OF WASHINGTON, VOLUME XII, lit In. 203 



transverse posterior line crosses the wing obliquely, being nearer the 

 base on the inner margin, where it usually makes a sharp bend toward 

 the base; in the rest of its course the line is straight; both lines are 

 usually bordered with a darker shade than the ground-color of the wing. 

 The costal tuft on the underside of the fore wings of the males is pro- 

 nounced. Discal dots either separate or confluent. Hind wings semi- 

 transparent, yellow-gray shaded with fuscous along veins and mar- 

 gins. The venation varies from that of the typical Eurythmia as 

 follows: In the fore wings the stalk of 3, 4 is very short or the two 

 veins may even be connate; in the hind wings there are but 6 veins; 

 vein 8, which is extremely short in the other species of Eurythmia, 

 has in this species disappeared by coincidence with 7. Alar expanse 

 11 or 12 mm. 



Thirty-two specimens, East River, Connecticut, July and 

 August, 1908 and 1909. Collector, Chas. R. Ely. 



Type: No. 13196, U. S. National Museum. 



It may be that a new genus should be erected for this spe- 

 cies, but to the writer it seems preferable to broaden the defini- 

 tion of the genus Eurythmia so as to include species in which 

 3, 4 of the tore wing is either connate or short-stalked, instead 

 of long-stalked, and in which vein 8 of the hind wing is either 

 very short or absent. 



Euzophera ochrifrontella Zeller. 



Dyar, List. N. A. Lepidoptera, No. 4835, 1903. 



The genus Euzophera is described as having veins 4, 5 long- 

 Ftalked and is so placed in some keys to the genera of the 

 Phycitiua*. It is therefore worth noting that many specimens 

 of this species are found which have veins 4, 5 short-stalked 

 or even connate. A good series from East River, Connecticut, 

 was about evenly divided between the long- and short-stalked 

 forms. 



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Varneria postremella Dyar. \\& 



Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash., vi, p. .H3, 1904. 



In looking over some specimens of this species from East 

 River, Connecticut, it was noted by Dr. Dyar that thej^uu wed 

 a normal development of the tongue, instead of having it very 

 short, as given in his original description. This error was 

 probably due to the imperfection of the material examined. 

 Dr. Dyar has suggested that the correction be noted in the 

 present paper, which deals with a closely allied genus, \\ir- 

 nen'ti must therefore be removed from the subfamily in which 

 it is now placed, the Anerastimie, and should go in the sub- 

 family Phycitinoe, where it will fall near Enrvthniiu, from 

 which genus it may be distinguished by its porrect labial 

 palpi. 



