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basal half of costal edge darkened with black dusting; on the middle 

 of the cell is a blackish brown spot and obliquely below on the fold is 

 a similar, but less prominent dark spot; at the end of the cell is a 

 transverse, blackish brown spot, faintly connected with dark costal 

 and dorsal spots above and below, so as to form an ill-defined and in- 

 distinct, narrow, transverse fascia at apical third of the wing; just be- 

 fore the tip of the wing is a more distinct, outwardly sharply angu- 

 lated fascia of blackish dots, and the extreme tip is liberally dusted 

 with black scales. Cilia light ochreous. The dark markings on the 

 forewings are easih- rubbed, so that only perfect specimens show all 

 of the above ornamentation. Hindwings whitish fuscous ; cilia ochre- 

 ous. Abdomen ochreous. Legs ochreous, liberally dusted with black 

 on the exposed sides. 



Alar expanse. — 13 to 14 mm. 



Habitat. — Plummers Island, Maryland, July (Busck) ; Kerrville, 

 Texas, April; Cohasset, Massachusetts, August (O. Bryant). 



Type.— Cat. No. 11939, U.S.N.M. 



A very pretty and easily recognized little moth with the ground 

 color of Aristotelia natalella Busck and superficially resembling a 

 Gelechiid. 



6. Genus CRYPTOLECHIA Zeller. 



Crypiolcchia Zeller, Lep. Microp. Caffr., 1852, p. 106. 

 MacMmia Clemens, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. PMla., 1S60, p. 211. 



Labial palpi very long, tip of second joint reaching above vertex, 

 slender; second joint somewhat thickened with smoothly appressed 

 scales, which are but slightly roughened in front; terminal joint 

 long, but decidedly shorter than second joint, slender, pointed. An- 

 tenna* without pecten on basal joint ; in the males ciliated, in some 

 species with very long ciliation ; in the female simple. Tongue well 

 developed. Forewings with 12 veins: 7 and 8 stalked; 7 to termen 

 just below apex; vein 2 remote from vein 3. Hindwings as broad 

 as the forewings, with 8 veins; 3 and 4 connate; 5 nearest 4; 6 and 

 7 parallel. 



Type. — Cryptolecliia straminella Zeller. 



The genus is at present recognized from America, Africa, and 

 Australia. 



This genus is equal to and supersedes Machimia Clemens and the 

 Australian genus 11 '<>/>////'<■</" Meyrick, of which about thirty Austra- 

 lian species are described. This latter synonymy was suggested to 

 tne and concurred in by Mr. Meyrick. who has kindly sent me several 

 species of thi;- genus in a large representative collection of Australian 

 Microlepidoptera, and who has had American species from the writer. 



a Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W., VII, 1883, p. 493. 



