Lepidoptera of New York and Neighboring States 537 



Key to the genera 



1. Fore wing with R t and R 2 stalked, rarely united (fig. 317); no metallic 



scaling 15. Glaphyria. 



1. Fore wing with R 2 free from R t (fig. 316), rarely short-stalked with R 3+4 . 

 2. With metallic scaling on margin of hind wing; maxillary palpi as long 



as third segment of labials 17. Dicymolomia. 



2. No metallic scaling; maxillary palpi shorter, or rudimentary. 



16. Lipocosma. 



15. GLAPHYRIA Hiibner 



(Homophysa Guenee) 



Characters of the subfamily. Palpi with slight projecting angles formed by the 

 vestiture of the first two joints, third joint obliquely upturned. Hind wing with 

 M 2 and M 3 approximate. Fore wing with apex rounded or marked. Maxillary 

 palpi always moderate in size, rough-scaled, and porrect. Fore wings with a 

 yellow or yellowish ground color, with two white transverse lines; the antemedial 

 line usually waved, the postmedial one denticulate, and both normally finely 

 dark- edged. 



Key to the- species 



1. Antemedial space below costa, at least, and sometimes whole disc brown or 

 fuscous. 



2. Basal sixth contrastingly pale 5. fulminalis. 



2. Basal sixth concolorous with antemedial space, or slightly paler at extreme 



base 6. peremptalis. 



1. Ground color ranging from straw to ochre yellow; without a darker ante- 

 medial area. 



2. Outer half of fringe pure white 4. lentiflualis. 



2. Outer half of fringe only slightly paler. 



3. Fringe mixed fuscous and white, appearing striate in perfectly fresh 



specimens 3. psychicalis. 



3. Fringe evenly, or nearly evenly, ochre yellow, concolorous with wing or 



somewhat darker 2. sesquistrialis . 



3. Fringe cream-white 1. glaphyralis. 



1. G. glaphyralis Guenee. Lemon yellow, more or less marked with cream-white; 

 sometimes cream-white with the yellow only defining the markings. Antemedial 

 line waved; postmedial sinuous and denticulate; white terminal dots. Fringe 

 somewhat paler. Sometimes lightly shaded with pale brown. Hind wing similar 

 on the dorsal part, toward the costa shading into cream-white. 15-18 mm. 



July and August. Florida specimens are usually bright yellow; northern ones 

 mostly cream-white. 



New York to Illinois and southward. New York: Otto. Ithaca. 



2. G. sesquistrialis Hiibner. Ochre-yellow; duller than G. glaphyralis, the lines 

 similar, distinctly defined with light brown, and the ground somewhat shaded with 

 light brown, but without whitish shades. A distinct broken black terminal line, 

 preceded by white dots; fringe ochre to light brown. 15-18 mm. 



June to August; October. 



Massachusetts to Illinois and south and west. New York: Ulster County. 



3. G. psychicalis Hulst. Bright ochre yellow; lines very fine, normal, sometimes 

 partly defined with brown, and more or less broken; more wavy than in the last 

 two species. Terminal dots strong, black and white; fringe mixed fuscous and 

 white. Hind wing frequently more or less suffused with light fuscous. 12 mm. 



July and August. 



Massachusetts to Ontario, Illinois, and Florida. 



4. G. lentiflualis Zeller. Ocbre: antemedial line obscure, not dentate in the fold; 

 postmedial line rather evenly sinuate, only slightly paler, and preceded by a darker 



