406 William T. M. Forbes 



Maine to Virginia, west to White River, Ontario. 



4. A. unguicella Linnaeus. Eyes smaller and palpi larger and more hairy tlian 

 in any other Ancylis. Shining violet-gray, strigose with blackish; basal third 

 more finely strigose, its outer boundary moderately excurved; a barely traceable 

 darker fascia from middle of costa to before anal angle; fringe with whitish 

 base, and cut with two white bars below apex. Hind wing paler fuscous, (plaao- 

 sana Clemens.) 



May; July. Larva on heath. 



Labrador, Manitoba, and probably general in cooler parts of Canada; Mt. 

 Washington, New Hampshire, at 1,600 feet; Europe. 



5. A. goodelliana Fernald. Whitish, dusted with light brown, with a diffuse 

 but contrasting brown shade from base to apex; usually nearly interrupted about 

 a third way out, where it crosses from the fold into the cell; broadening gradually 

 to three-fourths way out where it abruptly narrows and is thence narrow and 

 sharply defined to the apex. Costal striation light. Fringe pale except at apex. 

 Hind wings slightly browner. 15 mm. (Fernald says 28 mm., perhaps a misprint 

 for 18 mm.) 



May. 



Maine to North Carolina and Washington. 



6. A. albacostana Kearfott. Dull gray, becoming lighter blue-gray toward outer 

 margin and blackish below the white costal stripe, which runs quite uninterrupted 

 from base almost to apex, and is widest at about two-thirds way out. Outer 

 margin white, except toward apex; fringe gray-tipped. 19 mm. 



May. 



Tryon, North Carolina; Colorado, in May. New York: Black Brook (Adiron- 

 dacks, June). 



7. A. mediofasciana Clemens. Ground a mixture of dull gray and light blue- 

 gray, more or less mixed with white, especially toward outer margin. Costal 

 third white, without definite boundary below, crossed by a blackish fascia at 

 middle, as in torontana (which is perhaps an aberration of this species). Apex 

 and apical fringe blackish; rest of fringe white. 



May and June. 



Maine to California. New York: Karner, Normaskill. 



8. A. torontana Kearfott. Fore wing mottled gray (badly stained in the type, 

 which is the only specimen I have seen). Costa white from base practically to 

 apex, with blackish dots along the costal edge; crossed by a broad oblique fascia 

 at middle, and with a blackish shade below it, at least on outer part. 19 mm. 

 (Proteoteras Kearfott.) 



There is some superficial likeness to Proteoteras crescentana, but the strongly 

 falcate apex definitely places this species in Ancylis, where it appears very close 

 to mediofasciana. 



Toronto, Ontario. 



9. A. cornifoliana Riley. Basal half of wing dark gray-brown with some lead- 

 gray iridescence; the outer boundary of the dark portion right-angled at middle 

 of wing; median fascia dark chocolate brown at costa, where it runs along the 

 edge of the dark base and is strongly oblique: much broader below cell; separated 

 from the dark base by a paler grayish patch, upright, and composed of a mix- 

 ture of yellow-brown and chocolate, forming a marked chocolate patch on inner 

 margin. A gray band beyond the median fascia, strongly oblique in on costal 

 half, and angled in below. Outer part of wing ochreous, with some golden lustre; 

 the costal edge dark brown with paired whitish striae. Fringe lead gray. 7-12 mm. 



May and June. Not rare. Larva on blackberry, cornel, and birch. 

 General in distribution. New York : Ithaca, McLean. 



10. A. — . Similar to A. cornifoliana : ground more evenly black- 

 brown, the markings largely finely edged with clay-color; base strongly suffused 

 with purplish gray, median gray fascia broad and fusing with the basal gray 



