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H. chalcofrontella. —Fore wings pale yellowish, dusted with fuscous, so as to 
produce two or three illy defined fuscous spots along the costa, from the middle 
of the wing and one on the middle of the inner margin. Near the tip is a 
wavy fuscous line, and the ends of the nervules are touched wdth the same 
hue. In the middle of the wing is a blackish brown dot, and usually one of 
the same hue beneath it in the fold. Above the end of the fold, are two black¬ 
ish-brown dots in the middle of the wing, one above the other. Hind wings 
yellowish-fuscous, cilia the same. 
Antennee basal joint pale yellowish, stalk dark fuscous. Head pale yellowish. 
Labial palpi fuscous, the end of the second joint pale yellowish, and the ex¬ 
treme tip of the terminal joint yellowish in the . 
This insect appears to be a variable one. 1st. Sometimes the wings 
are entirely fuscous^ ivith hut little yellowish^ when of course, the costal 
markings are not distinguishable, hut the dots are conspicuous. 2d. 
Sometimes the forewings are yellowish-fuscous, with the median dot 
distinct, but those at the end of the fold indistinct, and the costal mark¬ 
ings wanting. The dots on the middle of the wing and above the end 
of the fold, are the most constant markings. 
H. purpurocomella. — Fore wings uniform dark purplish-fuscous, with an 
indistinct, blackish median dot and two of the same hue in the middle of the 
*wing above the fold. Hind wings dark yellowish-fuscous, cilia the same. 
Head and thorax fuscous with a reddish hue. Face tinted with yellowish. 
Labial palpi fuscous. 
H. gilhociliella. —Fore wings pale yellow, with a black dot in the middle of 
the wing, and slightly dusted with fuscous towards the apex. Hind wings 
pale ochreous-fuscous. 
Antennae dark oehreous. Head and labial palpi pale yellowish. 
The fore wing.s of the female are more dusted with fuscous than those 
of the male. 
H modestella. —Fore wings fuscous, the basal portion of the wing is paler 
and shining, and has a faint grayish hue; in the middle of the wing is a dark 
fuscous sj^ot. 
Antennas, head and labial palpi, fuscous. 
YPSOLOPHUS Haw., Zell. 
Wings elongate with moderate cilia. 
Hind wings trapeziform, slightly retuse before the apex; with an in¬ 
tercostal cell. Subcostal vein furcate. Discal vein curved, with a cen¬ 
tral nervule. Median vein three-branched, the two superior nervules 
given off from a common stalk. Submedian vein distinct; internal 
obsolete. 
