Lepidoptera of New York and Neighboring States 593 



I. Front nearly flat, rounded; palpi as long as head; tongue stronger; R x free. 



1. A. nivalis Drury. Silver white. Palpi yellow on outer side, except on upper 

 edge, sides of occiput yellow; a longitudinal stripe on thorax. Base of costal edge 

 brown, terminal line black; fringe yellow at base, with whitish tips. A black dot 

 at middle of inner margin, rarely lost. 20 mm. 



Very common in grass land in June and July. 



Generally distributed. New York: Newcomb, North Creek, Newport, Locust 

 Lake, Lewiston, Lancaster, Ithaca, Big Indian Valley, Utica, Schenectady, Little 

 Falls, Albany, Rhinebeck, New Windsor, Katonah, New York City. 



2. A. argentana Martyn. Silver white; head, palpi, scape, and pedicel wholly 

 brownish yellow; antennae otherwise gray. Thorax with a yellow central stripe, 

 fore wing with costal edge narrowly yellow, inner edge a little more broadly so, 

 especially at middle; terminal line black, followed by a fringe shading from brown 

 at base to pale yellow at apex. Hind wing straw color. 20 mm. 



July. 



Southern New Jersey; Pennsylvania; and south. 



A. rileyella Dyar ranges north to North Carolina. It has a faint, slightly waved, 

 dark postmedial line. 



II. Front distinctly conical; palpi twice as long ; tongue weaker; Rj anastomosing 



with Sc. 



3. A. auratella Clemens. Silver white; head and palpi white above, golden 

 yellow on sides; thorax yellow, with white tegulas, except the shoulders, which are 

 yellow. Fore wing with a broad yellow median fascia, widening to inner margin, 

 and fringe yellow, connected to the median fascia by a fine yellow line along outer 

 half of inner margin ; terminal dots black. 18 mm. 



July. 



Maine to California and south. New York: Ithaca, Albany, Rhinebeck, Katonah. 



The southern race, pulchella Walker, is much smaller. 



4. A. critica Forbes. Similar to A. auratella; front much less prominent (one- 

 fourth width of eye in side view) ; fore wing with the median band not widening 

 toward the inner margin, which is white between the median and the yellow 

 terminal band. 18 mm. 



July. (April, in Florida.) 



Trenton, Ontario, and New Jersey, to Florida. New York: Utica, Ithaca. 



67. HAIMBACHIA Dyar 

 {Cr ambus, in part) 



Similar to Crambus. R anastomosing with Sc, R 2 and R 5 free, Cu 2 widely sep- 

 arated from Cu v Hind wing with M 2 and M 3 connate or very shortly stalked; 

 Sc and R stalked almost to apex. 



1. H. placidella Haimbach. Front rounded. Cream white, dusted with blackish 

 out to the subterminal line; a darker pale brown medial shade, angulate on the 

 cell, and a fine, sinuous, double subterminal line reaching almost out to the 

 margin, filled with a slightly paler cream white. Terminal line continuous above, 

 dots below; fringe lead colored. 16 mm. 



July. 



Northern New Jersey. 



A second species of this genus ranges from New Jersey to Florida; it is closely 

 similar to the Texan H. squamulellus Zeller, with a largely white fringe, and 

 with yellow bars in the terminal space, but has a conical front. It appears to be 

 undescribed. 



