120 JoRUNAL Nkw York Ent. Soc. [Voi. n. 



Genus Chalia Moore. 

 iS-i-j—C/Ki/iiJ MooRK, Ann. Nat. Hist. (4), Vol. XX, p. 345. 

 C. rileyi Heyhxi-ris. 



iSi^—C/iii/i.i rileyi Hevlakkis, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg.. Vol. XXVIII, p.2oS. 

 Yellowish gray, densely hairy ; head yellowish brown, thorax 

 brownish gray. Wings concolorous, with narrow brownish edge. 

 E.xpanse, 12 mm. (?) 



Habitat, Missouri [Heylaerts]. 



[For remai-ks on Psyche fraginciitelLi lly. Edvv. and Oikciicus daindsoiiii Ily. 

 Edw. see a paper by Mr. Dyar, Ent. News, Vol. IV, p. 320. These names have 

 been applied to certain larval cases found in California and the moths have never 

 been described.] 



Family LACOSOMID.'E. 



Synopsis of genera. 

 Primaries falcate Cicinnus. 



Margins of both wings uneven, excavate between the veins . Lacosoma. 



Genus Cincinnus Blanchard. 



1852 — Cicinnus Bi.anciiard, Gay's Hist. Chile. Zool., Vol. VII, p. 66. 

 1 84 1 — \Pcrophora Harris, Rep. Ins. Mass., p. 290. 

 1841 — \Saccophora Harris, Entom., Vol. I, p. 99. 



C. melsheimeri Harris. 



1841 — Pcrophora inelshcimcri HARRIS, Rep. Ins. Mass., p. 290. 

 i%bt—ArlioJia Cifenaria Walker, Cat. Brit. Mus., pt. XXXV, p. 1575. 



Cinereous gray, darker along the margins of the wings, the 

 reddish brown of the wing membrane appearing by transparency. 

 Sparsely sprinkled with black atoms. A blackish discal dot and 

 straight t. p. line, the latter present on both wings and arcuate at 

 costa of fore pair. Expanse, 30 mm. 



Habitat, Atlantic States. 



Genus Lacosoma Grote. 

 1SO4 — Lacosoma Qi\K.o\'v., Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil., Vol. Ill, p. 77. 



L. chiridota Grote. 



1S64 — Lacosoini ckiriiijta {}xoTK, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil., Vol III, p. 78. 



lirownish ocher, the fringe marked with black on the veins. 

 On both wings, a black discal dt)t and broad, dilTusc, undulate, 

 smoky brown t. p. band. Expanse, 25 mm. 



Habitat, Atlantic States westward. 



