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first reaches the margin just beyond the middle, the second at the tor- 

 nus, the third beyond it. The third is also produced to the costa as a 

 much broader bar. Cilia yellowish red opposite the red streaks and 

 bars. Hind wings and cilia pale reddish gray. Abdomen yellowish 

 gray. Anterior legs brownish red, except the tarsi; middle and hind 

 legs pale yellowish shaded with red, all the tarsi whitish, tipped with 

 brown. Expanse, 14.5-15 mm. 



Described from five specimens from Mills College, Cal., two 

 of which are bred. The bred specimens emerged January 

 30-31, 1908; the captured specimens are dated February Qth. 

 March 25th, June 5th, respectively. A very distinct and beau- 

 tiful species. 



The larva rolls under the apex of leaves of Quercus agri- 

 folia Nee. The cone, which is formed of a single fold, is often 

 remarkably perfect. Its free edges are securely spun to the 

 under side of the leaf. I have not observed the larva during 

 the leaf-mining period, but have noticed an untenanted mine, 

 on the under side of a leaf, which probably belongs to this 

 species. The cocoon is spun on the upper side of a leaf across 

 the midrib and has numerous strands of silk stretched across 

 above it. 



Types in my collection. 



Gracilaria palnstriella n. sp. 



Labial palpi yellowish, dusted with dark brown. Head brownish, 

 antennae whitish, annulate with brown. Thorax brownish. Forewings 

 with the ocherous ground color for the most part overlaid with reddish 

 brown scales, especially in the costal half. These scales are densest 

 around the borders of the pale whitish costal spot. This spot is some- 

 what produced along the costa toward the apex, and has some reddish 

 scales scattered over it and six or seven black dots on its costal edge. 

 On its dorsal side, a pale indistinct streak curves from it to the dorsal 

 margin, resulting in the internal edge of the spot being convex, the 

 external edge deeply concave. Cilia yellowish, with three or four dark 

 lines running through them from the apex to the tornus. Hind wings 

 gray, their cilia paler and reddish. Abdomen gray. Anterior legs red- 

 dish brown, except the tarsi which are whitish, tipped with black. Mid- 

 dle and hind legs grayish. Expanse: 13.7 mm. 



Described from a specimen bred from mines on leaves of a 

 species of Sali.r, from Mills College, Cal. ; mines collected at 



