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distinct white cross lines, the basal straight, oblique, heavily edged with 

 black outwardly, the black broadest at costa, the second line scarcely 

 bent, broadly edged inwardly with black ; hind wings dark fuscous. 



Colorado. Easily distinguished from its congeners by the even colour 

 of the fore wings of the ^ . The $ is rather difficult to separate from the 

 other species. 



Melitara juncioiineel/a, n. sp. 



Of the size and general appearance of iM. dentata, Grt., and of the 

 same colour; the outer dentation of the basal line is very much extended, 

 as is the inner dentation of the outer line, so that they meet and join at 

 the centre of the middle field. 



Colorado, Texas. 



Zophodia episcJmioides, n. sp. 



Expands about 26 mm. Labial palpi porrect, end member long, 

 somewhat dellexed, middle member heavy, curved, long, sordid gray 

 in colour, white at lip ; front strongly cone tufted ; antennae ciliate, 

 subdentate ; maxillary palpi small; fore wings rather long, subparallel, 

 rounded at apex, the anterior half gray cervinous, more whitish along 

 costa, the posterior half dull ochre reddish fuscous basally, gradually 

 fading at middle into the colour of the anterior part of the wing ; hind 

 wings dark fuscous, broad ; beneath, dull fuscous on all wings. 



Decidedly like Epischnia in appearance, but near Zophodia, though 

 not strictly congeneric. The antenna; of the $ are flattened and 

 subdentate ; veins 4 and 5 of the fore wings are separate, not stemmed 

 as in Zophodia, and the tongue is short and stout. 



Zophodia fiiscatella, n. sp. 



Expands about 25 mm. Palpi, front and thorax even dark fuscous 

 gray; antennae of the male simple, fringed with tufts of hairs, two on each 

 segment ; fore wings even fuscous mouse gray, the lines scarcely, if at all, 

 evident; hind wings fuscous, slightly darker on the margin. 



Los Angeles, Cal. The National Museum type No. is 4706. The 

 insect differs from the typical Zophodia in the structure of the antennae 

 and in the position of vein 2 of the hind wings. 



Etizophera inornatella, n. sp. 



Expands 24 mm. Palpi and front fuscous ; thorax whitish in front, 

 fuscous behind ; fore wings gray, composed of scattered black scales on 



