March, 1898.] D\'AR : NEW NORTH AMERICAN MOTHS. 43 



t. a. line below costa, surrounded more or less by a diffuse cloud. Hind wing 

 whitish, gray on the margin. Expanse, 18 mm. 



Two S $ , Los Angeles, Cal. (Koebele, Coquillett), 9 Santa Barbara, 

 Cal. (Dyar). Type No. 3779, U. S. Nat. Mus. 



Nola exposita, sp. nov. 



|| W. hyemalis Dyar, Psyche VI, 110(1891). 



Fore wing pale gray, thinly scaled; t. a., t. p. and s. t. lines oblique, parallel, 

 fine, finely dentate, nearly straight ; lines obscure, especially the s.t. On costa at 

 base a brown dash ; a brown tuft of scales ont. a. line below costa ; a slight brown 

 shade between t. a. and t. p. lines, especially on internal margin. Secondaries 

 whitish, translucent. Expanse, 16 mm. 



One $ Phoenix, Arizona (Dyar;. Type No. 3780, U. S. Nat. Mus. 

 Close to involuta, but the larval habit is different. 



Nola phylla, sp. nov. 



Thorax and primaries bright silver gray. Lines as in minus cnla t but very slen- 

 der, minutely dentate. Three raised whitish dots in the cell, above which two dis- 

 tinct brown-black marks on costa, one at base, the other at end of cell. Secondaries 

 and abdomen dark gray. Expanse, 17 mm. 



Two 9 9 , Long Island, N. Y. (Dyar), Washington, D. C. (Koebele); 

 also several other specimens. Type No. 3781, U. S. Nat. Mus. 



The larva lives on the oak, but is different from ovilla and has differ- 

 ent habits. 



Meganola, gen. nov. 



Primaries 12-veined, median 4 handed, 7-10 stalked, 7 given off before 10. 

 Secondaries 7-veined, median 2-branched, vein 4 absent, 5 given off a little below mid- 

 dle of cross vein, 6-7 stalked, 8 joining subcostal for about one-third the length of 

 cell. Hind tibiae with two pairs of spurs, legs long, slender. Palpi about three times 

 as long as head, broad, flattened, thickly scaled, obliquely descending. No ocelli. 

 Primaries with three raised tufts of scales. 



Meganola conspicua, sp. nov. 



Thorax ani fore wings dark gray. T.a. line just visible, arcuate, dentate ; t p. 

 line rather distinct, blackish, bent inward below median vein and obsolete on costa, 

 finely blunt-dentate, free or closely paralleled inwardly by the median line which, 

 when present, is irregularly dentate and bent towards base on costa ; subterminal line 

 obscure, inwardly waved, faintly bordered with whitish outwardly. A row of fine 

 terminal white points with black scales inwardly. On costa at base a brown dash and 

 a few brown scales also on the raised patches in middle and at end of cell. Second- 

 aries grayish, pale at base. Expanse, 26 mm. 



Three 9 9 , Texas; Colorado; Fort Grant, Arizona (H. G. Hub- 

 bard). Type No. 3789, U. S. Nat. Mus. 



