172 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



ELACHISTA. 



E, ? cristatella. N. sp. 



This insect, of which I have but a single captured specimen, (in good 

 condition, however,) in its depressed head and its forehead rather acutely 

 angulated, as well as in the size and appearance of the antennae, reminds 

 one strongly of Aeaea ostryceella Chamb., as it does also in the ornamenta- 

 tion. As, however, Aeaea is near Elachista, and the palpi in this specimen 

 are more elongate and slender than in Aeaea, and I have not examined 

 the neuration, I place it provisionally in Elachista. 



Head and face white ; the palpi iron gray mixed with white. Antennae 

 brown. Thorax and wings dark iron gray dusted with white ; just before 

 the middle the white dusting forms an indistinct line across the wing, 

 faintly indicating a fascia which is margined on the dorsal edge of the 

 wing by a small raised dark brown tuft. The under surface of the thorax 

 and abdomen and the basal joints of the legs are silvery yellowish, the 

 tibiae and tarsi dark brown on their outer surfaces and annulate at the 

 joints with white, and the anal tuft is silvery. Al. ex. scant ^ inch. 

 Kentucky in June. 



COLEOPHORA. 



C. nigralineella. N. sp. 



Second joint of the palpi with a minute tuft at the apex be?ieath y and 

 basal joint of the antennae with scales projecting i?i fro?it. 



Palpi (except the whitish inner surface), head, thorax and fore wings 

 ochreous ; basal two-thirds of the antennae with alternate annulations of 

 white and brown ; the apical third slender and white. Hind wings and 

 upper surface of the abdomen brownish slate color, with two short longi- 

 tudinal blackish lines on top of each abdominal segment, except the last 

 two, and which are very distinct in fresh specimens, but less so in dry 

 ones ; under surface of abdomen and anal tuft yellowish silvery ; ciliae 

 of both pairs of wings yellowish ochreous, a little paler than the ground 

 color of the fore wings ; anterior surface of the fore legs brownish. Al. 

 ex. not quite ^ inch. Kentucky ; captured in July, and I have in a 

 single instance bred it from a somewhat pistol-formed case which was 

 found attached to a leaf stem of the Black Walnut (Jugla)is nigra). 

 The case is yellow with pistol handle brown, except on its under side, 

 where it is white, and there is a triangular projection on top of the 

 barrel near the muzzle, by which it was attached to the stem, 



