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before the cilice is absent is incorrect. It should read that it is present. 



EPICORTHYLIS Zell. 



I copy the brief generic diagnosis from Bel. Z. Kent., 1873, p. 48 : 



Capitium depression elongation. Ocelli nulli. Antenna crenulatce. Palpi 

 libiales porrecti, thorace niulti long/ores, articulo seaoulo sub-arcuato subtus 

 Icevis supra posticce squamis crectis crestato ; terminali setaceo, erecto. Haus- 

 tellum brevissimton. Alee ante r lores angusta, margin ibus oppositis sub- 

 paralellis ; cellula media stmpllet, v.ena apicali furcata ; posteriores anterioribus 

 latiorcs, trapeztformes, margine postico infra apicem levitu impresso, vena 

 medlana trijida. Tibiee posticee in dorso piloso-cristatce. 



E. inversella Zell. 



Until I saw the species I supposed that it might be congeneric with 

 Sagaritis gracilella Cham. It, however, seems to resemble it chiefly in 

 having the tuft on the upper side of the second joint of the palpi. It is 

 a heavier-bodied, clumsier-looking insect than S. gracilella. Prof. Zeller's 

 specimens were probably a little worn, as he describes and figures the fore 

 wings as having the spots arranged 1, 2, 1, as some of mine have them ; 

 but these are a little worn. The best specimens have large spots, or 

 perhaps I might call them short transverse bands, arranged 1, 1, 1. 



The species is dark gray, the scales tipped with hoary. The palpal 

 tuft is whitish on its internal surface. Antennae annulate with dark gray. 

 The dorsal half of the fore wings is paler than the costal, and the disc is 

 whitish or almost hoary, and behind this whitish part of the wing and not 

 distinctly separated from it, is a whitish fascia concave towards the apex. 

 The spots above mentioned are in the whitish discal part of the wing. 

 Al. ex. about J / 2 inch. It is as yet known only from Texas. 



DESCRIPTION OF A NEW GRAPHOLITHA. 



BY A. R. GROTE, BUFFALO, N. Y. 



Graphotltha taleana, n. s. 



$ . Fore wings brownish fuscous ; under the glass the scales are seen 

 to be blackish with white tips. Thorax concolorous. Fore wings with 



