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gessiella Zell. The following name and description is therefore 

 given. 



Gracilaria bimaculatella, new species. 



Face white ; crown and thorax pale, mixed purplish and 

 straw color ; antennae yellowish gray mixed with brown ; labial 

 and maxillary palpi white, the former shaded outwardly with 

 dark brown just before tip of apical point. Joints of first 

 and middle pairs of legs, except the tarsi, concolorous with 

 wings, tibiae tufted, tarsi white with a brown spot at the end 

 of each joint; hind legs with tarsi and tibiae yellow gray, the 

 former shaded slightly at the joints, femora near basal joint 

 pale yellow. Abdomen dark yellow gray above, bright lemon 

 yellow below, anal tuft straw color. Fore wings purple, but 

 appearing brownish in some lights ; with two golden costal 

 triangles, the first, extending from about the basal fourth to the 

 middle of the costa, the indented apex reaching beyond the 

 fold almost to the dorsal edge of the wing; the second costal 

 spot is very close to the first one, the intervening space being 

 somewhat darker along the costa, and is nearly semicircular 

 in outline ; between this spot and the apex are two or three 

 small spots similar to the wings in color, but somewhat darker ; 

 the cilia about the apex are yellow gray with two distinct 

 brownish lines, which begin just beyond the apex and end at 

 a point which is directly beneath the posterior margin of the 

 second costal spot. Hind wings yellow gray with paler cilia. 

 Expanse, 11 mm. 



Type, Cat. No. 19325, U. S. Nat. Mus. 



Described from a specimen reared from a cone found on 

 red maple, at East River, Connecticut. Adult emerged July 

 23, 1912. 



Gracilaria cornusella, new species. 



Face pale lemon yellow; crown purplish, with some straw- 

 colored scales ; thorax dark purple ; labial palpi yellowish white 

 annulate with black just before the apex which is whitish ; 

 maxillary palpi whitish ; antennae brown annulate with yellow- 

 ish at the joints of the segments. Abdomen dark smoky gray 

 above, bright lemon yellow below. Front and middle legs 



