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dish brown raised scales; second line very approximate to hind margin, sinuous, 

 lined with dark brown. A whitish streak on median vein and a dark brown 

 streak on each fold ; ciliie blackish. 



California. 



Variety stictopliorella Rag., Diag. N. A. Phyc. p. 5, 1887. 

 This has tlie streak on the median vein pure white and the lower 

 discal spot is distinctly marked in it. 



TACOMA* Hulst. 



(Type feri ell a Hulst) 

 Ento. Am. iv, 115, 1888. 



Labial palpi erect, rather short: maxillary palpi distinct, filiform; tongue 

 strong; ocelli present; antennae of % bent above base, a very large tuft of scales 

 in bend. Genitalia of '^ : uncus short, broad at base ; harpte bilobed, without 

 clasper spine ; lower plate spatulate, armed with inturned hairs ; within, in pas- 

 sage, one short stout, and one long slender spine. Venation : fore wings 11 

 veins, 4 and 5 stemmed, 10 separate ; hind wings 2 near angle, 3, 4 and 5 stemmed ; 

 6, 7 and 8 stemmed ; cell very short, about one-fourth wing. 



Abdomen of 9 with ten or twelve short spines on the penulti- 

 mate and antepenultimate segments beneath. 



1. T. feriella Hulst, Ento. Am. iv, 11.5, 1888.— Expands 20 mm. Palpi 

 gray, white beneath ; head and thorax dark gray with a bluish shade ; abdomen 

 fuscous gray, interlined with light gray ; fore wings dark gray with a bluish 

 shade; lines whitish, the inner nearly at middle, angulate. the outer waved 

 and dentate, subparallel with outer margin; on inner margin just beyond basal 

 line is a rather large broken white spot ; discal spot faint, with outer edge 

 whitish; a marginal line of black points; .hind wings fuscous, a black marginal 

 line. 



Texas. 



PR0MYL.1:A Rag. 



(Type lunigerella Rag.) 

 Diag. N. A. Phyc. p. 5, 1887. 



Near Brephia Hein. Antennae thick, pubescent, simple. Palpi thin, ascend- 

 ing, recurved ; maxillary palpi filiform. Fore wings 11 veins, 4 and 5 close, but 

 separate, 10 separate. Hind wings 8 veins, 2 from just before the angle of the 

 cell, 3 and 5 appearing shortly stemmed, 8 distinctly stemmed with 7. 



I have not been able to study, though I have seen the single spe- 

 cies under this genus. 



1. P. lunigerella Rag., Diag. N. A. Phyc. p. 5, 1887.— Expands 22 mm. 

 Fore wings light reddish brown, with a rosy tint, grayish in median area, cross 

 lines grayish ; first line oblique, slightly sinuous, externally edged with a black 

 line and preceded by a Iiroadish red-brown band, which is internally edged by 

 straight black line; second line sinuous, bulging out in the middle, and lined 

 with black on both sides; a brown lunule on disc. 



Vancouver's Island. 



* An Indian tribe of Washington. 



