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NORTH AMERICAN NEPTICULIDAE 
17. Nepticula purpuratella new species 
Tuft ochraceous or orange; eye-caps silvery white. Thorax deep bronzy 
or golden.' Extreme base of the fore wing concolorous with the thorax, shad- 
ing outward!}" to a paler lustrous golden color, which at the outer limits of the 
basal third is followed bj" a deep bronzy band with purple and reddish reflec- 
tions varying in intensity, and occupying approximately the middle of the 
wing. This is followed by a brilliant silvery fascia. Apical arpa beyond the 
fascia deep bronzy, usually suffused with brilliant purple. In one specimen 
the purple reflections are ahnost entirely absent, so that the dark band pre- 
ceding the fascia and the apical area are deep bronzy-golden. Cilia gray with 
bronzy reflections, those around the apex silvery tipped. Hind wings and 
cilia brownish gray. Legs brownish, with tibiae and tarsi whitish, except 
those of the hind pair, which are bronzy brown. Abdomen bronzy brown. 
Expanse. — 4.5 to 4.8' mm. 
Localities. — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Engel); Oak Station, 
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (Marloff). 
Type material . — Holotype (U. S. N. M.); paratype (writer’s 
collection); paratype (Marloff collection). 
Three specimens, collected in May and early June. The only 
American species, thus far known, in which the fascia is preceded 
by a dark band separating it from the paler basal area. 
18. Nepticula obscurella Braun 
Nepticula obscurella Braun, Joiirn. Cin. Soc. Nat. Hist., xxi. 95, 1912. 
Tuft ocherous. Antennae brownish, eye-caps whitish. Thorax brown. 
Fore wings shining golden brown, tinged with bronze along the extreme costa 
and in the apex. Just beyond two-thirds of the wing-length there is an in- 
distinct narrow whitish fascia, broadest in the middle of the wing and fading 
out toward the ends. W'hen viewed at some angles this fascia is scarcely 
visible. Cilia of the general hue, their tips around the apex paler and con- 
colorous with the fascia. Hind wings grayish brow'n. Legs gray, tibiae and 
tarsi pale. Abdomen brown. 
E.rpanse. — 3.5 mm. 
Localiiies. — Alontclair, New Jersey; Long Island, New York. 
The mine (Fig. 19) is a narrow serpentine track on the upper 
side of bayberry {Myrica carolinensis) , with frass dispersed across 
the mine. Cocoon ochraceous. There are two generations a 
year. 
19. Nepticula ostryaefoliella Clemens 
Nepticula ostryaefoliella Clemens, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phila., i, 83, 1861; Tin. No. 
Am., 172, 1872; Dyar’s No. G208. 
Tuft ochraceous; eye-caps and collar shining cream-colored. Thorax azid 
fore wings shining brown w'ith faint bronzy and purple reflections, which 
