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times wanting) ; beyond these are three, somewhat smaller and more oblique 

 spots, narrowly separated by curved ochreous lines; a large spot at end of cell 

 and one on the fold about middle of wing length, on the remaining part of the 

 wing the dark scales are arranged in ill-defined, irregular patches, having gener- 

 ally, and especially in the apical part, a transverse direction. Cilia ochreous, 

 costal portion with three bars, dorsal portion sprinkled with brown scales. Under- 

 side fuscous, with purple reflection, especially in costal part of wing. Hind wings 

 fully as wide as the forewings. Costa scarcely retuse, fuscous brown, with purple 

 reflection ; cilia srrayish fuscous Abdomen brownish above, underside of body 

 and legs ochreous, tinged with fuscous, especially the anterior pair. 

 Exp. 15.0 23.5 mm. ; 0.6-0.94 inch. 



Hab. — Europe; Texas (Kernville ; Harris County); Florida: 

 Pennsylvania Hazleton). 



Mr. Meyrick, in his Handbook of British Lepidoptera, gives the 

 expanse of this species as 12-16 mm., which is considerably below 

 the above given measurements, taken from specimens before me. I 

 have seen a specimen in the Cambridge collection, collected by Boll 

 and determined by Zeller, and another specimen from the same col- 

 lector, in the U. S. Nat. Mus., determined by Lord Walsingham. 



I. obscurostrigella Ch. — Dyar's List, p. 572, No. 6517. 



The following is Chamber's description: Dark fuscous; the pri- 

 maries obscurely mottled with sordid yellowish ; there is a row of 

 indistinct yellowish spots or streaks on the costa, from the middle 

 to the tip and along the base of the dosal cilia. Al. ex. j-| inch. 

 Season, October. 



Specimens in my collection agree so well with the above descrip- 

 tion, that I do not hesitate to consider them identical, and add the 

 following supplementary description : 



Palpi pale yellow, labials more or less fuscous externally, second joint rough- 

 ened beneath by scales, with external and apical bristles, terminal joint some- 

 what compressed, shorter than the preceding, obtusely pointed. Head ochreous 

 brown. Antennae brown, annulate with pale. Thorax ochreous brown, with 

 some purple lustre. Forewings elongate, sordid ochreous fuscous, overlaid with 

 dark brown. Markings very similar to misella, but owing to general dark color^ 

 much more obscure. Cilia grayish fuscous. Hindwings fully as wide as the 

 forewings, dark purplish browu, pointed ; cilia fuscous. Abdomen above fuscous. 

 Underside of body and legs sordid ochreous, dusted with fuscous. 



Exp. 12.0-17.0 mm.; 0.48-0.68 inch. 



Hab. — Texas (Chambers); Illinois; Pennsylvania (Hazleton). 



I have taken this species not infrequently at electric light. A 

 specimen of this species sent to Lord Walsingham for identification 

 was returned as a Tinea n. sp. ; however strongly I might be 



