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pale golden, more or less suffused with bronzy brown or red, and 

 flecked with dark brown scales. Costal triangle usually distinct and 

 pale golden, broadly truncated on the fold and extended along the 

 costa as a narrow band to the cilia. The costa within the costal tri- 

 angle is marked with four or five black specks. There are three or 

 four similar dark spots on the costa in the extended portion of the tri- 

 angle, the first being the largest and sometimes separating the costal 

 triangle from its prolonged portion, which is in this case more or less 

 suffused with the darker shade. Fore and middle legs yellowish, the 

 basal joints brown, femora and tibiae banded with reddish brown, 

 these bands sometimes confluent ; tarsi tipped with brown. Hind legs 

 whitish, apical half of femora dark brown, tarsi tipped with brown. 

 Underside of abdomen whitish, upper side dark smoky brown. 



The mine begins as a narrow linear mine on the underside 

 crossing to the upperside, where it spreads out into a rather 

 large whitish blotch. The larva later feeds within conically 

 rolled leaves as Chambers mentioned in the description of the 



species. 



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A new Microlepidopter of the genus Epicallima Dyar 



from Pennsylvania. 



By August Busck, U. S. National Museum, Washington, D. C. 



Epicallima lucidella, new species. 



Labial palpi golden yellow. Antennae velvety black with silvery 

 white tips; basal joint smooth without pecten. Face, head and thorax 

 bronzy. The deep black ground-color of the forewings occupies but a 

 small part of the wing as a margin on the base, along dorsum and 

 around the apical edge to the brilliant deep golden yellow area which 

 occupies the larger costal half of the wing and sends a long process 

 out towards the apex ; at basal third is a narrow perpendicular black- 

 edged metallic blue fascia, crossing the golden area and terminating in 

 a pale yellow dorsal spot ; on the cell are two pairs of parallel longi- 

 tudinal metallic blue streaks, all edged with black ; on the middle of 

 costa is a small pale yellow spot and at apical third is a similar pale 

 costal dash. Cilia blackish with strong golden reflections. Hindwings 

 and abdomen black. Legs black, with the tips of the tarsi and the 

 spurs silvery white. 



Alar expanse : 12-13 mm. 



Habitat: Oak Station, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania. Fred. 

 Marloff, collector. 



Type: No. 14435, U. S. Nat. Mus. 



A brilliant species, suggesting some of the European metal- 

 lic species, but very different in pattern. Among the American 

 species it comes nearest the smaller E. editheUa Busck, from 

 which, however, it is also amply differentiated in pattern. 



