THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 103 



TINEINA. 



BY V. T. CHAMBERS, COVINGTON, KENTUCKY, 



ADELA. 



A. (Nematais 1 ) trifasciella, $ . N. sp. 



Eyes large and close together on the vertex. Palpi, base of tongue 

 and large basal joint of the antennae, head and upper surface of the 

 thorax, clothed with long blackish hairs, darker than the fore wings 

 are, except at their base. The antennae are more than twice the length 

 of the wings and silvery white, the basal third dotted above with blackish. 

 Wings and legs rich dark brown, changing with the light to green, blue, 

 violet, bronze and golden. At about the basal fourth of the fore wings 

 is a narrow white fascia, about or just behind the middle is another slightly 

 angulated posteriorly ; these two fasciae are a little nearer together on the 

 costal than on the dorsal margin, the first one being a little oblique, and 

 before the apex is another costal streak perpendicular to the margin, and 

 nearly opposite, but a little behind it, is a small dorsal white streak. Pro- 

 bably these two streaks are sometimes united ; and the first two fasciae are 

 much less distinct in the middle than on the margins, and are possibly 

 sometimes interrupted. The tarsi are grayish fuscous, annulate with white 

 at the joints. AL ex. y^ inch. Received from Mr. James Behrens, of 

 San Francisco, California. 



A. fasciella, $ . N. sp. 



The white streaks and fasciae on the wings resemble those of the pre- 

 ceding species, except that they are wider and more distinct, The middle 

 one is not angulated, the first one appears to 'be a dorsal streak not crossing 

 the wing, but this appearance may be the effect of slight denudation of 

 the base of the dorsal margin ; and the third streak stops abruptly close 

 to the dorsal margin, is not interrupted and is not nearer to the apex on 

 the dorsal than on the costal margin. All this, however, is within the 

 ordinary range of variation within the limits of a species, and this may be 

 the female of the preceding species. But the head and appendages are 

 clothed with saffron hairs, instead of blackish, and the hairs are shorter. 

 The antennae are broken off, except the basal half of one, which has 

 alternate black and white joints at the base, becoming black simply flecked 



