LEPIDOPTERA OF NEW YORK AND NEIGHBORING STATES 633 



100. VALDIVIA Ragonot 

 (Maricopa Hulst) 



Palpi long, porrect, second joint bowed above, maxillary palpi invisible. Tongue 

 developed. Wings sublanceolate, fore wing with R 2 arising from cell, M 2 and M 3 

 long-stalked Cu 2 from angle of cell. 



1. V. albocostella Hulst. Palpi blackish. Fore wing with anterior third whitish, 

 with a vinous tint, somewhat mixed with dark scales, the rest fuscous, vinous 

 toward inner margin; large black discal dots. Hind wing fuscous, paler at base; 

 18 mm. 



August. Unknown to me. 



Anglesea, New Jersey. 



101. HULSTIA Ragonot 



Palpi as in Canarsia. Front smooth, antennae normal. Cu t and Cu 2 of fore 

 wing arched, from very near end of cell; M 2 and M 3 stalked, on a line with base of 

 Cu; hind wing with Cu 2 from angle of cell; Mj stalked; Sc and R anastomosing; M 2 

 stalked with Cllj. In one specimen before me M 3 is preserved, long-stalked with 

 M 2 . 



1. H. undulatella Clemens. Brownish ash gray, a little shaded with light brown, 

 and powdery; ground sometimes mixed with yellow-brown; antemedial line white, 

 fine, wavy and outwardly oblique, the fine dark gray line on its outer side thick- 

 ened at costa; antemedial space broadly mouse gray, especially toward inner 

 margin where it is preceded by some white scales. Postmedial line wavy and 

 irregular, fine, pale, with a sharp dark gray line on inner side, and a more or less 

 distinct broad, gray subterminal shade on its outer side. Discal dots confluent into 

 a bar; terminal dots fine. Postmedial line not distinctly bowed at the middle. 

 15-20 mm. 



July and August; not rare locally. 



Quebec to California. New York: Niagara Falls, Kinderhook. 



102. HONORA Grote 



Palpi oblique to above vertex; second segment slender and evenly scaled, third 

 porrect and rather large. Maxillary palpi short and thickened with scales at tip. 

 Antennae simple. Wings narrow; venation as in Hulstia. 



1. H. fumosella Hulst. Dull black, shaded with ochre yellow between the veins. 

 Lines fine, white, a little diffuse under a lens. Basal line distinct, at one-sixth 

 way out, incomplete. Antemedial line from costa at one-third to middle of inner 

 margin, nearly straight; postmedial line well out, nearly straight, and distinct 

 toward the inner margin only; erect. 15 mm. 



July. Type only seen. 



Newark, New Jersey. 



103. DIVIANA Ragonot 



Palpi slender, recurved, second segment tufted in front; maxillary palpi fusi- 

 form; antennae a little curved at base of shaft in male, with teeth in the siniifl. 

 Fore wing with M 3 wanting, R, free, M 2 and Cu : from angle of cell; hind wing with 

 cell moderate, Cu-j arising near angle, M 2 stalked; M, stalked, Sc and R 

 anastomosing. 



1. D. eudoreella Ragonot, a brownish gray species, with fairly normal markings, 

 occurs from North Carolina to Florida. 



