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the costa to near the middle of the outer margin. Subter- 

 minal line pale, bent outwardly above the median fold and 

 running inwardly below it to the hind margin, just within 

 the anal angle, dentate through the latter part of its course ; 

 a fuscous blotch on the hind margin at the basal fourth, and 

 another at the middle, which borders outwardly a very fine 

 angulated line connecting with the first costal mark. The 

 terminal line fine, occurring only on the hind part of the 

 outer border. Fringes pale at base, fuscous outwardly. 

 Hind wings pale fuscous. 



Habitat. North Carolina, Georgia, Illinois. Early stages 

 and food plant unknown. 



I have carefully examined the types of Zeller and Grote. 



EUGROTEA N. GEN. 



Head medium ; face cone-shaped ; eyes hemispherical ; 

 ocelli present ; antennae simple in the female, male not seen ; 

 labial palpi porrect, about three times as long as the head, 

 coarsely haired ; maxillary palpi triangularly scaled, about 

 twice as long as the head ; tongue well developed ; thorax 

 and abdomen smooth ; legs of medium length and size ; inner 

 spurs one-third longer than the outer. Fore wings two and 

 one-half times as long as wide, with twelve veins ; 4 and 5 on 

 a long stalk, 7, 8 and 9 from one stalk ; the outer margin 

 notched at the end of vein 4. Hind wings one and a half 

 times as long as wide, with eight veins ; 4 and 5 from a long 

 stalk ; cell closed. 



I have named this genus in honor of my old friend, Prof. 

 A. R. Grote, who years ago advised me to take up the study 

 of the North American microlepidoptera, and has ever since 

 taken a lively interest in my work. 



EUGROTEA DENTELLA n. sp. (Plate VI., fig. 5.) 



Expanse of wings, 25 mm. Head, thorax and palpi white, 

 heavily sprinkled with dark-brown scales. Fore wings white, 

 marked with dark brown (olivaceous in certain lights) on the 

 basal half of the costa down to the cell ; on the basal third of 

 the hind margin, a more or less zigzag or dentate cross-stripe 

 a little beyond the middle, a second irregular cross-stripe 



