no. 1644. REVISION OF CECOPHORID MOTHS— BUSCK. 195 



Some of the American species (concolorella, canariella, kuachu- 

 cella, ciliella) included by the writer in this genus have the ciliation 

 of the male antenna? strikingly long (3 to 5), and Mr. Meyrick has 

 utilized this character to separate closely allied Australian genera. 

 All the American species referred to Cryptolechia by the writer have 

 ciliated male antennae, and I can only regard the different lengths of 

 the cilia as degrees of the same character and not of sufficient value 

 to separate the forms generically. 



Mr. Meyrick himself would hardly insist upon the generic value 

 of these differences, but he has repeatedly found it expedient to 

 utilize them to break up otherwise excessively large groups in Aus- 

 tralia. This reason does not exist in America, and I am glad to be 

 able to disregard as a primary means of separation this and other 

 secondary sexual characters, which in the writer's experience are 

 excellent specific distinctions, but not indicative of well founded 

 generic divisions. 



To Cryptolechia I refer, besides the species described below, the fol- 

 lowing American species: 



tentoriferella Clemens, Dyar List X. Am. Lep., No. 5853. 

 cretacea Zeller, Dyar List X. Am. Lep., No. 5846. 

 obscuromaculella Chambers, Dyar List N. Am. Lep., No. 5848. 

 concolorclla Beuteimiiiller, Dyar List N. Am. Lep., No. 5845. 



CRYPTOLECHIA CANARIELLA, new species. 



Labial palpi very long, reaching far above the vertex; light yel- 

 low, sprinkled with darker reddish yellow exteriorly. Tongue yel- 

 lowish white. Antenna 1 yellowish with white annulations; in the 

 female simple, in the male with very long (5) ciliation on the under- 

 side. Face, head, and thorax light canary-yellow. Forewings uni- 

 formly light canary-yellow, the color only slightly deeper yellow at 

 base of costa. Cilia whitish yellow. Hindw T ings semitransparent, 

 light whitish yellow. Abdomen yellow. Legs light canary-yellow, 

 mottled exteriorly with darker ochreous. 



Alar expanse. — 24 to 25 mm. 



Habitat. — Huachuca Mountains. Arizona. 



Type.— Cat. Xo. 11940, U.S.N.M. Cotype in collection of Mr. W. 

 D. Kearfott, to whom I am under obligation for this and other inter- 

 esting species. 



A large striking canary-yellow species not mistakable for any de- 

 scribed American species. 



CRYPTOLECHIA HUACHUCELLA, new species. 



Labial palpi whitish with brownish base and touched exteriorly 

 with rose-red; terminal joint with a dark-brown annulation around 



