118 Tinelna of the Central United States, 



eilise appeared black, probably from having been a little singed by the 

 lamp ; since then I have bred the species from willow leaves, and I am 

 satisfied that it is the same described bv Dr. Clemens. The mine is 

 long, narrow, and on the upper surface it gradually widens throughout 

 its entire length, but does not become wide at any time, and at about 

 the middle of its length it is bent sharply backward, tlie large end 

 being bent back to the uarrrow one, like a long, slender club, bent 

 double. N. apicialhdla, Cham., only differs by having the apical cilise 

 white. 



N. nigriverticella (n. sp.) 



Face rust red ; palpi silver-tinged, yellowish white ; tuft, small and 

 black; eye-caps pale ocherous ; antennae fuscous, silver-tinged. Tliorax 

 and primaries pale ocherous, faintly dusted with fuscous ; at the base of 

 the dorsal margin of the fore wings is a purple black spot, extending 

 half across the wing, and just at the beginning of the cilia is a wide 

 purple black fuscia; cilia very pale ocherous. Al. ex., one fifth inch, 

 Kentucky. The food plant is unknown. It was taken May r2th, on 

 the hunk of a wild cherry tree, sitting very close. But I know only 

 one Nepticula mine of the wild cherry leaves, and the species wliich 

 produces it is very different from this, and has been already described 

 by me as N. serotinceella. — Can. Ent., vol. v., p. 126. 



N. resplcndenseUa (n. sp.) 



In rich, gorgeous and brilliant adornment this species surpasses all 

 other Neptlculce known to me ; indeed, I had almost written that it 

 surpasses any other microlepidopteron known to me, ana, indeed, while 

 some others surpass it in variety of coloration, I know of none more 

 gorgeous and brilliant. The scales are very fine and smooth, and 

 shining, unlike the rough, large scales of many species. The palpi are 

 whitish; the tuft pale reddish saffron, and the tips of the tarsi are pale 

 yellowish ; in other respects it is exceedingly diflicult to determine 

 what its real hues are. To the naked eye.it appears of a brilliant deep 

 black, with a wavy golden band extending along the middle of the fore 

 wings, from the base to the tip. Under the lens the basal half of the 

 costal margin of the fore wings, and a large spot extending along the 

 base of the costal fringe, nearly to the tip, and more than half across the 

 wing, are deep purple or deep velvety black, with a rich purple tinge ; 

 all other parts of the wings, the fringes, the body, and legs, are of a 

 brilliant metallic luster, like burnished steel or silver, with prismatic 

 reflections, and, in a bright light, glistening like gold in the sunlight. 



