July, '07] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 277 



yellow forewings, silvery hind wings, and smaller size easily 

 separate it from scnicionclla. 



I have before me 22 specimens, all taken at light in a dense 

 forest during June, 1904-1906. Although I have found nearly 

 all the local species hibernating, the only records for this 

 species are in June. 



Elaschista albicapitella n. sp. 



Antennae dark brown, gray near tip. Labial palpi silvery white, sec- 

 ond joint fuscous beneath. Face silvery white. Collar and thorax 

 a rich dark brown with purplish reflections. Lower edge of patagia 

 and posterior edge of thorax white. Forewing elongate, width of the 

 wing one-third of its length, apex produced. Ground color dark 

 brown. Base of wing yellowish white. A prominent silver white fascia 

 two-fifths from base of wing, extending from costa to dorsal margin, 

 slightly bent outward over cell then straight to dorsal margin. A 

 silver white fascia one-fifth from apex, outwardly oblique, nearly to 

 center of wing. A triangular silvery white spot on dorsal margin, 

 three-fourths from the base, outwardly oblique. Cilia dark gray 

 sprinkled with brown. Hind wing dark fuscous, cilia dark gray. 

 Abdomen dark brown above, pale yellow beneath. Legs brown above, 

 whitish beneath. Underside of forewing blackish, with the outer fascia 

 indicated on costa. Underside of hind wing same as upper side. 



Expanse, 8 mm. 



Hab. — Pittsburgh, Pa., June 12-17 (Engel). 



Type. Xo. 10,285, U. S. National Museum. Cotypes in the 

 Merrick Museum, New Brighton, Pa. 



This species is nearest to the European Elachista albifront- 

 ella, Hubner, from which it differs in the darker ground of the 

 front wings, the white patagia and the white base of the fore- 

 wings. The inner fascia is also quite a contrasting difference. 

 An authentic specimen of albifrontella was loaned to me by Mr. 

 Busck for comparison. 



SYNALLAGMA n. gen. 

 Head smooth. Labial palpi long, recurved, smooth; terminal joint 

 shorter than second joint, acute. Max. palpi obsolete. Antenna: 

 with basal joint elongate. Forewing elongate lanceolate, with tip 

 produced and hooked downward. 11 veins, vein 11 absent; 7 and 8 

 stalked to costa; 6 into hooked apex; lb strongly furcate at base. 

 Hindwing lanceolate, half as wide as forewing. 8 veins, 3 and 4 

 connate, cell open between 4 and 5, 6 and 7 connate; 7 separate. 

 Posterior tibiae above with short hairs. 



Type of genus Synallagma busckiella (Engel). 



