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this three thin black lines. Edging the costal white streak supei'ioi'ly 

 is a dark brown patch. 



The ornamentation is very near that of jxi7Iidistrigel/a, with the 

 same ground color and general pattern, but differs in the lack of the 

 white costal edge and in the direction of the white costal streak, which 

 m this species forms a narrow Greek v with the dorsal streak, while 

 in palUdistrigella it is shorter and much more nearly perpendicular. 



Hindwings dark fuscous, cilia a shade lighter; veins 6 and 7 connate. 

 Abdomen yellowish fuscous, with numerous scattered metallic blue 

 and greenish scales. Legs light yellow. 



Alar expayise. — 16 to 16 mm. 



Habitat. — Colorado. July. 



Type.—^o. 6346, U.S.N.M. 



Cotypes in collection of Dr. Dietz, who has liberally submitted this 

 species to me for description and in whose honor I name it. 



PALTODORA CANICOSTELLA Walsingham. 



Cleodora canlcostella Walsingham, Insect Life, I, 1888, p. 82.— Riley, Smith's 



List Lep. Bor. Am., 1891, No. 5518. 

 Paltodora caniscostella Busck, Dyar's List Amer. Lep., 1903, No. 5545. 



Described from Mount Shasta, California; cot3'pes are in U. S. 

 National Museum, where is also a specimen from Colorado. Veins 

 6 and 7 in hindwings are connate. 



-PALTODORA ANTELIELLA, new species. 

 Paltodora anteliella Busck, Dyar's List Amer. Lep., No. 5546, 1903. 



Antennae light fawn colored; labial palpi fawn colored, abov^e 

 whitish; face, head, and thorax light fawn colored. Anterior wings 

 darker reddish brown; one short longitudinal streak on the fold and 

 one similar in the middle of the wing black; second discal stigma cir- 

 cular black. From costal apical one-fourth very obliquely outward 

 across the wing to termen a thin white line. Cilia fawn colored 

 with a short, heavy black transverse line in apical part. Hindwings 

 dark gray; cilia fawn colored; abdomen and legs light reddish brown; 

 tarsal joints slightly tipped with white. 



Alar expanse, 12 to 12.5 mm. 



Habitat. — New Jersey. 



Type.—^o. 6317, U.S.N.M. 



Cotypes in collections of Dietz and Kearfott. The small size and 

 rich brown color make this species easily recognizable. 



PALTODORA SABULELLA Walsingham. 



CZforfom .-?o/«tZcZfa Walsingham, Inspect Life, I, p. 83, 1888.— Riley, Smith's List 



Lep. Bor. Am., No. 5520, 1891. 

 Paltodora sabidella Busck, Dyar's List Amer. Lep., No. 5547, 1903. 

 Described from Colusa County, California. Cotypes are in U. S. 

 National Museum. Hindwino-s with veins 6 and 7 connate. 



