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cmarginate, the apices being obtuse : vertex with horn only ini]iressed at lip and 

 ■scarcely emarginate, face of horn flat and granulated ; genK have the trout margin- 

 straight with their apices obtuse or truncate. Antenna stouter than in the allie-, 

 the 3rd joint being longer than the 4th and 5th combined, the 6tli tran-ver-e, com- 

 pressed on the upper part from vvliich proceed several short seti^. the yth joint trans- 

 verse with longer and more numerous settv, the 8th joint shorter and mucli narrower 

 than the nth, the gth and loth being nearly equal and longest. The color of the 

 lamellate portion dull brown. Thorax twice as wide as long and wider than the 

 elytra at their juncture ; hind angles prominent, sides arcuate, front angles rounded: 

 on the front margin originates a median channel intercei)ted by a bokl swelling on 

 the discal area ; there are also slight depressions at the side a.id front maigin- : the 

 whole area of the thorax is coarsely and closely punctured (almost rugosely punctate). 

 Elytra of the usual form but the whole surface is smooth and shining, the gennnat'- 

 stria} being represented by rows of punctures at wide intervals and the general >culpt- 

 ure is of the faintest kmd. The legs and abdominal surface clothed witli long black 

 hair, having a slight rustine;-s of tone. One specimen. Length, 26 nv.n. 



Collected in November by.G. W. Dunn in the Cuyamaca Mts. , 

 8 miles from Julian, Cal. 



P. piincticoUis iliffeis from P. Rkkscckeri by the former l)eing 

 heavih- punctured all over the di.sc of the thorax, while in the latter the 

 .same part is sparsely and lightly punctured : there is also the same 

 amount of difference between the sculpturing of the elytra of the two 

 but in\-erseh', the surfaces of P. piinclicoUis being smooth while in P. 

 Rickseckcri thev are ornamented with wrinkled elevations. 



North American Microlepidoptera. 

 By Prof. C. H. Fernai.d. 



(Amherst, Mass.) 



Tortrix citrana, n. -i?. 



Expanse ot wings, 20 mm. Head, palpi, thorax and fore wings, cinnamon 

 brown, varying somewhat in different specimens. The palpi are porrect, compressed 

 laterally, and the la>t joint is short and blunt. The thorax has a very small tuft be- 

 hind wliich is tipped with ferruginous. The foie wings are cro-sed by an oblique, 

 dark brown band which ari~es from the middle of the co^ta and the outer edge ends 

 near the anal angle while the inner side becomes diffuse and shades the basal portion 

 of the wing below the subcostal more or less completely. A triangular brown spot 

 rests on the outer fourth of the costa. The surface of the wing, when viewed obliriuely 

 appears to be crossed by a large series ot irregular stripes of lead -colored scales. The 

 termin d line i^ dark brown when present, and the fringes are cinnamon brown. 

 Hind wings white, tinged with steel-gray on the anal portion. Underside of the body 

 and wings, pale yellowish. 



Bred from Orange in California, by Mr. Coquillett. I have also 

 seen one frcjm the leaves of Solidago and one from Willow, all from 

 California. 



