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spot to the middle of internal margin. A row of indistinct terminal 

 points. Fringes pale yellow. Posterior wings and fringes very pale 

 yellow. The under surface of both pairs very pale shining yellow. 



Expanse, $ 23, $? 27 mm. 



Habitat. — Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, New York. 



Allied to the European forjicelhis, but differs from it in its 

 smaller size, the less acute apices of the male, its paler color, and 

 less prominent markings. 



Schcenobiiis iiieliiiellus. 



Ckilo meUnellus. Clemens, Proc. Ac. N. S.Phil., p. 205, 1860. 



Palpi, head, and thorax ochreous, the palpi pale internally. Anterior 

 wings varying from pale to dark ochreous, shaded more or less promi- 

 nently with fuscous above the middle from the base to apex. A dark 

 fuscous dot, sometimes obsolete, at the end of the cell, and a more or 

 less prominent oblique streak from the apex to the middle of the wing 

 There are no terminal dark dots before the ochreous fringes. Posterior 

 wings and fringes white or pale yellowish white. 



Expanse, £ 24-28 mm. 



Habitat. — Pennsvlvania, New York. 



This species agrees most nearly of any in my collection with 

 Dr. Clemens' brief description. 



SchffiiioMus clemeiisellus. 



Chilo aquilellus. Clemens, Proc. Ac. N. S. Phil., p. 205, 1860. 



The name given this species having already been used by 

 Treitschke and other authors for a European species, I have 

 thought it best to make the above change. Not having recog- 

 nized the insect, I append the original description. 



"Dark fuscous. Fore wings with an ochreous streak along the sub- 

 median nervure and its nervules, and those beneath likewise touched 

 with the same hue. Hind wings yellowish fuscous." 



SclicenobiiiM <li*i»cr»t'llu«, n. s. 



Palpi, head and thorax dull tawny. Anterior wings dull testaceous 

 clouded with fuscous. A broad fuscous shade extends from near the 

 base through the middle of the wing to below the apices, which are much 



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