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thickened. Hind wings elongate-ovate, as wide as the fore wings; 8 

 veins, all separate; vein 2 distant from 3, which is omitted at corner 

 of cell; veins 3, 4, 5, and 6 nearly equidistant, parallel; internal vein 

 with one fork above 4 and one above 6. Posterior tibiae smooth. 



Type: P. baker ella Busck. 



The genus is not far removed from Eucalantica Busck. 



Pliniaca bakerella, n. sp. 



Antennae yellowish fuscous. Palpi, face, head, and thorax reddish 

 ochreous, sprinkled with straw-yellow. Fore wings straw-yellow, suf 

 fused and streaked with reddish ochreous ; the reddish color is aggre 

 gated along the basal half of costa, in a broad ill-defined longitudinal 

 streak on the disc and along the dorsal edge ; the outer third of the 

 wing beyond the cell is irregularly and sparsely suffused with the same 

 color. Cilia light straw-yellow. Hind wings dark fuscous. Abdomen 

 and legs dark fuscous, sprinkled with straw-yellow. 



Alar expanse, 19 mm. 



Claremont, Cal. (C. F. Baker). 



Type. No. 9889, U. S. National Museum. 



Named in honor of the collector, Mr. C. F. Baker, of the 

 Estacion Agronomica, Santiago de las Vegas, Cuba, who has 

 sent me this and the following species, besides several other 

 interesting Microlepidoptera. 



Pliniaca sparsisquamella, n. sp. 



Entire insect except the hind wings chalky white. Fore wings with 

 large loosely attached scales; when at all rubbed the yellow skin of 

 the wing gives the species the appearance of being oily. Hind wings 

 rather dark fuscous. Legs and body immaculate white. 



Alar expanse, 16-17 mm. 



Claremont, Cal. (C. F. Baker). 

 Type. No. 9890, U. S. National Museum. 

 This insect reminds one, in general habitus, of the genus 

 Tegeticula Zeller [Pronuba Riley, nee Thomson]. 



Family GELECHIIDJE. 



Paltodora pennella, n. sp. 



Antennae white, with sharp, black annulations. Labial palpi pure 

 white, brush on second joint with a few black hairs interspersed. Face, 

 head, and thorax pure white. Fore wings light ochreous, with the 

 extreme costal edge and a narrow longitudinal streak on the fold white. 

 From apical fifth of costa runs a faint oblique white streak across the 



