110 Journal New York Entomological Societv. [Voi. xv. 



Menopsimus, new genus. 



A deltoid genus resembling Tetanolita. Palpi strongly upcurved and appressed 

 to the front, well exceeding the vertex, terete, the second joint slightly thickened by 

 scales, the third pointed. Fore legs of male not modified, the tibiae two thirds as 

 long as the femora. Antenna; simple. Spurs of the hind tibiae very long. Pore 

 wings narrow, the margins nearly parallel, outer margin rather squarely cut ; hind 

 wings trigonate. 



Menopsimus caducus, new species. 



Fore wings brownish to blackish gray, darkened mesially before a slightly oblique 

 median straight whitish line that runs from the inner margin to the dark obscure 

 discal dot, not reaching the costa. The other lines are lost, appearing only as minute 

 blackish dots in the positions of the outer and inner lines ; subterrainal line faint, 

 pale, parallel to the median line ; a terminal row of black dots ; the whole wing is 

 slightly silky shining. Hind wings pale silky grayish. Expanse, 12 to 14 mm. 



Nine specimens, Hampton, New Hampshire (S. A. Shaw) ; 

 Washington, D. C. (H. G. Dyar). 



Type. — Cat. no. 10283, U. S. Nati£)nal Museum. A cotype in 

 Mr. Shaw's collection. 



The specimens vary considerably in color. In the lighter, more 

 straw-colored ones the white median line becomes faint and narrow, 

 but is well defined by its dark edge, which then becomes a small black 

 line. 



Family PYRALID^. 



Canarsia feliculella, new species.-^ 



Pale gray, the fore wings narrow ; inner line remote from the base with a single 

 inward tooth in the middle, white within, dark gray without ; discal mark narrow, 

 upright, black ; outer line near the margin, indented below the costa, thence straight, 

 dark gray within, white without ; hind wings whitish, tinged with gray. Expanse, 

 15 mm. 



Two males, Brownsville, Texas, June 17, 1904 (H. S. Barber), 

 Burnet Co., Texas (F. G. Schaupp). 



Type. — Qz.t. No. 10343, U. S. Nat. Mus. 



Similar to C. ubniarrosorella Clem., but much paler, the wings 

 narrower, the lines less dentate. 



Pyla criddlella^ new species. 



Blackish gray, lustrous, not metallic. Lines pale, faint, slightly irregular, edged 

 within with blackish ; discal mark slender, faint, oblique, blackish. Hind wings 

 dark gray with no yellow tint. Expanse, 18 mm. 



One (^, Aweme, Manitoba, June 10, 1904 (N. Criddle). 



Type. — Cat. No. 10344, U. S. Nat. Mus. 



Similar to P. hanhatnella Dyar from the same region, but smaller, 

 the lines of the wings fainter and straighter, the hind wings without 

 yellowish shading. 



