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rounded and terminating close beneath the end of the first simple vein; 

 anterior bifurcation a little nearer the base of the wing than the posterior 

 one. Vestiture of wings brown, variegated with white as follows : A 

 large patch near the base on the anterior margin, a sinuous hand cross- 

 ing the wing from the end of the third longitudinal vein to the end of 

 the seventh, a small patch at the tips of the second, third and fourth 

 longitudinal veins. Fringe brown, variegated with white as follows : A 

 large patch near the base on the anterior margin, a small patch at tips of 

 first to third longitudinal veins, a patch on the posterior margin extend- 

 ing from the tip of the fourth vein to the tip of the seventh, and a small 

 patch at the end of the ninth vein. Legs clothed with brown hair and 

 scales, with several annulations of white upon the tarsi. Antennae a little 

 longer than the width of the wing, i6-jointed ; basal joint cylindrical, four 

 times as long as thick; second joint large, globular; third joint much 

 smaller than second, ovate ; fourth to sixteenth joints slender, fusiform, 

 gradually diminishing in size ; the joints clothed with scattered hairs. 

 Ventral plate shallow! y emarginate at apex, terminating on each side in a 

 well-marked lobe ; ovipositor straight, acutely pointed. 



cf. Antennce differing from those of the female in that the basal joint 

 is relatively much longer, forming about one-fourth the length of the 

 entire organ ; and the third joint, which is oval, bears near its apex an 

 oval scar, from which arises a dense tuft of hair, the tuft being strongly 

 bent in the midle, so as to assume a sinuous appearance. Genitalia con- 

 spicuous. Inferior appendages two-jointed ; basal joint stout, twice as 

 long as broad ; distal joint nearly twice as long as basal, slightly curved, 

 tapering to apex, which bears a tuft of upwardly projecting clavate setae. 

 Superior appendages not quite so long as inferior, two-jointed ; basal 

 joint stout, cylindrical ; distal joint nearly straight, slender, about equal 

 in length to basal, tapering to a rather acute point. 



Hab. Maine. (Dr. G. DeN. Hough). 



Pericoma califortrica n. sp. 



9- Length 2 mm. Body brown, clothed with long gray hair. Wings 

 ovate, twice as long as broad, apex bluntly rounded and terminating close 

 to the tip of the second simple vein ; vestiture mottled with dark brown 

 and white hair ; patches of erect dark brown hair upon the bifurcation 

 and at the apices of the veins ; patch of white hair entad to the posterior 

 bifurcation and another ectad to the anterior bifurcation ; fringe gray; 

 posterior bifurcation closest to base of wing, the juncture between the 

 mam vein and the lower branch of the fork obsolete ; length of wing 

 2.5 mm. Antennas not one-half as long as the breadth of the wing; 17- 

 jointed ; basal joint cylindrical, slightly longer than broad ; second joint 

 relatively large, globular; third to seventeenth joint nearly uniform in 

 size, cylindrical, slightly narrowed at each end. Ventral plate squarish 

 at base, finely ciliate, broadly and deeply emarginate at apex, the termi- 

 nal lobes elongate, with bluntly rounded tips ; ovipositor long and 

 narrow, nearly straight. 



