58 IBTSECtTTOR INSCTTI^ MEKTSTRUtTS' 



Type, Cat. No. 19329, U, S. Nat. Mus. 



Described from one of a series of more than a dozen speci- 

 mens taken at light in East River, Connecticut,, from July 15 

 to September 5, 1912. 



Gracilaria minimella, new species. 



Venation: fore wings with 11 veins, 4 and 5 connate, 3 

 absent; hind wings 7 veins, 4 absent. 



Face whitish ; crown and thorax ochreous ; antennae ochreous 

 with darker annulations ; labial palpi yellowish, second joint 

 black at apex and terminal joint annulate with black ; maxil- 

 lary palpi yellowish white, tipped with black ; fore wings mixed 

 dark brown and pale ochreous scales. There seems to be 

 no definite pattern but the whole costal area of the wing is 

 rather paler than the remaining portion. This gives the efifect 

 of a pale, somewhat obscure, ochreous band, within which 

 there are a number of small scattered black spots. Cilia of 

 fore wings gray, intermixed with black about the apex. Hind 

 wings smoky gray, cilia paler; abdomen dark brown gray 

 above, slightly lighter with yellowish scales below, with anal 

 tuft a contrasting straw color. Front and middle legs with 

 whitish tarsi, the joints tipped with brown, other joints dark 

 brown ; hind legs with yellowish tarsi and tibiae, dark smoky 

 above. Expanse, 9 to 9.5 mm. 



Described from one of a series of about a dozen specimens 

 taken at light in East River, Connecticut, during July and 

 August, 1910. 



Type Cat. No. 19330, U. S. Nat. Mus. 



Gracilaria fraxinella, new species. 



Face nearly white ; crown and comb of scales over face gray, 

 expansible tufts of scales on either side of crown; antennae 

 whitish annulate with black ; labial palpi, with pronounced tuft 

 on the second joint, gray in color shaded with black below 

 and outwardly, apical joint much darker than second, except 

 the extreme tip, which is white ; maxillary palpi whitish, marked 

 with black toward the tip of the second and in the middle of 

 the terminal joint. The fore wings are a mottled gray in 

 color.- Under a hand lens the ground color is seen to consist 



