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Family HYDROPTILHX/E. 



Protoptila, n. gen. 



Spurs 0-4-4. Last joint of maxillary palpus (Plate II, Fig. 13) simple. 

 Fore wings rather slender and nearly acute at tip, without erect hair, ex 

 cept a few on base, fringe moderately long; hind wing slender, costal 

 margin before middle strongly excised, fringe very broad behind. Ocelli 

 distinct; antennae moderately long, not very heavy; middle and hind 

 tibise heavily fringed behind. 



Type: I3crcea? maculata Hagen. 



I place this genus in the Hydroptilidse although there are few 

 erect hairs and there are four spurs on middle * tibiae ; yet the 

 structure of the hind wing and the 'palpi place it there without 

 doubt. 

 Protoptila maculata Hagen. 



Clymene cegerifasciella Chambers. 



This pretty species is not uncommon along the Potomac region 

 in late summer. Chambers described it as a Tineid moth. 1 

 have seen Hagen's type at Cambridge. 

 Allotrichia signata, n. sp. 



Antennae yellowish; head and thorax with yellowish hairs, ocelli pres 

 ent: fore wings black, with yellow spots as follows: a large oblong one 

 at pterostigma, four rather large ones at subequal distances apart on the 

 hind margin, and several small dots near the apex; fringe black, except 

 at the pale spots where it is of the same color ; hind wings gray, with gray 

 fringe, except the apical part of the costal which is black; on the hind 

 margin the fringe is but little longer than width of wing; legs yellow, 

 spurs 0-3-4, hind and middle tibiae fringed, but the fringe not very long. 

 The fore wings have a moderately sharp tip; the hind wings are long and 

 narrow, with an elongate concavity along costal margin beyond middle 

 of the wing. Length 4 mm. 



One specimen from Falls Church, Va., 29th June. 



Allotrichia maculata Banks. 



From Falls Church, and Glencarlyn, V.a., 9th September, and 

 Washington, D. C., 25th August. 

 Orthotrichia pallida, n. sp. 



Antennae white, in the male rather long and heavy; head white above ; 

 thorax with white hair; fore wings with pale yellowish hair, the posterior 

 fringe white, the anterior fringe whitish, except a black patch at ptero- 

 stigmatic region ; slightly beyond middle of wing, at equal distances from 

 each margin, is a black spot, and another, less distinct, on posterior mar 

 gin, basad of this one; hind wings pale, nearly hyaline, fringes nearly 

 white. Legs yellowish, spurs 1-3-4; hind tibiae with long white fringe. 

 Fore wings slender, acuminate at tip, which is upturned; hind wings an- 



