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truth, T am unable to determine what constitutes a true Laverna. Z. 

 cephalanthiella Cham, is probably nearer it than any other American 

 species ; but the species referred to this genus by European authors differ 

 greatly in structure, more greatly, perhaps, than do those which I have 

 referred to it. I doubt greatly whether any well marked lines separate it 

 from Chauliodus, Chrysaelista, or even from Theisoa and Elachista. 



L. obscurusella. N. sp. 



The tongue is scaled as in Laverna, but the labial palpi are those of 

 Chauliodus cheer ophil ellu s ; the basal joint of the antennae has dependent 

 hairs, and the tufts of scales, though not projecting over the hind margins ' 

 of the wings, as in Chauliodus, are arranged along the dorsal margin. As 

 I have but a single specimen, I have not denuded the wings. 



Head and palpi white ; third joint of the palpi is externally marked 

 with about three or four small purple brown spots, and the second joint 

 is externally dusted with scales of the same color towards the base. 

 Antennae brown. Thorax white on top, but marked with some small 

 brown specks, some of which also are scattered over the base of the fore 

 wings, which are white with a large pale yellowish ochreous spot, which 

 crosses the fold at about the basal fourth. The wing behind this spot to 

 the tip, is more or less, though faintly tinged with pale ochreous yellow 

 and grayish, especially so along the middle of the disc, where there are 

 two or three small dark brown tufts of raised scales ; there is a bluish 

 gray spot on the dorsal margin before the ciliae, and there is an opposite 

 costal spot of the same hue which also is visible in the ciliae : there are 

 three small tufts of ochreous red scales along the dorsal margin of the 

 fore wings, one of which is near the base, another about the middle, and 

 the third is just behind the, bluish gray patch above mentioned. The 

 legs are brown and the tarsi are annulate with white. At. ex. %i incji. 



Additional corrigenda : 



Ante p. 30, for L. longiella read langiella. 

 P. 32, for superbella read elegantella. 



P. 10, for buristriga read brevistrigella, and for plausipenella read 

 planipenella. , 



V. 6, p. 237, pallidagrisseella read pallidegrisseella. 

 P. 244, for pallidastrigella, pallidestrigella. 



