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pointed. Head entirely clothed with long, rough, hair. Eyes small, 

 round, somewhat approximated and freely visible above; vertex nar- 

 row. A.ntennse nearly three-fourths, first joint nearly as long as ver- 

 tex is wide, joints not closely set, with verticils of loosely appressed 

 scales. The forewings are elongate lanceolate and veins 6 and 7 

 appear to be stemmed. Hindwings narrowly lanceolate, costa emar- 

 ginate in apical two fifths. Hindwings narrowly lanceolate, costa 

 emarginate in apical two-fifths. Hind tibise rough haired. The 

 generic name Pelates is suggested. 



" H. ? (Tinea) martinella Walker.— Dyar's List, p. 573, No. 6529.— 

 Mas. nigro-cinerea ; caput nigro-pilosum ; palpi brevissimi ; antenna? subsetulosa 1 ; 

 aire anticse nigro subconsperso, plaga disci fuscencenti. 



"Male: — Blackish cinereous, head with short thick set black hair; palpi very 

 short; Antennae rather short, minutely setulose, shorter than the forewings. 

 Wings narrow, fringe long. Forewings thickly specked with black ; a brownish 

 patch in the middle of the disc. Length of body 3 lines, of the wings 8 lines 

 St Martin's Falls, Albany River, Hudson Bay." 



Unknown to me. I am indebted to Mr. A. Busck for transcript 

 of this and the following species. I place these two species pro- 

 visionally here, rather than in Tinea proper, on account of their 

 narrow wings and long cilia, the coloration also would seem to favor 

 this. 



H. ? ( Tinea) a ill ictel la Walker— Dyar's List, p. 573, No. 6330.— "Female — 



Blackish cinereous, slender. Head thickly clothed with short erect hairs. Palpi 

 smooth porrect, nearly as long as the breadth of the head, third joint acute, a 

 little shorter than the second. Antennae much shorter than the forewing. Ab- 

 domen dark cinereous extending for nearly its entire length beyond the hind- 

 wing. Legs long, slender. Wings narrow with a very long fringe. Forewings 

 rounded at the tip with three lines of black points, one near the costa, the Other 

 two near the interior border; exterior border very oblique. Hind wings dark 

 cinereous. Length of body, 4 lines; the wings. 12 lines. 

 "St. Martin's Falls, Albany River, Hudson Bay." 



Unknown to me. 



LEUCOMELE gen. n. 



Type miriamella. 



Head entirely rough haired. Labial palpi cylindrical, drooping, 

 slightly compressed and moderately stout; second joint slightly 

 roughened beneath with scales, with apical bristles; terminal joint 

 pendant, nearly as long as the preceding. Maxillary palpi plicate. 

 Eves rather small, prominent. Antennae simple, about three-fifths 



TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC. XXXI. (12) FEBRUARY, 1905. 



