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Fore wings elongate triangular, broad; hind wings very full and ample; 

 9 markedly smaller than r^. 



Outer line irregular and indistinct or wanting, at least in the $. 

 (J 1 with numerous dots on the veins; with inner line 



waved ed-wardsialis Hulst 



(^ without dots, a yellowish ray in submedian fold ; 9 with 



inner line straight, whitish excantalis Hulst 



Outer line well formed, fairly distinct. 



Outer line bent ; palpi hairy , atrella Hulst 



Outer line straight; palpi normal caudellella Dyar 



Without these characters. 



Large species (33 mm.) ; cross lines obsolete piperella Dyar 



Small species (15 mm.); cross lines present cinctella Hulst 



Zophodia orobanchella, n. sp. 



Wings trigonate, rounded, rather less elongate than usual. Gray, white 

 and black scales rather evenly mixed. Inner line lost; outer black, broad 

 on the costa, twice angled below becoming narrow and obsolete. Discal 

 spot large, black, rounded. A fine black line runs through the middle of 

 the cell from the discal dot, edged with white, most distinctly so below. 

 The white and black scales costally are arranged indistinctly in lines. 

 Termen nearly white, the terminal line diffusely dotted black. Hind 

 wings pale fuscous, dark on the margin. Expanse 18-20 mm. 



Three specimens, VVawawai, Washington, August, 1898 (C. V. 

 Piper), reared from larvae in the flowers of Orobanche ludovi- 

 ciana, Washington Experiment Station No. 051. 



Type. No. 7848, U. S. National Museum. 



Staudingeria olivacella, n. sp. 



Fore wings narrow but triangularly widened ; obscure sordid olivaceous, 

 the costal edge diffusely white. Lines nearly obsolete, shadowy, dark 

 gray, the inner line not definite, the outer retracted nearly to touch the 

 small, obscure discal dots. Hind wings lightly gray shaded; fringe pale. 

 Expanse 24 mm. 



One r?, Pullman, Washington, August 12, 1898 (C. V. Piper), 

 Washington Experiment Station, No. 539. 

 Type. No. 7849, U. S. National Museum. 



Staudingeria perluteella, n. sp. 



Fore wings with i T veins, hind wings with 7 veins, antennae simple, labial 

 palpi obliquely ascending, long, third joint very small, deflexed, maxillary 

 palpi with a long bunch of hairs at the tip, tongue distinct. Fore wings 

 narrow, well angled and rather pointed, uniform pale luteous ochraceous, 

 the lines and discal dot only indicated by faint shadows, not definite 

 enough to describe. Hind wings, broad, rounded, fuscous gray, a little 

 translucent, dark at the extreme margin, the fringe long and pale. Ex 

 panse 25 mm. 



