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cous. Beneath fuscous the posterior portion of fore wings and the whole hind wing- 

 light fuscous. — I (j 71 , Col. 



Spermatophthora (?) bonifatella. Sp. nov. Expands 21 mm. Palpi, head. 

 thorax and light fuscous. Addomen mouse colored fuscous. Fore wings ocher fus- 

 cous, the veins slightly lighter. At the posterior side of the cell near the cross vein 

 is a whitish dot with a black dentate spot at each end. A faint line of dark points 

 on margin ; fringe ocher. Hind wings dark smoky fuscous. Beneath fuscous. 



I (^. Col. Not by any means entirely congeneric with Spermatoph- 

 thora but placed there provisionally. 



Acrobasis alatella, Sp. nov. Expands 18 to 22 mm. Palpi dark gray, white 

 in front, fuscous at tip. Head and thorax fuscous gray. Abdomen fuscous anter- 

 iorly, ocher fuscous posteriorly. Fore wings narrow, strongly arched on outer third. 

 apex rounded, outer margin oblique, inner angle rounded, light gray in color, much 

 marked with fuscous. Posterior portion of basal field fuscous. Basal line white, 

 rounded, and extending outwardly towards inner margin, edged outwardly with 

 black. Middle field with anterior half dusted with fuscous, posterior half fuscous, 

 with a longitudinal white dash between the two portions. Outer line oblique from 

 towards apex, faint, diffuse, edged with indistinct diffuse fuscous. Outer field 

 heavily dusted with fuscous. Fringes gray. Hind wings light fuscous, becoming 

 fuscous at tip, sub-pellucid. Beneath, smooth, even fuscous on fore wings ; hind 

 wings as above. -- 3 q^. i ''-} . Cal. 



Acrobasis hystricuV.la, Sp. nov. Expands 18 to .20 mm. Head parts smoky 

 fuscous. Thoiax smoky fuscous on sides and front, ocher fuscous on dorsum and pos- 

 teriorly. Abdomen yellow fuscous. Fore wings light gray, powdered with fuscous. 

 Ext eaie base fuscous. Outer basal field with two short longitudinal' black dashes, one 

 at the middle of wing, the other near anal margin, these edged more or less distinctly 

 with white. Basal line well out, white, twice dentate outwardly, shadowed narrowly 

 with Mack on both sides. On middle field a large faint fuscous oval discal spot with 

 white center; outer posterior middle field fuscous, extending across outer line over the 

 whole outer field, though less marked along margin. Outer line even, curved out- 

 wardly, shadowed on both sides. A marginal line of confluent dentate black points. 

 Hind wings light ocher fuscous, with black marginal line. Beneath fuscous on fore 

 : hind wings as above. 2 cfcf, 2 0_ Q. Tex. 



Myelois aliculella, Sp. nov. Expands 21 to 23 mm. Labial palpi gray white 

 ill front, black at tip. Maxillary palpi orange fuscous. Head gray. Thorax gray. 

 Abdomen ocher fuscous or fuscous. Fore wings white, heavily dusted with black 

 scales, giving a gray appearance. Base blackish. Basal line white, angulated out- 

 wardly, with a heavy black marking outwardly at costa, sometimes extending on disc 

 to discal ring ; within with a reddish band sometimes quite obsolete. A discal circle 

 of black quite large on middle field, this often very indistinct. Outer line white, 

 fine, angulated at middle, then curved to inner margin, lined finely with black with- 

 in, with more diffuse fuscous or reddish fuscous without. A row of marginal black 

 points generally strongly dentate at middle portion of the wing, and reaching some- 

 times to outer shadow line. A short longitudinal black dash at the center of the 

 outer middle field edged with white. Hind wing;, light ocher fuscous, pellucid. 



Bi in ath, fuscous on fore wings. Hind wings as above. 

 5 c^cJ 1 ' 5 9 9- Ariz. I place this insect in this genus on account 

 of the venation and in what is required in venation follow VonHeinen.an. 

 In the palpal and antennal structure of the $ the insect is like Salebria. 



