538 William T. M. Forbes 



line; terminal dots obscure; fringe fus.cous on basal half, white-tipped. Hind wing 

 similar toward margin, pale at base. 15 mm. 



June. Perhaps a synonym of G. imvisalis Guenee, of South America. 



Central Illinois; North Carolina; Iowa; Texas. 



5. G. fulminalis Lederer. Disc of wings yellowish to dark umber brown. Base 

 of wings contrasting, pale yellow, brighter than in L. fuliginosalis, the paler area 

 extending out to the antemedial line along the costa. Outer margin yellow to 

 postmedial line, except at anal angle. Costal edge sometimes wholly yellow. Lines 

 normal, white, defined with brown. Hind wing pale, with a brown patch crossed 

 by a white line toward the inner margin. 10-15 mm. 



Late June and July. 



Connecticut to Illinois, Florida, and Texas. "New York" (Grote. ) 

 I have examined a specimen in which the radial veins were reduced to three : 

 R1+2, R3+4 and R 5 . 



6. G. peremptalis Grote. Similar to G. fulminalis, the fuscous area extending to 

 costa, almost to base, and diffusely shading into the lighter brown outer third. 

 12 mm. 



July. 



Western Pennsylvania to North Carolina and Texas. 



16. LIPOCOSMA Lederer 

 (With Symphysa Hampson, in part ; Egesta Ragonot) 

 Intermediate between Glaphyria and Dicymolomia. Maxillary palpi moderate to 

 rudimentary; labials oblique, with the three segments equal, or with the first two 

 segments decidedly longer; closely upturned beyond the vertex. Tongue and wing 

 form as in Glaphyria; R 2 well separated from Rj (fig. 316), sometimes stalked 

 with R 3 . Spatulate scale-tufts on hind wing well developed. Ocellus larger than 

 in Nymphula. 



Key to the species 

 1. Ground even fuscous brown. 



2. Reniform a large white lunule 1. reniculalis. 



2. Reniform obsolete 2. eripalis. 



1. Base white; apex at least whitish. 



2. Median area wholly white 3. adelalis. 



2. Median area yellow to fuscous, between cell and inner margin .... 4. sicalis. 

 2. Median area wholly fuscous 5. fuliginosalis. 



1. L. reniculalis Zeller. Powdery dull brown; antemedial line dentate, post- 

 medial sinuous, white, defined with dark brown; a large white discal lunule, with 

 a small white spot below it in the fold; terminal line black, broken, with some 

 white before it. Fringe concolorous. Hind wing similar, becoming whitish at 

 costa. Palpi closely upturned, maxillary palpi obsolete; spatulate tufts on hind 

 wing weak. 15 mm. (Homophysa Hampson, Symphysa Hulst. ) 



June and August. 



Central Illinois and North Carolina to Texas; a race in Arizona. 



2. L. eripalis Grote. Similar to L. reniculalis, with a slight violaceous tint when 

 fresh; lines finer, antemedial extended far out in cell, and more dentate. No 

 reniform spot or dot below it. Hind wing with only part of outer line visible. 

 Fringes with a strong white line in outer part. Palpi obliquely porrect, rough ; 

 maxillary palpi rough and well developed; raised tufts on hind wing slight. Front 

 more oblique than usual. IS mm. (Symphysa Hampson; Egesta Barnes and 

 McDunnough.) 



Late June. 



Virginia to central Illinois and Missouri, south and west. 



3. L. adelalis Kearfott. Raised tufts of spatulate scales on hind wing large and 

 black; palpi rough, oblique, beak-like, with large maxillary palpi. Ground white. 



