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THAUMATOPSIS STKIATELLTJS n. sp. (Plate IV., fig. 10.) 



Expanse of wings, 22 mm. Head, palpi and thorax dark 

 brown ; antennae dark brown, unipectinate. Fore wings 

 umber brown, striped along the interspaces with dark 

 brown. A white stripe extends from the base of the wing 

 along the cell, near the middle of which it is broken up by 

 a mass of dark-brown scales. Median line wanting. Sub- 

 terminal line indicated by a curved line of white dots, bor- 

 dered with dark brown, which extend from the outer third 

 of the hind margin to vein 6. Terminal dark-brown dots 

 scarcely visible. Fringes concolorous with the wing. Hind 

 wings and abdomen slightly darker than the fore wings. 

 Fringes a little lighter. 



Habitat. North Illinios. Described from one male speci- 

 men received from Mr. A. Bolter. Food plants and early 

 stages unknown. 



THAUMATOPSIS PECTINIFER. (Plate IV., fig. 9.) 

 Crambus pectinifer Zell., Exot. Mic., p. 51, Plate L, figs. 20 , b (1877). 



Expanse of wings, 19 mm. Head, palpi and thorax pale 

 yellowish brown, sprinkled more or less with darker scales. 

 Fore wings pale yellowish brown, darkest along the costa. 

 A white stripe extends from the base of the wing over the 

 cell, beyond which it breaks up into fine lines. Median line 

 indicated by three small white spots edged with brown, in 

 an oblique line from the end of the cell to the basal third 

 of the hind margin. Subterminal line white, edged with 

 brown, nearly parallel with the outer margin, and visible 

 only below vein 5. Fringes gray, interlined with white. 

 Hind wings pale fuscous, with lighter fringes. 



Habitat. Texas. Food plants and early stages un- 

 known. 



EUCHROMIUS GUEN. 



Head medium ; face with a slight cone-shaped projection ; 

 eyes hemispherical ; ocelli present ; antennae about two- 

 thirds as long as the costa, ciliate in the male, simple in the 



