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to apex has two slight serrations projecting into the dark dorsal part. 

 Cilia blackish. Hind wings dark fuscous. Abdomen dark fuscous, in 

 the female with protruding hairy horny ovipositor. Legs black exte 

 riorly, ochreous on the inner side. 

 Alar expanse, 17 mm. 



Redington, Ariz. 



Type. No. 9897, U. S. National Museum. Cotypes in 

 Dr. Wm. Barnes's collection. 



Named in honor of Dr. Wm. Barnes, of Decatur, 111., to 

 whom I am under obligations for this and many other inter 

 esting Microlepidoptera. This striking species is very similar 

 to Trichotaphe serratizitella Zeller and has nearly the identical 

 pattern and coloration of the fore wings, but it is at once dis- 

 linguished from this eastern species by its dark head and palpi. 



Family STENOMIDJE. 



Stenoma mistrella, n. sp. 



Antennae in the male strongly ciliate, in the female simple; dark 

 purplish fuscous. Labial palpi long, recurved, smooth, light ochreous 

 gray; underside of second joint slightly thickened with somewhat 

 darker scales. Face, head, and thorax light ochreous gray. Fore wings 

 light ochreous minutely speckled and overlaid with darker brown scales ; 

 at the end of the cell is a small but conspicuous round black dot; cilia 

 light ochreous; the costal edge is nearly straight and apex is pointed; 

 venation typical with 12 separate veins, 7 to termen. Hind wings with 

 8 veins, 6 and 7 stalked, 3 and 4 connate, 5 approximate to 4; dark 

 fuscous. Abdomen dark fuscous. Anterior legs blackish in front; 

 legs otherwise smoky ochreous. 



Alar expanse, 20-23 mm. 



St. Louis, Mo. Described from five specimens collected 

 by Mr. H. McEhlose and by the writer in September, 1904. 



Type. No. 10708, U. S. National Museum. 



The present genus and Brachyloma, Clemens (Ide, Cham 

 bers) do not belong to the family Xyloryctidse as tentatively 

 placed in Doctor Dyar's Catalogue, but form a separate family 

 to which Mr. Meyrick has given the name Stenomidse. This 

 family is the predominating one among the Microlepidoptera 

 of South America. 



Family (ECOPHORID^. 



Ethrnia macelhosiella, n. sp. 



Antennas blackish brown. Second joint of labial palpi black, with 

 white base; terminal joint white, mottled posteriorly with black scales. 



