OF WASHINGTON. 115 



Varneria postremella, n. sp. 



Head, thorax and fore wings dark vinous red, the head, thorax and 

 basal half of costa overspread with blackish. A blackish line follows the 

 discal fold and spreads diffusely on the discal nervules. Terminal edge 

 and fringe blackish. Hind wing dark fuscous, blackish on margin. Ex 

 panse 10.5 mm. 



Three 9 9 , Kentucky, August (Aug. Busck), Plummer's Is 

 land, Maryland, July 1903 (Aug. Busck). 

 Type. No. 7932, U. S. National Museum. 



Peoria discostrigella, n. sp. 



Fore wings with n veins or ro, 3 and 4 separate, 4 and 5 very long 

 stemmed or coincident. Sand 9 stemmed, 10 and n from the cell; hind 

 wings with 7 veins, 2 before the angle of the cell, 3 and 4 very shortly 

 stalked or separate, 8 distinct, the cell moderate, nearly half the length 

 of wing. Tongue rudimentary; palpi very long, porrect; clypeus smooth. 



Head, palpi and thorax whitish ocherous ; fore wings pale ocherous, 

 showing in a broad stripe from base to margin along submedian fold, else 

 where longitudinally lined with gray on the veins; a broad costal white 

 stripe to apex; a long lanceolate white stripe along median vein from 

 near base to near margin. Hind wings white, subpellucid, yellowish 

 tinted. Expanse 28 mm. 



Three 9 9, Roswell, New Mexico, August 22 (T. D. A. Cock- 

 erell), Tucson, Arizona, July 21 (E. A. Schwarz). 



jfype. No. 7933 1 U- S. National Museum. 



Perhaps more properly referable to Aurora Rag. The vena 

 tion seems unusually unstable. 



Tolima cincaidella, n. sp. 



Fore wings with n veins, 2 well before angle of cell, 3 before angle, 4 

 and 5 very shortly stalked, 8 and 9 stalked. 10 connate with the base of 

 the stalk, n from the cell. Hind wings with 7 veins, 2 from the angle of 

 the cell, 3 and 4 long stalked, 5 absent, 8 distinct. Tongue moderate, ap 

 parently about twice the length of the head ; palpi very long, porrect and 

 drooping; antennae simple, lengthily ciliate. 



Pale ocherous whitish, lines paler, obscure, defined by dusky edgings 

 toward the median space. Inner line produced a little on costa, preceded 

 by a very faint, russet patch on the inner margin. Discal dots blackish, 

 separate. Outer line drawn inward subcostally, else even, a slight denta 

 tion indicated in the dusky border. The wing is all very pallid. Hind 

 wing whitish, translucent. Expanse 27 mm. 



Three specimens, all with the abdomens broken, but apparently 

 males, Rock Spring, Wyoming (T. Kincaid). 

 r fype. No. 7934, U. S. National Museum. 



