Phycitidae and Galleriidae of North America. Some New 



Species and a General Catalogue. 



By E. L. Ragonot. 



Since the publication of Mr. Grote's Check List a great number of 

 North American Phycites have been described so that it has become 

 necessary to give a general catalogue of these insects. Thanks to the 

 kindness of ]Mr. Hulst I have been able to study the greater number of 

 his species so that the catalogue which follows may be considered as re- 

 visional and at the same time as the expression of my views on the classi- 

 fication of the Phvcitida^. All the species have been studied by me and I 

 hope to have an opp;)rtunity of seeing the rest of Mr. Hulst's species and 

 will then hasten to make any necessary additions and corrections. 



The following four species are new to science : 



Myelois subtetricella Ras,'. 



19 — 22 mm. Fore wings elongate, ov.al, very narrow at base, strongly rounded 

 on costa, dark gray, much suffused with brownish, glossy, first line broad, oblique, 

 straight, gray, indistinct, edged outwardly by a shadowy blackish line, second line 

 hardly perceptible, oblique, straight, very narrow, hardly paler than ground color. 

 A dark spot, hardly distinct on disk. Hind wings transparent whitish, smoked on 

 margin. Very near to tetricella F. 



Hab. — North America, exact locality unknown. 



Myelois zonulella Rag. 

 22 mm. Fore wings hardly dilated posteriorly, pale blackish gray, darker in 

 median area, lines pale, edged with black, the first oblique, straight, extending nearly 

 to the middle of inner margin, very broadly edged with black on the outside. Second 

 line oblique, sinuous. Discal spots indistinct, black. Hind wings blackish brown 

 gray. Smaller than bilineatella, the costa and inner margin nearly parallel, its hind- 

 wings much darker. 



Hab. — North Illinois, 4 specimens in Grote's coll. in Brit. Mus. 



Acrobasis minimella Rag. 



13 — 14 mm. fj) . Fore wings short, rounded on costa, dark gray suffused with 

 purple, paler at base, a large black, triangular costal patch after first line, the median 

 area on the inner margin and along the second line reddish fuscous. First line oblique, 

 rounded outwardly, broadening in inner margin, reddish ochreous, preceeded by a 

 vertical rounded ridge of raised black scales, broad on the inner margin, attenuated 

 towards the costa which it does not attain. Second line pale, sinuous, distinct. Dis- 

 cal spots distinct. Hind wings grayish fuscous. Very near angusella, remarkable 

 liy its small size. 



Hab. — Texas. 



Saluria dichrceella Rag. 



19 mm. Fore wings oval, narrow at base, strongly rounded on costa, costal half 

 whitish, sparingly dusted with reddish brown, the dorsal half grayish brown with a 

 reddish tint, paler on hind margin but sharply defined and rather darker along the 

 median vein. Hind wings even pale yellowish, the cilia slightly darker. Resembles 

 very much my hipartileila and also opacella Hulst. 

 Hab. — Texas. 



