534 William T. M. Forbes 



10. MELISSOBLAPTES Zeller 



Palpi much as in Galleria; scape large, but smooth-scaled; fore wing with a large 

 costal pocket in male, but cell not enlarged; R 2 and R, free, R 3 to R 5 stalked; R 4 

 and Rj the farthest; Mj arising distinctly below angle of cell; M 2 and M 3 in our 

 species connate, typically stalked; Cu 2 arising well toward base. Free tip of 3d A 

 lost. Hind wing with cell extremely short in middle, M 2+3 stalked with CUj. The 

 larva lives in a sand tube at the surface of the ground. The normal food is 

 unknown, but it will eat dried insects, etc. 



1. M. fuscolimbella Eagonot. Whitish, shaded with brown; marginal area 

 darker brown; lines fine, dark, defined, the antemedial line edged before, and post- 

 medial line beyond, with pale; antemedial line obtusely angled below cell; post- 

 medial dentate; discal spots fusing into an irregular triangle. Hind wing fuscous, 

 dark at apex. Female unknown. 24 mm. 



North America. 



11. PABALISPA Butler 

 (Paralipsa, by misprint) 



Similar to Melissoblaptes; scape somewhat tufted; palpi moderate, porrect, 

 about as long as the large frontal tuft. Fore wing rounded-lanceolate, with con- 

 vex eosta; cell long, broad in male, and extended out below well toward margin; 

 scaled as in Galleria ; large but normal in female. 



This genus is hardly distinct from the preceding and following, which are com- 

 bined with it by Hampson. The three nominal species are not well known and 

 may be only varieties. 



1. P. terrenella Zeller. Cell two-thirds length of wing (5). Brownish gray, 

 somewhat streaky; with a large blackish basal dash, more than one-third length 

 of wing, and stronger in the male; a fine irregular outer line, deeply rounded out 

 on middle half, the wing shaded with brown before it, and grayer beyond. Reni- 

 form represented by a black stria. Hind wing fuscous in male, pale in female. 

 28 mm. (Melissoblaptes furellus Zeller.) 



End of June to August. 



Xew York; Georgia. New York: Ithaca, vicinity of Albany. 



2. P. decorella Hulst. Similar to P. terrenella ; described as having a distinct 

 dentate antemedial line, but postmedial line obsolete. 28 mm. 



Unknown to me. 



Southern Ontario. New York: Buffalo (Grote). 



3. P. fulminalis Zeller. A more contrasty form than the two preceding, the 

 markings as in terrenella. but strong on a pale luteous ground; more or less 

 emphasized with dark gray; the cell often filled out with a dark gray blotch, and 

 outer margin more or less shaded with dark gray. Hind wing darker 'and grayer. 

 c ' 22 mm. 



Maryland to Pennsylvania. 



12. APHOMIA Hiibner 



Male palpi as in Galleria, those of female rather long, porrect. Tongue and 

 maxillary palpi relatively well developed. Fore wing of male (fig. 313) with 

 medials and cubitals all well separated: the cell extending almost to margin at 

 M 2 and M 3 . nearly obliterating them. Cell very broad. Hind wing very broad, 

 trapezoidal. Otherwise like Melissoblaptes. 



1. A. sociella Linnaeus. Male white to Dale Hraj - , liehtlv marked with russet; 



