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ros(;i und runs in a sfnu'hu- ilircctioii to the- other l)Ut does not form so acute an angle. 

 There is a terminal row of seven black points, and the fnnges are dull golden metallic. 

 The hind wings, abdomen above and beneath, underside of the body, legs and 

 underside of all the wings are fuscous. 



The ven;iti(in of this species is (|uilc rcniarkai)le and w hen I take u]> 

 tlie structural study of these insects I may find it neces.sary to i)lace this 

 species in a new i;enus. 



Habitat. — CaHfornia. 



1 have nametl this insect for ^Mr. Janies liein-ens. wiio collected and 

 sent it to me with many other e.xceetlingly interesting things, for which 1 

 leel a keen sense of my obligations to that gentleman. 



1 am also under obligations to Lord Walsingham for comj)aring 

 these species with the C'raml)icke in the British Museum. 



Scirpophaga fasciella, n. sp. 



K.\].ianse of wings, from 14 to 18 mm. 



I'alpi and face, reddish brown. Head, thorax and fore wings, snow white and 

 somewhat silky, the latter crossed by two orange yellow bands nearly parallel with 

 the outer margin, the first near the middle of the wing and not reaching to the costa, 

 the second towards the outer margin and extending entirely across the wing. At the 

 end of the cell between the two bands and equally distant from each is a prominent 

 spot of the same color, and in some specimens there is a more or less complete orange 

 yellow terminal line. Fringes snow white and silky. 



Mind wings white, with the bands of the fore wings continued in part across the 

 hind wings and showing more or less distinctly across the outer part of veins 2, 3 and 

 4, and also near the origin of vein 2 and at the anal angle. These marks are often 

 more or less obliterated. Fringes white. .\l)donien above and beneath, underside of 

 the body and wings, middle and hind legs, white ; fore legs fuscous and the basal 

 part of the costal edge of the fore wings is fuscous in some examples. 

 Habitat. — Florida. 



Scirpophaga flavicostella, n. sp. 



Expanse of wings, from 12 to 16 nmi. 



I'alpi and face, reddish brown. Head, thorax, abdomen and wings, above and 

 beneath, snow white. The fore wings are crossed by two pale ochre yellow bands 

 nearly ])arallel with the outer margin. The first band crosses the wing a little before 

 the middle and has an outward angle on the median vein and an inward angle on the 

 Ibid. The basal part of the costa from the thorax out to this band is also yellow. 

 The outer l)and which crosses the wing on its outer fourth, is connected l)y a cross 

 band to the outer margin a little above the middle and has an inward angle on vein 4, 

 which nearly coimects with a quadrate spot of the same color which rests on the end 

 of the cell. These cross bands are continued across to hind wings but more or less 

 broken, especially the inner one, and the outer one is connected with the outer margin 

 as on the fore wings. .All the wings have the terminal line yellow, and all these yellow 

 bands and spots are edged with scattered scales of a dark brown color. The basal part 

 of the third segment of the abdomen has a yellowish spot on the upper side. The fore 

 legs are marked with reddish brown \\hile the other legs are white. 



Habitat. — Florida. 



