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2. Hydrillodes ULIGINOSALIS. 



Mas et foem. H. lentali affinis, major ; palpi breviores ; alee an- 

 ticce lineis vagis* submarginali pallidiore ; postica obscuriores. 



Hydrillodes uliginosalis, Guen. Delt. et Pyral. 66, 82. 



Cape. 



Genus 8. BLEPTINA. 



Fcem. Corpus sat gracile. Proboscis brevis. Palpi ascen- 

 dentes, compressi, sat longi ; articulus 2us arcuatus, pubesceus; 

 3us gracilior, brevior, vix arcuatus, quasi securiform is. Antennae 

 graciles, subsetosae, laminis squamosis. Abdomen alas posticas non 

 superans. Pedes graciles, subnudi, calcaribus longis. Alae lon- 

 giusculae, sat angustae; anticae angnlo apicali bene determinato, 

 margine exteriore subconvexo subobliquo, angulo interiore ro- 

 tundato. 



Bleptina, Guen. Delt. et Pyral. 66. 



Female. Body rather slender. Proboscis short. Palpi verti- 

 cal, compressed, moderately long; second rather stout, curved, 

 pubescent ; third more slender, hardly curved, shorter than the 

 second, apparently securiform at the tip, from its short hairs being 

 obliquely truncated. Antennae slender, more than half the length 

 of the body, with very minute setae and with squamous laminae. 

 Abdomen not extending beyond the hind wings. Legs slender, 

 almost bare ; spurs long. Wings rather long and narrow. Fore 

 wings with the apical angle sharply defined with a slight inclina- 

 tion to the subfalcate form ; exterior border slightly convex and 

 oblique; interior angle rounded. 



Type B. confusalis. 



North America. 



1. Bleptina caradrinalis. 



Testaceo-cinerea, rufescente tincta ; palpi rufescenies, articulo So 

 tenui recto aciculari ; tibice anticce longee fasciculatce ; meta- 

 tarsi antiti longissimi, crassi, albidi, sericei ; alee antica nigro 

 conspersa?, lineis interiore et exteriore denticulatis, umbra 

 mediana, linea submarginali pallida concisa rufescente margi- 

 nata, reniformi rufescente vaga squamis exterioribus nigris. 



