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by scattered fuscous scales ; a fuscous streak from the costa to the fold 

 sometimes almost interrupted in the middle ; an oblique fuscous streak 

 about the apical third of the wing and a small dorsal spot opposite to it, 

 and another small spot of the same hue near the apex ; antennae silvery 

 gray ; face and palpi whitish, outer surface of the palpi dusted with fuscous. 

 .Alar ex. Yz inch. Kentucky. 



The antennae in this species and in the one next described are rather 

 longer than is usual in Tinea. The neuration of the wings in both these 

 species is also different. But I have not thought it necessary to make a 

 new genus for them upon this account, the more especially as the neuration 

 is by no means constant among the different species of Tinea, and these 

 two species differ somewhat from each other in neuration. There are 

 also minute differences in the form and relative size of the joints of the 

 labial palpi between the preceding species and these two. This species 

 and the next differ from the others and agree with each other in having 

 the costal margin of the hind wings excised from the middle to the tip. 

 For these reasons I had at first intended to place them in a separate sub- 

 genus, but as they differ from each other somewhat, especially in neuration 

 and pattern of coloration, and agree with Tinea otherwise than as above 

 quoted, I have concluded not to remove them from this genus. The next 

 described species has the scales of the thorax and wings appressed and 

 smoother than in the other species. 



14. T argenti-strigella. N. sp. 



Face and palpi silvery white, outer surface of the labial palpi brown ; 

 antennae silvery beneath, maroon brown above, annulate with silvery 

 white ; vertex maroon brown ; thorax above, a spot under each wing and 

 the basal portion of the primaries rich maroon brown, or in some lights 

 violaceous, with a narrow irregular white fascia upon the wings behind the 

 maroon basal portion ; behind the fascia the primaries are maroon brown 

 or violaceous, mixed with white towards the fascia, the white gradually 

 disappearing towards the apex. Six oblique silvery costal streaks, the 

 first being small and the others becoming gradually larger to the fifth, the 

 sixth again being smaller ; two distinct dorso-apical white streaks and a 

 small patch of maroon dusted with white in the dorso-apical part of the 

 wing, which is continuous with those of the five dorsal silvery streaks ; 

 dorsal ciliae silvery ; abdomen violaceous, each segment silver fringed ; 

 legs silvery iridescent Alar ex. % inch. Kentucky. 



A very handsome species. 



