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cous, nearly coucolorous. Hindwings a little wider than the fore wings, eosta 

 slightly emarginate towards the apex, pale gray, with yellowish tint; cilia con- 

 colorons. Abdomen above, underside of body and legs pale ochreous, more or 

 less tinged with fuscous. 



Exp. 14.0 16.0 mm.; 0.5(5-0.64 inch. 



Ha b. — Massachusetts (Zeller) ; Maine (Orr's Island); Washing- 

 ton (Pullman). 



■Specimens in my collection from Orr's Island have the head a 

 trifle more reddish than those from the last mentioned locality. It> 

 close relationship to carnariella has been referred to under that 

 species. 



T. pellionellaL.— Dyar'sList, p. 572. No. 6520.— Palpi sordid pale ochreous, 

 dusted with fuscous. Head ochreous or reddish ochreous. Forewings elongate, 

 pointed, and like the thorax pale grayish ochreous, more or less dusted with fus- 

 cous, especially along the eosta and in apical part of wing; stigmata generally 

 distinct, first discal and plica! spots smaller, sometimes linear or obsolete, second 

 discal rounded, well marked. Cilia grayish, dusted with fuscous along the base. 

 Hindwings over 1, pale gray, tinted witli yellowish; cilia coucolorous. Under- 

 side of body and legs pale grayish ochreous, tinged with fuscous. 



Exp. 10.0-15.0 mm. ; 0.4-0.6 inch. 



Hub. — North America, Europe. 



Mr. Meyrick gives the expansion as 10-13 mm. The larger 

 specimens before me correspond in some respects to the description 

 of pallescentella St. ; one of these has a pale dash immediately be- 

 fore and behind the second dorsal spot, but there are no whitish 

 spots beyond as in the latter species. 



The species varies considerably in appearance according to the 

 greater or lesser density of fuscous dusting. A specimen in my col- 

 lection is of an almost uniform dark fuscous color and strong, some- 

 what metallic lustre; first discal and plical spots obsolete. I do not 

 feel warranted to consider it distinct, but appears to be a well 

 marked variety. 



T. misceella Ch.— Dyar's List, p. 572, No. 6515.— ''Head aud palpi pale yel- 

 lowish ; antennie pale fuscous; thorax and primaries fuscous and saffron yellow, 

 intermixed in almost equal quantities, the fuscous scales being sometimes aggre- 

 gated into small spots, one of which is about the end of the disc and a larger one 

 is near the base. Alar ex. % inch. Kentucky." 



The above is the author's short description of this species. The 

 type is in Cambridge, in poor condition and not spread ; there is a 

 rather well-marked dash on the fold just before the middle, which is 

 not mentioned, unless, indeed, this should represent the " larger spot 



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