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Camptoneura picta, Fabr. Chaetopsis aenea, Wied. 



Stictocephala van, Say. 



Trypctidce. 

 Straussia longipennis, Wied. Euaresta bella, Loew. 

 Oedaspis polita, Loew. n festiva, Loew. 



Eurosta solidaginis, Fitch. 



Lo7ichceidce. 

 Palloptera superba, Loew. 



Sapromyzidce. 

 Sapromyza compedita, Loew. Sapromyza philadelphica, Macq. 



Di op si dee. 

 Sphyracephala brevicornis, Say. 



Ephydridx. 

 Paralimna appendiculata, Loew. 



Ochthera mantis, Deg. Also. several other species. 



Ephydra atrovirens, Loew. 



Oscinidce. 

 A few species around decayed fruits. 



NORTH AMERICAN PYRALID^. 



BY PROF. C. H. FERNALD, STATE COLLEGE, ORONO, ME. 



Cramhtis zeellus, n. s. 



Expanse of wings, from i8 to 24 m. m. 



Palpi, head and thorax, pale leaden gray. The labial palpi extend 

 forward as far as the length of the head and thorax. The maxillary palpi 

 are as long as the head. 



Fore wings dull leaden gray, mixed with ashy and wliitish, especially 

 on the outer part, and crossed beyond the middle by two angulated dull 

 ochre yellow lines, overlaid more or less with dark brown. The first line 

 crosses the end of the cell where it is angulated. The second crosses the 

 wing about half way between this last and the end. The terminal line is 

 dark brown, and a dark brownish cloud extends obliquely in from the 

 apex to the second line, but does not reach the costa. A narrow ochre 

 yellow line, somewhat curved, extends from the middle of the base of the 

 wing to the second line near the anal angle, and a similar line, though less 



