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darker, sprinkled with golden dots on the dorsal three-fifths; apex ochreous, a 

 series of yellowish white, more or less opalescent dots on costa, the second and 

 fifth continued into complete transverse lines, the fifth extending to the anal 

 angle, the fourth oblique to the middle of the wing, the seventh a short line, and 

 the eighth to the middle of the outer margin; no spot at middle of inner margin. 

 Hind wing brown. 14 mm. 



This species may fit better in the South American genus Machlotica Meyrick. 



Onaga, Kansas. 



4. G. impigritella Clemens. Fore wing (fig. 215) with sublanceolate subfalcate 

 membrane; cell nearly two-thirds of the length of wing; 1st A wholly lost; basal 

 fork of 2d A obscure; hind wing half as wide as fore wing, lanceolate, with fringe 

 wider tban membrane and reduced anal region; with base of R wholly lost; R and 

 M^ connate; M 3 lost. Olive brown; fringe paler, grayer, and glistening; apex of 

 membrane with a black spot. Markings silvery white, edged more or less with 

 black, especially on their inner sides; basal half of costa immaculate; outer half 

 with five transverse bars, the first two converging at the middle of the wing and 

 nearly meeting a very large crescentic one from before the middle of the inner 

 margin and another running directly across from the inner margin; third costal 

 bar smaller, solitary, opposite a small one at anal angle; fourth and fifth bars 

 close together, near the apical spot, with a single corresponding one in the dorsal 

 fringe. Fringe white with a heavy black line in the base. 7 mm. {exoptatella 

 Chambers) . 



The moth flies in June in North Carolina. 



New Hampshire to Texas and California. 



Family 26. HELIODINIDiE 



(Lavemidce, Elachistidce, in part; Tincegeriidm, in part, etc.) 



Head smooth-scaled, with rather small eyes; antennas normally about 

 as long as fore wing, (short in Cycloplasis), with small first joint and 



Figs. 218-222. heliodinid^ 

 218, Heliodines rcesella (Europe), venation; 219, Euclemensia bassettella, vena- 

 tion; 220, Schreckensteinia species, venation; 221, Cycloplasis panicifoliella, vena- 

 tion; 222, Heliodines species, side view of head 



annulate shaft; palpi varying from very short to moderate, sometimes 

 drooping, apparently socketed in face ; maxillary palpi obsolete ; tongue 



