88 PAPERS BY DR. B. CLEMENS. 



the charges for carriage must be prepaid ; and should the 

 contributor desire it, a suite of named specimens will be 

 returned to him. Full directions for the collection and pre- 

 servation of Lepidoptera are contained in the Smithsonian 

 Report for 1858,* and may be had on application to the 

 Secretary of the Institution. 



Coleophora, Zeller. 



Stalk of antenna clothed with erect scales to the middle. 



Ct'thih fy C. coruscipennella.] Labial palpi and head bronzy-green. 

 Antennae, basal half bronzy-green, with a reddish-violet re- 

 flection ; terminal half white, annulated with brown. Fore- 

 wings uniform bronzy-green, with the apical portion reddish- 

 violet, or of a reddish-coppery hue. Hind-wings dark brown ; 

 cilia the same. 



Stalk somewhat thickened, with scales not erected. 

 j> fc,k/* 3f C. laticornella. Labial palpi and head brownish-ochreous. 

 Antennae pale brownish-ochreous towards the base, becoming 

 white, with an ochreous tinge, toward the tip, and annulated 

 with dark brown throughout. Fore-wings rather deep, 

 uniform brown, with a whitish- ochreous streak along the 

 costa, from the base to the costo-apical cilia, narrowing 

 behind, and not reaching beyond the subcostal nervure. 

 Hind-wings rather dark brown ; cilia the same. 



Antennal stalk simple ; basal joint thickened with scales. 

 yiyjiiht-it, (j m coenosipennella. Labial palpi and head white. An- 

 tennae white, annulated with dark brown ; basal joint white. 

 Fore-wings dull yellow, with a white streak along the basal 

 portion of inner margin, one along the costa and one along 

 the sub-costal nervure, separated from the former by a narrow 



* See ante, p. 18. H. T. S. 



f I received five specimens of this from Dr. Clemens ; it is very nearly 

 allied to our Fabriciella, Villers, but is a little browner. The exp. al. 

 (omitted by Dr. Clemens) is 5 J lines. H. T. S. 



