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inclined to accept his Lordship's opinion in this matter. I believe 

 the above identification correct. The type is not in Cambridge or 

 Washington. It is closely allied to misella, from which it differs !>y 

 its general, dark fuscous appearance, the ochreous tinge scarcely 

 perceptible in most specimens; third joint of labial palpi shorter, 

 wider and more obtusely pointed, and the hindwings more acutely 

 pointed. 



T. fuscipunctella Haw. — Dyar's List, p. 571, No. 6503.— Palpi pale 

 ochreous, labials fuscous externally. Head ochreous russet, intermixed with 

 brown. Antennae brown. Thorax ochreous brown, darker anterior. Forewings 

 elongate, pointed, pale ochreous, overlaid in varying density with dark brown, 

 with some lustre ; costa dark fuscous, with numerous but rather minute pale dots, 

 at times entirely obsolete, except towards the apex ; the fuscous coloring pre- 

 dominates above the fold, a dash along the latter. Stigmata very pronounced. 

 second discal large; an oblique bar from base of costa to fold, extending thence 

 perpendicularly to dorsal margin, forming thus a semi-circle. Cilia ochreous. 

 more or less spotted with fuscous. Hindwings as wide as the forewings, grayish, 

 with brassy lustre. Cilia grayish. Abdomen above, ochreous brown. Under- 

 side of body and legs ochreous, more or less tinged with fuscous. 



Exp. 11.0-17.0 mm. 



Hub. — Europe; North America, etc., nearly cosmopolitan. Speci- 

 mens occur, especially from the western part of our country, in 

 which the forewings are almost entirely pale ochreous, the dark 

 scales reduced to the stigmata, plical dash and basal send circular 

 spot. 



T. apicimaculella Ch.— Dyar's List. p. 570, No. 6492. — "Antennae and 



outer surface of the palpi brown, inner surface of the palpi and the apex yellow ; 

 head sordid yellowish ; thorax and forewings above the fold yellowish and dusted 

 with fuscous so as to obscure the ground color; there is a large brown spot about 

 the middle of the wing and one at the end of the disc and behind it, the apical 

 part of the wing is marked with more or less obliquely transverse rows of small 

 dark brown spots; beneath the fold the wing is but little suffused with fuscous. 

 Al. ex. j inch." 



The above is Chamber's description, and while 1 entertain no 

 doubt of the identification of the species, the description may be 

 amplified, and to some extent modified, as follows : 



Second joint of labial palpi strongly roughened beneath with dark brown 

 scales. In all specimens before me the thorax, except apices of patagia, dark 

 purple-brown ; the dusting in costal half of forewing consists of a well-marked 

 stripe extending from base to apex, above it, except costa, the dusting is less 

 dense and becomes more evanescent beyond the middle; the longitudinal stripe 

 expands toward the costa before the apex; '"the obliquely-transverse rows of 



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