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nently toothed, somewhat diffuse. Veins finely marked. Terminal 

 minute dark dots. Fringes fuscous-gray. Hind wings very pale fus- 

 cous, with paler interlined fringes. Beneath fuscous-gray. Body 

 whitish beneath, above fuscous-gray. One male from Illinois (Dr. Nason) 

 has the outer line narrower, more acutely bidentate, and perhaps is a 

 different species; it appears otherwise to agree with the typical male. 

 This species expands 25 mil. The hind wings seem a little paler and 

 more pointed in the male. The Illinois specimen was captured May 26. 

 I have examined three females and one male taken by Mr. Charles Fish 

 at Oldtown, Me. 



HoMEOSOMA Curtis. 



The male anteunse are suddenly constricted above the base. Labial 

 palpi porrect ; maxillary palpi small, scaled. Fore wings with 10 veins; 

 4 and 5 from a rather long stem ; vein 8 wanting. Hind wings with 

 7 veins ; veins 3 and 4 have a separate origin out of 

 the lower angle of the cell ; 8 out of 7, a very short 

 furcation before apices. 



The hind wings differ from those of Dalcrmna by the 

 origin of veins 3 and 4, which is a separate one ; veiu 

 4 from the cross-vein close to 3, whereas in JDalcruma 

 3 and 4 are furcate beyond the closure of the cell. 



Homeosoma stypUcella, fig. 13 (neuration). 



<?9, Dusty whitish-gray; wings narrow; a diffuse, ^^s-^^- 



blackish, anterior line ; discal spot formed of two, blackish, superposed 

 or coalesced dots near the outer line, which is even, oblique, bordered 

 on either side by a blackish shade, the outer of which sometimes want- 

 ing and indicated by a costal mark. Hind wings smoky-pellucid, with 

 paler fringes. Beneath smoky, immaculate. Average expanse, 19 mil. 



Three males and ten females examined. Maine, Massachusetts, New 

 York (Lewis County), W. W. Hill. There are probably similar species 

 not yet described, and attention must be paid to the generic characters. 

 Several females in my collection indicate such species, much like stypti- 

 cella in appearance, but probably geuerically distinct, a fact which can- 

 not be easily established without reference to the male sex. 



It somewhat resembles the figure 17 on Plate 2 of the Missouri Re- 

 ports as that of PeJiijjelia grossulariw Packard ; but stypticella wants the 

 double band forming the anterior line. It does not agree with the fig- 

 ure on page 140, because the outer line wants the submedian tooth there 

 shown, and the wings are narrower. I regret not to have identified as 

 yet this species of Dr. Packard's, which is probably incorrectly geuer- 

 ically referred, and of which no structural characters of value are given 

 by Mr. Eiley. 



Anerastia Silhn. 



Male antennae a little bent at base, without scale-tuft, ciliate beneath, 

 the joints conspicuous. Ocelli wanting. Labial palpi long, porrected. 



