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brown. Abdomen and legs gray, tips of the tarsi darker. Expanse, 

 9.5-10.5 mm. 



Nine specimens: Mills College, Cal., May 20, 1908; San 

 Francisco, April 12, 1909; all collected by Mr. G. R. Pilate. 

 A dark indistinctly marked species, apparently not closely re- 

 lated to any of the described American species. Veins 7 and 8 

 of the forewings are stalked. 



Type in my collection; paratypes in the California Academy 

 of Sciences and in Mr. W. D. Kearfott's collection. 



Nepticula ceanothi n. sp. 



Palpi deep bronze ; tuft reddish orange ; antennae almost black ; eye- 

 caps shining yellow. Thorax and basal third of the forewings with 

 deep purple and blue metallic reflections, becoming brilliant reddish 

 bronze outwardly. A shining golden fascia at one-third, and a second 

 similar one at two-thirds. Beyond the first fascia, the ground color of 

 the wings is dull dark brown. Cilia brown, becoming iridescent gray 

 toward their tips. Hind wings and cilia dark brownish gray. Upper 

 surface of abdomen dark brown ; lower surface of body and legs me- 

 tallic gray with faint bronze reflections. Expanse, 4.5-5 mm. 



Three specimens bred from upper side mines on leaves of 

 Ceanothus dlvaricatus Nutt, collected by Mr. G. R. Pilate, at 

 Dutch Flat, Placer Co., California. The mine is a brownish 

 much contorted linear tract with a broad area of frass some- 

 times nearly as wide as the mine. The mine averages 32 mm. 

 in length with I mm. for the greatest breadth. The cocoon is 

 flattened elliptical, somewhat broader toward its anterior end, 

 and densely woven of reddish brown silk. The mines were 

 received in February; the imagoes emerged from the middle of 

 March to the middle of April. 



Types in my collection. 



Nepticula diffasciae n. sp. 



Palpi shining gray, tuft reddish yellow ; antennae dark gray, eye- 

 caps shining yellowish white. Thorax and forewings lusterless black, 

 the latter inconspicuously mottled in the apical third. There are two 

 pale fasciae ; the first at one-third is pale dull yellowish white ; the 

 second at two-thirds is almost pure white, somewhat shining, and usu- 

 ally considerably narrower than the first. Cilia around the apex whit- 

 ish, becoming gray toward the tornus. Hindwings very pale grayish 

 brown, with gray cilia. Abdomen toward the base concolorous with 



