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BULLETIN UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. 



HoNOEA, n. g. 



The ocelli are prominent. Male antennae ■without peculiarity, pubes- 

 cent beneath. Labial palpi not very long, porrect, thickly scaled, the 

 rather long and stout third article concealed by 

 the vestiture. Maxillary palpi small, scaled. Fore 

 wings narrow and long, 11-veined, 4 and 5 furcate; 

 hind wings 7-veined, 5 wanting, 3 and 4 furcate 

 on a long stem just before the margin; 6 contin- 

 uous with the discal cross-vein on the upper corner 

 of the cell ; 8 out of 7, a short furcation; 2 out 

 of the lower angle of the cell, which is closed. 

 This genus seems to me to fall in with Section 

 rig.u. C of Stenoptyclia, according to Heineman, but I 



have not the European ohlitella to compare. The differences between 

 these sections seem to me as important as those considered by Heine- 

 man of generic value in the group. 



Honora mellinella, n. s., fig. 11 (neuration). 



(?9. Fore wings blackish-fuscous, with a pale, undefined, costal 

 shading. Interior line white. A yellow shade-spot beyond the line on 

 internal margin. Two separate, very small, dark, discal dots. Exterior 

 line near the margin, even, narrow, and indistinct white. Base of the 

 wing yellowish. Anterior line not continued to costa. Hind wings very 

 pale fuscous, silky, with concolorous fringes. Head and thorax faded 

 ocherous. Three specimens (Texas, Belfrage, No. 443). The expanse 

 varies from 15 to 19 mil. I sent this species to Prof. Zeller, under the 

 number 376, but received no determination of the species. 



Dakruma, 01. g. 



Ocelli small. Male antennae very slightly bent at base, where they 

 show a little thicker coating of scales. Labial palpi rather short, with 

 the terminal joint subequal. Maxillary palpi scaled, 

 small in both sexes. Wings rather long and narrow. 

 Fore wings with 11 veins, the cell closed by a fold ; 

 4 and 5 furcate from a single stem ; 8 out of 7. Hind 

 wings 7-veined ; cell closed by a fold ; the subcostal 

 vein joined to the costal by a short branch beyond the 

 closure of the cell ; 8 out of 7, a very short furcation 

 before apices ; 3 and 4 furcate just beyond the cross- 

 vein. 



Tig.vi. This genus differs from Romeosoma by the 11- 



veined primaries and the absence of the suprabasal constriction of the 

 male antennse ; on the hind wings, veins 3 and 4 furcate beyond the cell. 



Dakruma turhatella^ fig. 12 (neuration). 



<? ?. Whitish-gray. Cell striped with white. Inner line thick, black- 

 ish. A black discal upright streak. Outer line double, blackish, with 

 broad, white, included space, oblique, a little uneven, twice more promi- 



