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on a gray-white ground, each starting with a blackish costal dot. From middle of 

 costa to before tornus is a narrow dark fascia, interrupted by a white oblique line on 

 middle of cell, below which an obtuse spur of the dark color on the outer edge of 

 fascia. Between this fascia and basal area is a broad fascia of ground color tra- 

 versed by broken dark lines, and on costa forming two white spots, each usually 

 divided by a blackish dot. Beyond the dark fascia, the apical third is whitish gray, 

 crossed by parallel dark line, starting as black costal dots and separated by four white 

 costal spots. The apex is black and defined below by a white dash through the 

 black terminal line and extending to outer edge of cilia. Ocellus not defined. Cilia 

 dark leaden-gray. 



Hindwing. — Smoky black, cilia dark gray, with a darker basal line. Eight 

 veins, 3 and 4 stalked. Underside both wings dark smoky gray, costal spots repeated 

 on forewing, and the latter grayish white below fold. 



Twenty-eight specimens, Montclair, N. J., June i to 5, some bred 

 from larva; feeding on the needles of black spruce, Picea mariana ; 

 others taken resting on the twigs or flying about the same trees ; Cin- 

 cinnati, Ohio, May, 15, Miss Braun. 



The mature larva; are about 6 mm. long, robust, yellowish green. 

 Head, p. t. shield and thoracic feet black. They mine the needles 

 in the same manner as the larva; of 'Recurvaria picealla K. When 

 full grown they spin a dense white cocoon between the needles, close 

 to the twig. I have taken the larvae the first warm days of spring in 

 April and early May, and they have pupated as early as April 28 and 

 as late as May 18. Breeding number K. 510. In size and coloration 

 this species is very much like Eudemis vacciniana Pack. 1 



Enarmonia articulatana, new species. 



Expanse 13. 5 mm. 



Head and thorax bronzy black, minutely dotted with fuscous; palpi whitish in- 

 side, shaded with fuscous outside; posterior ends of patagia white; abdomen fuscous, 

 banded with white beneath ; legs whitish, front tibia; annulated with black. 



Forewing. — Velvety blackish brown. The inner fourth is overlaid with shining 

 olivaceous gray, beyond this the lower two thirds and apical fourth are finely and 

 evenly dotted with pale olivaceous-ochreous. On the middle of dorsal margin is a 

 brilliant white spot, slightly wider than high; its upper edge connects with an oblique 

 narrow fascia from inner third of costa, which is shining in the middle of wing, and 

 whitish on costa where it is also germinate. A narrowly, very slightly germinate 



1 Since the above was written, 1 have received a series of the European species 

 Steganoptyiha nanana Tr. and careful comparison suggests that the two are identi- 

 cal. Meyrick in Hand Book of British Lepidoptera, p. 474, states that the larvae of 

 nanana are brown, with black head and plate, feeding on /'inns abies. It is not im- 

 possible that future observation may prove the identity of the European and Ann r 

 ican forms, especially as the species could be easily introduced, attached, in one of 

 its stages to imported trees. 



