314 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Trichoptiltis IVrig/iiii, n. sp. — Expanse of wings, i6 mm. Head 

 and thorax cinnamon-rufous ; antennae brownish-black, barred with white 

 hairs ; palpi cinnamon, tipped with white, and with long hairs underneath. 

 Eyes dark brown. Thorax and abdomen cinnamon-rufous, whitish under- 

 neath ; legs of the prevailing colour, spurs white, brown at base and at 

 tip. Fore wings: cinnamon-rufous, with a tinge of orange towards the 

 base of wings. Wings long, slender and narrow, giving the insect a 

 delicate appearance. A light brown band crosses the outer third of the 

 first lobe, between this and apex there is a darker patch, and in the apex 

 there is a long, narrow, white patch resting on the costa, below which is 

 a black streak in the fringe of the inner margin ; the second lobe has a 

 small, white spot in the anal angle, within which the fringe of long hairs 

 is black. The feathers of the hind wings are of the general colour, as 

 noted above, with the fringes darker and with a few black hairs inter- 

 mixed ; the third feather has the usual cluster of black scales towards the 

 outer half. 



Habitat: San Diego, Calif., Oct. 13, 1907 ; collected by Mr. Wm. 

 S. Wright, in honour of whom this interesting species is named. There 

 are five specimens in my collection, collected on the above date, two of 

 which are types. 



Oxyptihis Berna7-dinus, n. sp. — Expanse of wings, 18-22 ram. 

 General colour of head, thorax, abdomen, legs and wings light mummy- 

 brown (Ridgway's Nomenclature of Colours) ; antennae narrowly-ringed 

 with white throughout, the enlarged first joint conspicuously so ; palpi 

 largely white, with long fringes of white hairs on the segments. 



Fore wings fissured to the middle ; general colour mummy-brown, 

 white as follows : Two oblique stripes on the outer end of the first lobe, 

 the outer stripe narrow, the inner one at least twice as broad ; a narrow 

 white bar at end of fissure, reaching half way towards costa ; the second 

 lobe of a general, uniform colour, the anal angle very pronounced, white, 

 producing the effect of an excavation, a few white scales along inner 

 margin ; under side much the same as upper, with white fringe of second 

 lobe more pronounced. Hind wings general colour of fore wings, slightly 

 darker ; third lobe with a large cluster of black scales towards the apex, 

 the fringe between the cluster and base whitish ; hairs of fringes slightly 

 blackish. The legs are mummy-brown, conspicuously barred with white. 

 The spurs are brown on the under side, white above, long. Thorax and 

 abdomen mummy-brown, sprinkled lightly with white hairs ; base of 

 thorax conspicuously white j abdomen with narrow white stripes between 

 the segments. 



