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lated with white. Thorax yellowish-white; teguhe dark 

 brown. Fore-wings cinereous-brown, dusted with dark 

 brown, with a dark brown sinuated streak along the fold, 

 and the inner marginal portion of the wing pale yellowish- 

 white, with three rounded projections toward the fold. Hind- 

 wings brown, with a purplish hue ; cilia brownish-ochreous. 

 Abdomen dark brown. 



£l utp'hfiP. mollipedella* Head and thorax pale brownish-ochre- 

 ous. Fore-wings pale brownish-ochreous, somewhat paler 

 along the costa, and dotted with dark brown, with a fuscous, 

 sinuated streak in the fold, narrowly edged with ochreous- 

 gray. The inner marginal portion of the wing pale brownish- 

 ochreous, with three projections toward the fold, and the inner 

 border dotted with dark brown to the tip of the wing. Hind- 

 wings dark gray ; cilia brownish-ochreous. 



Gracilaria, Zeller. 



C/'thihf^G. superbifrontella. Labial palpi yellow, tipped with 

 brownish. Antennas dull yellow, with very faint brownish 

 rings. Head stramineous, tinged with reddish- violet on the 

 forehead. Thorax stramineous, with tegulas externally 

 striped with reddish-violet. Fore-wings beautiful reddish- 

 violet, with a shining stramineous patch on the inner margin 

 at the base, and a large costal triangle of the same hue, 

 reaching almost across the wing, and extending along the 

 costa from the basal third, nearly to the apex. Hind-wings 

 blackish-gray ; cilia dark fuscous. 



This insect must approach very closely the European 

 Swederella. 



The larva may be found, in the middle of July, in cones, 

 on the leaves of Hamamelis Virginica (witch-hazel), and the 

 imago appears early in August. The head of the larva is 



* I have not seen this insect, but I should not be at all surprised if it should 

 prove to be the $ of Cruclfcrarum, which has so often been looked on as a 

 distinct species from the $ . H. T. S. 



