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2. V. fractilinea Zell. 



Zeller describes this species as follows : 



" Parva, alis ant. brevius culis ; canis, striga ante mediam albida, in 

 angulum fracta, pastice nigricani-marginata, punctu disci postum 

 strigulaque venae transversa inferias incrassata nigris cJ 1 . 



" Palpi similar to those of r.etectella Zell., though a trifle shorter, dark 

 fuscous externally, apex of second joint pale yellowish, third joint less 

 acutely pointed and a trifle darker at the apex. Abdomen broad — as 

 in retectella — -pale yellowish gray, underside paler. 



" Forewings 2|'" long, broad and obtuse as by B. sciaphilella, gray- 

 ish-white, moderately dusted with blackish scales, more densely so on 

 the basis, outer half of costal and dorsal margins. The transverse 

 line before the middle forms a very conspicuous angle, more or less 

 distinctly lined within with dark fuscous, an indistinct spot before the 

 angle ; externally distinctly lined with dark fuscous, which is widest 

 towards the costa. Behind the apex of the angle, though a trifle 

 higher, lies in the paler median space, a dark spot. Two coalescent 

 brownish spots form a transverse bar, which almost attains the hind 

 margin. 



" Hindwings scarcely half the width of forewings, equally narrowed, 

 rather sharply pointed with nearly straight posterior margin ; grayish 

 fuscous, cilia pale with a very fine, pale yellowish basal line." Two 

 9 9. 



Not known to me. Type and paratype in the Walsing- 

 ham collection. 



3. V. qiiaiutaiicella n. sp. (Plate I, fig. 9.)— Head, basal joint 

 of antennas and thorax pale mouse gray, minutely speckled with fus- 

 cous ; shaft of antennas grayish-fuscous, very indistinctly annulate 

 with pale ; in the male stouter, excision above the basal joint not 

 profound and projecting scale tuft small, finely denticulate and ciliate 

 below ; in the female more slender, simple. Palpi moderate, stouter 

 in the male than female, grayish- white, densely dusted without, less so 

 within, with dark fuscous, tip of second joint pale, the latter about one- 

 third longer than the terminal joint. Forewings moderately wide, 

 widest near the base, from thence very gradually narrowed towards 

 the apex ; ground color dirty white, overlaid with fuscous scales in 

 varying density, basal third paler, limited externally by an ill-defined 

 outwardly convex whitish fascia, which is subangulated about its mid- 

 dle, a dark dash in basal space beneath the fold, and a faint spot just 

 before angle of fascia ; outwardly the fascia is limited by an ill-defined 

 costal and dorsal spot, remainder of the wing, especially along the 

 margins more densely sprinkled with fuscous scales ; a little beyond 

 the angle of the fascia is a well marked, somewhat elongated, dark fus- 



TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC, XXXVI. FEBRUARY, 1910. 



