88 BULLETIN UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SUEVEY. . 

 G. QUINQUECRISTATELLA, W. Sjp. 



This species has much the aspect of a Laverna. The second joints of 

 the palpi are somewhat incrassate toward their apices, but not at all 

 brush-like, and the third joint is much shorter than the second. The 

 hind wings are wider than the fore wings, and emarginate beneath the 

 apex. 



Dark brown ; the face and palpi and apical part of fore wings dusted 

 with silvery-gray. On the fore wings, at about the basal one-third, are 

 two raised tufts, one above, the other beneath, the fold ; at about the 

 middle is a single dlscal tuft, and at about the apical one-third are two 

 others; cilia grayish-fuscous, dusted sparsely with hoary; hind wings 

 fuscous, with stramineous cilia ; abdomen dark brown ; anal tuft yel- 

 lowish. Legs acd tarsi brown, annulate with white at the joints. The 

 scales of the tufts are tipped with hoary, and the tufts nearest to the 

 dorsal margin are placed a little behind the corresponding tufts. Alar 

 expansion eight lines. The tuft on the middle of the disk is longer than 

 either of the others, and appears sometimes as if there were two small 

 ones confluent instead of one large one. 



G. PALPiLiNEELLA?, Cham. 



The species was described from Texan specimens in the Cin. Quar. 

 Jour. Sci. ii. 252, which, appearing brown to the naked eye, show 

 under a lens distinctly enough a white fascia before the cilia, which 

 sometimes appears to be interrupted in the middle. I have taken at 

 the light in Kentucky six specimens, which I mark with the 1 because, 

 while they agree in all other respects with the Texan specimens, three 

 of them show no indication of the fascia with or without a lens; while 

 the other three, in place of the fascia, have a costal and opposite dorsal 

 spot, visible to the unaided eye. Unless the palpi are observed, it may 

 be mistaken for G. palpianulella. 



G. 6-NOTELLA, n. sp. 



Head and palpi white, except two annuli, one of which is at the base 

 and the other before the apex of the palpi. Antennse, thorax, and fore 

 wings blackish-brown ; about the basal one-fifth of the wing-length is 

 an oblique white costal streak crossing the fold; farther back, about 

 the middle of the costa, is a shorter one; and before the cilia is a still 

 shorter one, pointing obliquely forward. These three streaks are all 

 tipped with silvery scales, more abundantly oh the first two than on the 

 third. On the dorsal margin, respectively nearly opposite or a little 

 before the first two costal streaks, are two tufts of silvery metallic 

 scales; apex with a whitish spot and sometimes dusted with white. 

 The cilia are paler and more grayish than the wings. Abdomen yel- 

 lowish-white, the last segment stained with fuscous. Legs and tarsi 

 white, banded with dark brown. Alar expansion half an inch. Bosque 

 County, Texas. 



