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backwards to the middle of the costal edge and another to the middle of the dorsal 

 edge ; a third broad branch, connected with the central blotch only at one cornec. 

 goes perpendicularly down to dorsal edge just before termen and a fourth equally 

 narrowly connected branch reaches costal edge at apical fourth and sends a spur 

 downwards and outwards, which nearly reaches the terminal edge. Just before apex 

 are a few transverse black striae. It might be more convenient to describe the duller 

 black speckled color as ground color on which then the golden saffron color shows as 

 there costal and there dorsal finger-like recurved spots nearly, but not quite meeting 

 in the middle of the wing. Hind wings light golden saffron. On the under side of 

 the forewings the dark design is slightly indicated and emphasized on costal edge by 

 dark striation ; hind wings have on the under side some scattered costal and apical 

 striation. Abdomen and legs dull saffron. Alar expanse, female, 30-33 mm. 



Venation typical with 1 2 veins in forewings ; 7 and 8 separate ; 7 

 to termen ; 2 from before apical fourth of cell. Hind wings with 3 

 and 4 connate, 6 and 7 closely approximate ; submedian vein not 

 hairy. 



Habitat. — Orizaba and Jalapa, Mexico (Wm. Schaus collection). 



Type. — U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 10926. 



Tortrix auricomana, new species. 



Labial palpi and tongue deep golden saffron ; antennte golden yellow, annulated 

 with fuscous. Face, head and thorax deep golden yellow. Fore wings light straw 

 yellow, evenly striated with thin black transverse lines and with entire costal, termi- 

 nal and dorsal edge golden saffron ; reaching from base of wing to apical third is a 

 golden yellow streak along the subcostal vein and through the middle of the wing is 

 a similar longitudinal streak beginning just before the end of the cell and terminating 

 shortly before terminal edge of the wing ; below this streak is a round golden saffron 

 dot. Cilia golden. Hind wings light saffron yellow with a deep yellow hair pencil 

 on vein \b ; submedian vein not hairy. Underside of both wings saffron yellow 

 with costal and terminal parts slightly irrorate by short black transverse striae. Ab- 

 domen and legs deep saffron yellow. Alar expanse, female, 30-34 mm. ; male, 

 26-27 ™i"- 



'Venation as in the foregoing species. 



Habitat. — Mexico City, Mexico. May and June (R. Muller, 

 collector). 



Types. — Male and female, U. S. National Museum, No. 10927. 



A Note on Synonymy. 



Through the courtesy of Mr. A. Cosens, of Toronto, Canada, the 

 U. S. National Museum has lately obtained topotypes of Retinia aus- 

 triana Cosens (Can. Ent., XXXVIII, 362, 1906) in the author's own 

 determination. The species proves to be a Phycitid, which Dr. H. G. 

 Dyar has identified a.s Finipestis zimtnerma/mi GxoXe. — August BuscK. 



