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median vein ; 3 and 4 coalesce and arise from the lower angle of the cell ; 

 5, 6 and 7 nearly equidistant, 7 from the base of the wing ; 8 arising free 

 from the base of the wing, running nearly intermediate between the costa 

 and subcostal vein, ends in the costa a little below the apex ; cross vein 

 very oblique from the base of 5 till it joins the cellular vein from the base 

 of the wing, then runs up and joins vein 7 a little before the middle. 



This genus is more closely related to Choreutis than to any other 

 genus known to me, but is without the metallic scales and some other 

 characteristics of Choreutis. The venation of the fore wing is like that of 

 C. onusta, Walk., but that of the hind wing differs in the course of the 

 upper part of the cross vein and in having a much stronger intercellular 

 vein. 



Named in honour of Mr. W. D. Kearfott, who has so successfully 

 begun the study of the North American Microlepidoptera. 



Kearfottia albifasciella, u. sp. — -Expanse of wings g to 10 mm. 



Head, thorax, base and outer part of fore wing dark brown with bronze 



reflections ; middle of the wing cream-white, with four equidistant dark 



brown dots on the costal and three on the hind margin of this white 



fascia ; these dots are not present in all the specimens. The dark basal 



area has a vertical nearly straight outer edge, though there is a slight 



indentation on the submedian fold. The terminal dark bronzy-brown 



area which covers about a third of the wing has an oblique wavy inner 



edge, varying somewhat in the different examples. Fringe concolorous, 



with a whitish fleck near the anal extremity. 



Hind wings and fringes above and beneath, and also the abdomen 

 above, fuscous. Under side of fore wings fuscous, lighter beneath the 

 median fascia. Under side of thorax and abdomen and the legs dull 

 yellowish-white ; the fore coxae, femora and tarsi in front and the middle 

 tibiae and tarsi in front, dark fuscous. 



Described from three specimens, two taken at Plummers's Island, 

 Md. , July 1893, by Mr. August Busck, and one in Cincinnati, Ohio, 

 July 7, 1903, by Miss Annette F. Braun. One cotype is in my collection, 

 one in the National Museum, Washington, D. C, and one in the collection 

 of Mr, W, D. Kearfott, Montclair, N. J. 



