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cross lines; the first nearly straight, the second oblique, hardly indented on the 

 folds. Discal and marginal spots rather indistinct. The female shorter, more 

 robust, gray, the basal area black ; lines whitish black margined, distinct." 



I have a S from Colorado which differs quite considerably from 

 this one of Mr. Ragonot ; the cross lines are obsolete, as are the 

 discal spots, and the color is nearly uniform gray with the veins 

 l)lackish. Taken by Mr. Foster in April. 



2. S. uigrirasciella Rag., Diag. N. A. Phyc. p. 11, 1887.— % 28 mm. 9 

 20 mm. Fore wings of 'J, gray, suffused with dull reddish, basal area whiter. 

 Lines slightly oblique, nearly straight, gray, distinctly black margined in median 

 area; lower discal spot distinct, in a whitish streak. The 9 pure white, evenly 

 speckled with black ; lines white, black margined in median area, fringes black- 

 ish ; base black. 



No locality is given. 



ET1EL,i1a Zell. 

 (Type zhickenella Zell.) 



Isis 1839, p. 179; 1846, p. 733: von Heineraann, Pyr. p. L54, 18fi5; Meyrick, 

 Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. iii, 203, 1878; vii, 1.56, 1882. 



Eamphodes Guen., Ann. Soc. Ento. France, 184.5, p. 319 (Index Meth. p. 81) ; 

 Zeller, Chilo. Cram. Phyc. Hor. Soc. Ento. Ross. xvi. ]). 177. 



3Ielln Walk., C. B. M. pt. 19. ]i. 1017, 1859. 



Labial palpi long, horizontal, second member very long, five times 

 end member; maxillary palpi long, pencil-tufted; tongue quite long, 

 rather weak; ocelli present; antennae: basal member with a pro- 

 tuberance within at summit; a bend above base, in one convex 

 reach outwardly, and two equal concave reaches within, with tuft 

 in each concavity, the tuft below of scales turned up, the one above 

 of hair turned down ; beyond bend dentate pubescent. All tarsi 

 spinulated, spurs long ; thorax with a tuft of long hairs beneath on 

 either side the front. Genitalia % : uncus single, spine short ; harpa' 

 transposed into long, slender, incurved spines, with a stout incurved 

 spine within at base of each of these; lower plate broad, conical. 

 AVings long, narrow. Venation : fore wings 11 veins ; 4 and 5 sepa- 

 rate, 10 separate; hind wings 8 veins, 2 quite distant from angle, 8 

 separate, 4 and 5 stemmed or separate, 6 and 7 stemmed ; fore wings 

 with basal scale ridge above. 



Synopsis of Species. 



Ground color oehreous, powdered with black ; no di.scal spots. ..ziiickeiiellsi. 



gray, not powdered with black ; discal spot present.. shisticolor. 

 Base and inner margin reddish riibribaMClla n. s]). 



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