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within the costa, about midway of the wing-length, is another small spot, 

 and another just before the eilia, slightly within the margin. The direc- 

 tion of all these spots is longitudinal, and under the lens all this pale 

 ochreous or discolored costal part of the wing is minutely sprinkled with 

 blackish scales. Iu the white dorsal part of the wing is a black basal 

 spot on the fold, another a little farther back: on the fold, then two 

 beneath the fold, another on the fold about midway of the length of the 

 wing, behind that is another on the fold, then another beneath it, and 

 then another, and yet another above the fold ; there is also an indis- 

 tinct dash just beyond the anal angle, and then the usual nine spots 

 around the base of the cilia, three of them costal. Hind wings silvery- 

 white, with a faint fuscous tinge. Abdomen fuscous above; tuft, under 

 surface and legs straw-yellow. Alar expansion 10£ lines. Bosque 



County, Texas. 



DEPRESSARIA. 



In volume 4 of the Cauadian Entomologist I described several species 

 which I then placed in this genus. I was induced to place them here 

 by the fact that 1 did not then know the indefinite extent of the genus 

 Gelechia, and believed, as I still do, that the affinities of these species 

 were rather with Depressaria than with the true Gelechia, and I was not 

 acquainted with Cryptolechia. Subsequently some of those species were 

 referred to Cryptolechia, but most of them to Gelechia, one forming the 

 type of a new genus, Cirrha. There is, however, no sufficient reason per- 

 haps for separating this species {C.platanella) from Gelechia as at present 

 wwrestricted, for Gelechia at present is a miscellaneous assemblage of 

 species, many of which possess but little affinity for each other. Thus, 

 all the species which in volume 4 I referred to Depressaria are referred to 

 Gelechia or CryptolechiaexcQpttixot — D.versicolorellaiiudD.paliidochrella, 

 and neither of these is a true Depressaria, though perhaps as properly 

 located in it as in Gelechia, especially D. versicolorella. Thus, among 

 over three hundred species of Tineina that I have found in Kentucky, 

 the one described below as D. eupatoriiella is the only Depressaria, and 

 it is an aberrant species. The species described below as D. fernald ella 

 was received from Professor Fernald from Orono, Maine; and, as illus- 

 trating the multitude and variety of the species of Tineina iu this country, 

 I will here state that, according to my estimate, not less than eight hun- 

 dred species of Tineina have been described from Canada and the United 

 States south and west of Massachusetts (including that State), and not 

 more than ten (probably not more 'than nine) belong properly in this 

 genus. These are atrodorsella Clem., cinereocustella Clem., grotella 

 Robinson, heraclina Deg., hilarella Zell., lecontella Clem., ntbulusa Zell., 

 pulvipenella Clem., scabella Zell., and robiniella Pack. 



The collection received from Professor Fernald contained twenty- 

 eight species, six of which belong to Depressaria, viz : — hilarella ? (1 can- 

 not determine it with certainty from the single worn specimen), lecon- 

 tella, atrodorsella, pulvipenella, fernaldella, u. sp., and another smaller 

 Bull. iv. No. 1—6 



