stalked; R 4 

 and R 5 the farthest; Mj arising distinctly below angle of cell; M 2 and M 3 in our 

 species connate, typically stalked; Cu 2 arising well toward base. Free tip of 3d A 

 lost. Hind wing with cell extremely short in middle, M 2+3 stalked with CUj. The 

 larva lives in a sand tube at the surface of the ground. The normal food is 

 unknown, but it will eat dried insects, etc. 



1. M. fuscolimbella Ragonot. Whitish, shaded with brown; marginal area 

 darker brown; lines fine, dark, defined, the antemedial line edged before, and post- 

 medial line beyond, .with pale; antemedial line obtusely angled below cell; post- 

 medial dentate; discal spots fusing into an irregular triangle. Hind wing fuscous, 

 dark at apex. Female unknown. 24 mm. 



North America. 



11. PARALISPA Butler 

 (Paralipsa, by misprint) 



Similar to Melissoblaptes; scape somewhat tufted; palpi moderate, porrect, 

 about as long as the- large frontal tuft. Fore wing rounded-lanceolate, with con- 

 vex costa; cell long, broad in male, and extended out below well toward margin; 

 scaled as in Galleria; large but normal in female. 



This genus is hardly distinct from the preceding and following, which are com- 

 bined with it by Hampson. The three nominal species are not well known and 

 may be only varieties. 



1. P. terrenella Zeller. Cell two-thirds length of wing (5). Brownish gray, 

 somewhat streaky; with a large blackish basal dash, more than one-third length 

 of wing, and stronger in the male; a fine irregular outer line, deeply rounded out 

 on middle half, the wing shaded with brov/n before it, and grayer beyond. Reni- 

 form represented by a black stria. Hind wing fuscous in male, pale in female. 

 28 mm. (Melissoblaptes furellus Zeller.) 



End of June to August. 



New York; Georgia. New York: Ithaca, vicinity of Albany. 



2. P. decorella Hulst. Similar to P. terrenella; described as having a distinct 

 dentate antemedial line, but postmedial line obsolete. 28 mm. 



Unknown to me. 



Southern Ontario. New York: Buffalo (Grote). 



3. P. fulminalis Zeller. A more contrasty form than the two preceding, the 

 markings as in terrenella, but strong on a pale luteous ground; more or less 

 emphasized with dark gray; the cell often filled out with a dark gray blotch, and 

 outer margin more or less shaded with dark gray. Hind wing darker and grst^em* 

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Male palpi as in Galleria, those of female rather lon^f, pdWeci^ 1 i;l TeWgie" 

 maxillary palpi relatively well developed. Fore wiri '6f ' male ^%?''3'f3) VA 

 medials and cubitals all well separated; the cell e"xte1iHlnl' alntoSt "to mafgil 1 ! r at 

 M, and M 3 , nearly obliterating them. Cell, vety' bro^'d." 1 Hind" wl'fig 1 Ve'f y brtfatt- 

 trapezoidal. Otherwise like Melissoblaptes, ' ' 



1. A. sociella Linnams. Male white to p'al'e'^ray'.'li&litlv 1 marked- 5 w{th 



