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veins, 4 and 5 separate ; hind wings 8 veins, 2 far from angle, 3 separate 



from 4, 4 and 5 short stemmed, 7 and 8 stemmed. Type comacornella., 



Hulst. 



Acrocaiila comacornella, n. sp. 



Expands 16 mm. Head and antennae fuscous ; thorax smooth, shin- 

 ing fuscous ; abdomen fuscous, the segments edged posteriorly with 

 whitish ; fore wings dark fuscous, with a broad lighter basal cross band, 

 most distinct at costa, and with a narrow lighter costal patch from discal 

 spot, which it just encloses, to outer linej outer line very faint; hind 

 wings transparent fuscous. 



Central Texas. 

 Nephopteryx viodestella, n. sp. 



Expands 26 mm. Head and palpi light gray, the latter fuscous at 

 tip ; thorax light fuscous ; abdomen whitish, with segments fuscous 

 in front ; fore wings light fuscous gray, with fuscous markings ; the basal 

 and middle field more grayish or whitish, the latter broad at costa, run- 

 ning to a point on inner margin ; a broad fuscous basal band with a faint 

 reddish tinge ; outer field fuscous gray, the outer line whitish dentate, 

 preceded by blackish near costa ; hind wings fuscous, darker outwardly. 



Mass. 

 Salebria Slossonella, n. sp. 



Expands 16 mm. Palpi and thorax fuscous ; thorax smooth fuscous ; 

 abdomen dark fuscous, the segments lighter posteriorly ; fore wings gray, 

 consisting of white ground colour, with black scales heavily overlying ; a 

 basal deep red scale ridge followed by a dull rusty yellow band, and this 

 by a black edging ; costa half way of middle field from scale ridge nar- 

 rowly reddish ; outer line light, not very distinct, close to margin ; hind 

 wings transparent, outwardly fuscous. 



Miami, Fla. ; Feb., Mar. From Mrs. Annie Trumbull Slosson, in 

 whose honour the specific name is given. I have the $ only, and con- 

 sequently the generic reference may not be correct. 



Salebria afflictella, n. sp. 



Expands 14-18 mm. Palpi, front and thorax blackish fuscous; 

 abdomen fuscous, the end orange ochreous ; fore wings blackish, a 

 purple spot, quite large, along inner border on basal space ; basal cross 

 line broad, whitish, oblique, straight ; middle field in centre, whitish ; 

 outer line fine, whitish, rather strongly bent, dentate ; discal spots 

 geminate, superimposed, black, prominent ; hind wings dark fuscous. 



