78 "William T. M. Forbes 



fascia before its middle,, and shorter ones beyond it near margins; speculum of 

 about 6 black patches with silver scales between them. 13 mm. [sclilcegeri Zeller; 

 Dicte coruscofasciella Chambers ) . 



June, July. 



Maine to mountains of North Carolina ; northern Pennsylvania. New York : 

 Rock City (Cattaraugus Co.), Ithaca. 



2. A. purpura Walker. Antennae in male three times as long as fore wing; face 

 hairy, palpi very bushy, eyes of moderate size; all veins widely separate in fore 

 wing, Mi and M 2 stalked in hind wing. Greenish to purplish bronzy with a white 

 medial fascia, and a costal bar beyond the fascia, both edged with black. 14 mm. 

 ( biviella Zeller ) . 



The moth is found on willow bloom in April. 



Nova Scotia to northern New Jersey and Manitoba. New York : Cranberry 

 Creek. 



3. A. bella Chambers. Antennas four times as long as fore wing in male; one 

 and one-half times as long and thickened with scales toward base in female; face 

 smoothly scaled, strongly obhque inward to mouth; eyes small, palpi small and 

 *- aakly bristled; hind tibia smooth. Venation as in A. purpura. Purple-green 

 with lines of brighter, blue-purple iridescence toward apex. Antenna? black, with 

 outer half white. 14 mm. (chalybeis Zeller; oichroa Zeller). 



This species may be the same as A. coeruleella Walker. 



Southern New Jersey, and southern Ohio to Texas. New York : Crugers. 



8. NEMOTOIS Hiibner 



(Adela, in part) • 



Similar to Adela in all stages; eyes typically very large in male, though small 

 in our species; R and M x of hind wing stalked. 



1. N. bellella Walker. Male antennae over twice as long as fore wings; female 

 short and thickened with black scales on the basal half. Fore wing dull, old gold, 

 striate with purple on veins, the inner margin and apex solidly purple; a broad, 

 golden fascia two-thirds way out, and a streak in base of fold. 16 mm. 



Canada; Colorado. 



