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Hind wings and abdomen above, together with all the wings beneath, 

 fuscous, with violet reflections. Body, abdomen beneath, together with 

 the legs, lighter. Fore legs in front light brown with lighter rings at the 

 ends of the joints. 



Expanse 12 m. m. 



Described from five males and one female. 



Found feeding on Osmunda regalis in Orono, Me., by Mr. A. Allen, 

 drawing the leaves together with its silken threads. Emerged July 1, 1879. 



Grapholitha albimaculana, n. s. 



Head, antennge, thorax, abdomen above and fore wings, ashy grey, the 

 scales of the fore wings tipped with whitish. A white triangular spot rests 

 upon the middle of the hind margin of the fore wing and extends upwards 

 to the fold, edged with black on the side next the thorax. Four small 

 geminate white spots rest upon the costa ; the first at the basal third, from 

 which a metallic band of dull leaden hue extends across the wing to the 

 white spot on the hind margin ; the next two costal spots beyond are 

 somewhat nearer each other than to the others ; from the first of these a 

 metallic band extends across the wing, terminating near the anal angle ; 

 the fourth spot is near the apex and sends a metallic stripe to the outer 

 margin just below the apex ; beneath this is a short metallic stripe extend- 

 ing downward and forming the outside of the ocellus, which last contains 

 two parallel black dashes. The space between the first and second bands 

 is more or less filled with black from the costa downward. Fringes 

 metallic with a black line at the base. 



Hind wings above and below white at the base, sprinkled with dark 

 scales, blackish on costa and outwardly, fringes lighter. Underside of fore 

 wings fuscous, showing traces of the markings above. Underside of body 

 and abdomen silvery white. Palpi and all the tarsi greyish, the latter 

 tipped with whitish. 



Expanse of wings 13 m. m. 



Described from two males taken in Orono, Me. 



Retinia ? Comstockiana, n. s. 



Head in front, basal joints of antennas and palpi white ; last joint of 



