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the first and second dark shade. a black spot within the costa; beyond 

 the third dark shade, a narrow whitish s!re::k. sometimes almost 

 o!)literated by dusting, curses inward just within the costa, then runs 

 obliquely outward to the ternien just beyond tornus. A more or less 

 distinct black dot in apex, preceded by one or two more or less distinct 

 black dots on costa and termen. Three la rye patche , of black rai>ed 

 scales in a line about equally spaced, the first two in the fold, the third 

 above it, and lying in the dark .shades. XYaivr the base than the first 

 of these is a small black spot on the dorsal margin. Hind winy with- 

 out hair pencil in male. Legs yray with tips of segments silvery; a 

 faint paler bar across hind tibiae. Alar expanse: 11-1.1 mm. 



Type ( $ ) .'ind a large scries of paratypes reared from 

 larvae mining leaves of Ccanotlnts (lit'aricntiis Xutt.. Dutch 

 Flat. Placer County, California. Type and paratypes in the 

 writer's collection, paratypes in the collections of the Academy 

 of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia and the California Acad- 

 emy of Sciences. 



The mine starts on the lower side of the leaf, usually next 

 to the midrib; the entrance guarded by a short tube of silk. 

 The mine is at first linear, with branches extending out from 

 it; later blotchlike. including the linear portion. Pupa in a 

 cocoon between two leaves tightly spun together. Larvae re- 

 ceived February 20, imagoes April 15 to May (>. 



The curved pale streak at three-fourths and the line of three 

 patches of raised scales are the most distinguishing character- 

 istics of this species. 



Brachmia hystricella n. sp. 



Face pale straw-colored, head brownish ocherous, palpi brownish 

 ocherous, upper and lower edge with a fine white line from bast to 

 apex, antennae brownish, banded beneath with whitish. 



Thorax and fore wings brownish ocherous or fuscous; veins dis- 

 tinctly outlined with pale straw color; costal and dorsal margins and 

 a streak from middle to end of cell also whitish; a curved white 

 streak, with convex side toward the costa, lies between the cell and 

 costal margin. There is a round black discal spot on die middle of 

 the cell, and a similar one at the end of the cell; an elongate black 

 spot in the fold beginning below the first discal ; all three spots edged 

 with white scales. Costal cilia straw-colored, cilia on termen fuscous, 

 sharply contrasting along a diagonal line at apex; margin of termen 

 blackish, cilia with two parallel fuscous lines, of which the outer is 

 usually the darker and broader. Hind wings whitish straw -co], 

 or grayish. Legs straw-colored. Alar expanse: 13-15 mm. 



