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ON NORTH AMERICAN TINEIDiE. 



By VVm. Beutenmullek. 



Tinea seminolella. n. sp. 



Head, thorax anti palpi, deep fuscous. Primaiies, fu>LOus, covered will) deep 

 fuscous scales, without any markings, except an indistinct i)iackish discal spot with v. 

 paler margin. Legs, body, secondaries and wings beneath, fuscous. 

 Expanse, 17 niiii. 



I 9. Coll. W. B. Hah.— Central Horida. 



Acrolophus plumifrontellus, Clem. 



The undescribcd (j:' of this species differs from tlie r-/ only in iiaving long por- 

 rected labial palpi, and the markings of the prmiaries much suffused with the ground 

 color. Expanse. 19 mm. Length of palpi, 5 mm. 



I example. Coll. W. B Taken at PaikviUe, L. I., N. Y. , July, 

 1888. Another specimen, much larger than the one I possess, is in the 

 collection of Mrs. A. T. Slosson, taken in the White Mountains, N. H. 



Psecadia albicostella, n. sp. 



Head white, with a black spot on the vertex ; palpi black, second and third joints 

 tipped with white, thorax ochreous fuscous with two black spots, one on each side 

 about the middle ; teguli^ tipped with white. Body ochreous, tuft orange yellow. 

 Primaries ochreous fuscous with a median, scaly, white basal streak, running to the 

 apical third. Beyond this streak is a small black spot and one at the basal third of 

 the wing below the fold. Extreme costa and cilia white. Before the apex on the 

 costa are four small black spots and seven on the margin. Secondaries and under;>'de 

 of wings, ochreous fuscous. Expanse, 22 mm. 



I J^. Coll. W. B. Hab.— Colorado. 



Psecadia walsinghamella, n. sp. 



Head white ; palpi white ; first and second joint with a black ring at the base ; 

 thiid with a black ring before the tip. Antennie fuscous. Thorax white with four 

 black spots. Body and legs ochreous. Primaries pure white, shining, with a number 

 of black spots and four long black streaks ; one at the base below the costa ; one a 

 little below and beyond ; one in the cell, and one above and beyond nearly reaching 

 the outer margin about the middle ; at the end of the discal cell a small black spot 

 and one below and beyond ; below the fold are three spots ; one about the basal 

 fourth ; one before the middle and one below and between the two. ; on the fold at 

 the base of the wing a small spot. Above the long streaks through the middle of the 

 wing beyond the basal one are a number of black subcostal spots, and on the costa 

 before the apex a series of small spots running along the margin to the inner angle. 

 Cilia white. Primaries beneath, fuscous, shining. Expanse, 21 mm. 



I (^. Coll. W. B. Hab.— West Virginia. 



Named in honor of Lord Walsingham, who has contributed much 

 to the knowledge of American Tineida;. 



