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NEW NORTH AMERICAN MICROLEPIDOPTERA. 



BY PROF. C. H. FERNALD, AMHERST, MASS. 



Teras comandrana, n sp. 



Expanse of wings 13 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, and basal half of 

 forewings, light yellowish-brown or fawn coloured. A large cinnamon- 

 brown triangular spot rests on the costa, extending from the middle to the 

 outer fourth, and the apex extends nearly half way across the wing. The 

 outer part of the wing is light cinnamon brown, and the whole surface is 

 crossed by numerous oblique, irregular, metallic bands, which are visible 

 only in an oblique light. A row of minute black tufts along the inner 

 side of the costal spot, two or three more near the fold below, one on 

 each side of the fold at the basal third of the wing, and three near the 

 middle of the wing at the outer fourth. Fringe concolorous with the 

 outer part of the wing. 



Upper side of the abdomen, hindwings above and beneath, and the 

 underside of the forewings, light steel gray, with a silky lustre. Fringes 

 lighter. 



The larva of this species which was found in Amherst, Mass., May 

 24, 1890, feeding on Comandra bellardi, is light green above and much 

 lighter beneath. The head and thoracic shield are jet black, with the 

 usual scattering hairs ; the other segments have the usual protuberances 

 of a whitish colour. This larva pupated June nth, and the moth 

 emerged June 2/, 1890. 



Described from three examples, one from Amherst, Mass., and two 

 from Pennsylvania. I have two others from Texas which differ from the 

 above description only in being much lighter in colour. 



Cacoecia magJioliana, n. sp. 



Expanse of wings from 21 to 25 mm. Head, thorax and forewings, 

 fawn coloured, the last somewhat darker and with purplish reflections on 

 the middle field. The costal fold of the male, and the costal spot are 

 cinnamon coloured ; and there is an oblique, elongated, reddish-brown 

 spot arising from hear the base of the hinder margin, a similar spot rests 

 on the fold below the outer part of the cell, and a smaller, elongated spot 

 of the same colour lies in the outer part of the cell. These three spots 

 are dimly outlined with whitish scales. The outer part of the wing i^ 

 dull whitish, and crossed by a somewhat ill-defined, smoky-brown, curved 

 band, extending from the costal spot to the anal angle. The outer edge 



