128 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



MICRO - LEPIDOPTERA. 



HY V. T. CHAI\IBERS, COVINGTON, KENTUCKY. 



(Coiitinuetl from pa<,'e 97.) 

 COLEOPHORA. 



[Antennae and palpi both simple.] t 



C. zdle7'iclla. N. sp. 



Slate color, tinged vv'ith ochreous ; apex of the abdomen yellowish ; 

 two longitudinal dusky lines on top of the abdomen, which, however, are 

 invisible in the dead specimen. Al. ex. -h inch. Kentucky. 



The case is ochreous, slender, cylindrical, tapering a little to each 

 end, and compressed or pinched at the posterior end, so as to divide it 

 into three small ridges. It is about half an inch long, and was found 

 adhering to the bark of sugar trees (Acer saccharinum.) 



C. argenii-albclla. N. sp. 



Silvery white; some parts of the legs and under surface tinged with 

 yellowish. AL ex. xV inch. Kentucky. Larva and food plant unknown. 

 The long, slender case was found adhering to the bark of beech trees 

 (Fagiis Americana). 



C. gigantella. N. sp. 



White, with seven longitudinal streaks upon the primaries, golden or 

 ochreous yellow according to the light ; one extends from the base just 

 within the costal margin to the beginning of the ciliae. Two other 

 parallel and oblique ones from the base near the costa to the dorsal margin 

 near the apex ; these are in the apical part of the wing, between the costal 

 one and the first oblique one, and the seventh is within the fold, extending 

 from the base to the dorsal ciliae. 



AL ex. s/^ inch. Collection of Mr. AVm. Saunders, London, Ont. 



C. aeneusella. N. sp. 



Greenish bronzy ; posterior wings pale fuscous. AL ex. 5 lines. 

 Kentucky. 



This species belongs to the section constituting Stephens' genus 

 Metallosetia. 



