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whitish fuscous cilia. Abdomen dark fuscous above; underside light ochreous 

 with four longitudinal rows of black dots, which are more or less confluent 

 in the males. Legs light ochreous, shaded Exteriorly with blackish brown. 



Alar expanse : 19-24 mm. 



Habit.\t: Shasta Retreat and Truckee, California. 



Type and cotypes in Collection Barnes; cotypes in U. S. National Museum 

 (No. 22068). 



Agonopteryx latipalpella, n. sp. 



Second joint of labial palpi with strong, evenly rounded, divided brush; 

 light ochreous, sprinkled with single black scales; apical joint heavily thick- 

 ened with scales nearly to the tip, light ochreous with an ill-defined black 

 annulation at base and a similar one on the middle. Face, head and thora.x 

 ochreous fuscous. Collar narrowly black. Forewings light fuscous ochreous, 

 sparsely sprinkled with black; extreme base light ochreous, edged with black; 

 the light shade continues faintly along the costa, hardly paler than the rest 

 of the wing; a series of black cloudy costal spots; a small, easily obliterated, 

 white first discal spot with a more persistent black basal edge; a larger round 

 white second discal dot encircled by black scales; cilia ochreous. Hind wings 

 ochreous fuscous with lighter ochreous cilia. Abdomen fuscous above, under- 

 side ochreous with two black longitudinal lines. 



Alar expanse : 17-19 mm. 



Habitat: Brownsville and San Benito, Texas. 



Type and cotypes in Collection Barnes; cotypes in U. S. Xalional Museum 

 (No. 22669). 



Depressaria groteella Robinson. 



1870, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y., IX, p. 157, PI, I, Fig. 10. 



Depressaria synitnochlota Meyrick. 



1918, Exot. Micros. Vol. II. p. 223. 



The larva of Depressaria groteella Robinson feeds on Corylus and 

 has apparently been redescribed by Meyrick as D. symmochlota. A 

 bred series from Sebec Lake. Maine, exhibits some variation especially 

 in size and in the more or less obscure angulated thin fascia across the 

 veins of the forewings but agrees in every detail with Meyrick's de- 

 scription and his name may with advantage be placed as a synonym 

 of Robinson's species provisionally at least until an examination of the 

 unique type in England can be made. 



We take occasion to point out the inconvenience of descriptions 

 from single specimens of American Microlepidoptera by European 

 authors, such as those by Mr. Meyrick in the same paper (Exot. 



