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p. 144), having regard to the description which he had given of the 

 form of the hind wings; but lacking this character it is not a true 

 Gelerhla. 



I can find no description of Gelerhia gleditschiseella, and no other 

 reference to it than that contained in the "Index" to "vol. x. p. ," 

 which is not correct, the species not being noticed in that vol- 

 ume. 



Genus CARPOSINA. 

 102. Carposina orescentella. sp. nov.— Palpi with second joint en- 

 larged, somewhat claviform, third joint short and blunt, both fuscous tipped with 

 whitish. Head greyish fuscous, the fa*ce somewhat paler; tongue yellowish, 

 naked; antennae of the male strongly ciliated, of the female simple, greyish fus- 

 cous. Fore wings whitish grey, mottled with greyish fuscous; the costa greyish 

 fuscous at the base, with about six diffuse greyish-fuscous spots along the costal 

 margin, the first and least conspicuous being before the middle, the others at or 

 beyond it; diffuse spots of greyish fuscous are continued around the apical mar- 

 gin, each throwing a shade of the same color through the greyish cilia; there is a 

 dark-margined white crescent-shaped mark at the end of the cell, the upper por- 

 tfon of which contains some bright ochreous scales; this is preceded and followed 

 by greyish-fuscous blotches. Immediately below the costal margin and before 

 the middle is a short bright ochreous longitudinal streak, below which an irregu- 

 lar greyish-fuscous shade extends to the dorsal margin. On the outer edge of the 

 dark costal patch at the base is an oblique bright ochreous streak, not reaching 

 the costa, and below this, about the base of the dorsal margin, is a small greyish- 

 fuscous blotch. Hind wings pale greyish fuscous, the cilia having a slight brown- 

 ish-ochreous tinge. Anal tuft ochreous. Posterior tibise pale ochreous above; the 

 tarsi fuscous, spotted with pale ochreous at the joints. Exp. % 17, 9 lfi m ''~ 

 lim. 



I have at least one other species of this genus from California. 



Genus LECITHOCEKA. 



565. I.,ecitliocera? flavistrigella. sp. nov.— Head rough, yellowish, 

 tinged with ferruginous on the frontal tuft. Labial palpi rather short, depressed, 

 with projecting bristles at the outer side on the second and apical joints, the api- 

 cal joint fuscous. Maxillary palpi well developed. Antennae fully as long as the 

 fore wings, stout, setaceous, pale yellow. Thorax and fore wings purple; the fore 

 wings oblong ovate, with a long yellow outwardly widening basal streak reaching 

 near to an oblique yellow dorsal spot before the dorsal cilia, beyond which on the 

 costa is a rather larger spot of the same color: the cilia at the extreme apex shin- 

 ing yellowish grey, above and beneath fuscous. Hind wings lanceolate, pale pur- 

 plish, with fuscous cilia. Abdomen and third pair of legs greyish-fusoous, the 

 tibife densely pilose. Expanse 9 millim. 



The labial palpi are shorter than in Leclthovcra hit IcorneUa , Zell. 

 Having only one specimen in my own collection, the other belonging to 

 the Am. Ent. Hoc. Phil., I do not examine the neuration. Its long and 

 thick antennae agree well with the genus in which I have placed it, and 

 of which I have one or more other species from California. 



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