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he based this reference are really juglandis Le Baron, possibly part of 

 the type lot; juglandis therefore should be transferred to Acrobasis and 

 will probably take priority over palliolella Rag. The Florida species is 

 seemingly without a name and we append the following description : 



Mineola grossbecki sp. nov. (PI. XVIII, Fig. 3). 



Smaller than M . indigenella Zell. ; head and thorax deep ruddy-purple ; 

 primaries with maculation much as in indigenella (which we figure on PI. XVIII, 

 Fig. 4) but much more suffused with deep ruddy-purple leaving a sharply defined 

 triangular whitish subbasal area, the apex resting on inner margin and a similar 

 colored costo-median area including the geminate discal spot; except for the 

 dark patch on costa marking its inception the t. a. line is practically lost in the 

 purple shading ; the t. p. line is more distinct being bordered outwardly by a 

 faint white hair line, the terminal area is paler in apical half of wing with dis- 

 tinct black dotted terminal line; secondaries deep smoky; fringes on both wings 

 pale smoky, deeper basally. Expanse 16 mm. 



Habitat: Lakeland, Fla. (May). 1 $,2 $. Types, Coll. Barnes. 



Acrobasis comptoniella Hist. (p. 129). 



The receipt of a good bred series of the true comptoniella (PI. 

 XVIII, Fig. 2) convinces us that the Florida specimens bred from 

 Myrica and listed as comptoniella are distinct; besides being consider- 

 ably smaller in size they are much more suffused with white with better 

 defined maculation. We append the following description: 



Acrobasis myricella sp. nov. (PI. XVIII, Fig. 1). 



Basal joint of antennae distinctly tinged with white; head and thorax 

 deep gray, more or less tinged with ruddy purple ; primaries with basal area 

 light gray, slightly sprinkled with black and shaded at extreme base with ruddy 

 purple ; t. a. line white, rounded outwardly, bordered inwardly by a ruddy band 

 extending basad to the perpendicular dark scale tuft, outwardly with a large tri- 

 angular dark costal patch continued as a narrow line to inner margin; median 

 area light gray more or less obscured above inner margin and upward along 

 t. p. line by dark shading ; two distinct dark discal dots ; t. p. line pale, distinct, 

 bulging centrally, bordered inwardly by a dark line and outwardly by a ruddy 

 band more or less suffused with smoky; terminal area gray, sprinkled with black 

 and with black terminal dotted line. Secondaries deep smoky. Beneath uni- 

 colorous smoky. Expanse 17 mm. 



Habitat: Ft. Myers, Fla. (May). 3 $,8 9. Types, Coll. Barnes. 



Meroptera pravella Grt. (p. 130). 



This record was based on 3 9 's which further examination con- 

 vinces us would be better referred to Salebria subfuscella Rag. or 

 6\ semiobscurella Hist. ; further details may be found in our note in 

 'Cont. Vol. Ill, No. 3, p. 197' ; pravella scarcely occurs in Florida. 



