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lete; it crosses at inner third of wing, being directed slightly outward 

 in its course and is a trifle angulated outwardly on the cubital vein. 

 The inner area limited by this line is faintly washed with lilac, strong- 

 est along the costa, and several dark purple atoms are in the angle 

 formed by the union of the intradiscal line with the inner margin. 

 Extradiscal line quite heavy, crossing at outer two-thirds of wing, 

 purplish becoming blackish posteriorly and nearly straight, with an 

 almost imperceptible out- and in-curve. Outer area washed with lilac 

 along extradiscal line and sparingly strigate with blackish on anterior 

 portion, more heavily on posterior portion. Fringe purplish-ochreous, 

 at extreme apex tipped with pure purple. Secondaries with a pur- 

 plish line becoming blackish posteriorly on outer two-thirds of wing, 

 similar to and continuous with the extradiscal line of primaries, but 

 more curved and obsolete costally. The area within this line is pale 

 ochreous being almost pure yellow and the field outside it is deep 

 ochreous washed with lilac along the cross line and with a scattering 

 of transverse blackish strigae. Fringe as in primaries but decidedly 

 purplish toward anal angle. Beneath, yellow on inner two-thirds and 

 at apical area of fore wings ; outer third of both wings, except at 

 apical area referred to, light purplish, not well defined from the yellow 

 color, and on secondaries sparsely strigate with black. 



Type Two females in the Academy of Natural Sciences, 

 Phila., and in Rutgers College, taken by Rev. I. F. Stidham, 

 an enthusiastic and intelligent collector. 



Habitat Falls of Schuylkill, Philadelphia, in August. 



In naming this new species schuylkillensis I am acting upon 

 the suggestion of Dr. Skinner, who remarked that the general 

 shade of the insect harmonized with the color of the water in 

 the vicinity in which it was collected. 



Descriptions of two new Gelechidae from California. 



BY AUGUST BUSCK. 



Recurvaria invictella n. sp. 



Second joint of labial palpi pure white; terminal joint smoky white 

 and with a conspicuous black longitudinal line in front from base to 

 apex. Antennae black. Tongue heavily scaled, pure white. Face sil- 

 very white. Head and thorax light mouse-colored. Forewings light 

 silvery gray overlaid with brown and black scales ; extreme base of 

 wing brown ; a slight sprinkling of dark scales on the cell and along 

 the fold ; at apical third is an outwardly angulated blackish brown 

 fascia across the wing, not clearly denned toward the base of the 



