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Nephopteryx hapsella, Sp. nov. Expands 22 mm. Tongue gray. Palpi 

 and head russet gray. Tliorax russet fuscous. Abdomen yellowish fuscous. Fore 

 wings brown with a faint russet shade, costa to outer line much lighter. A gray 

 patch at middle of basal field, liasal line far from base, fine, white, finely dentate. 

 A faint discal dot, darker than ground color. Outer line very near margin, begin- 

 ning very near apex, slanting inwardly, and then parallel with margin, finely dentite. 

 Submarginal space grayish. Marginal line of black points. Hind wings light fus- 

 cous, with black marginal line. Beneath fuscous, the hind wings slightly lighter. 



I (^. Fla. The wings are much narrower than usual and the in- 

 sect has much the af)peaiance o^ Aiurastia. 



Nephopteryx bifasciella, Sp. nov. Expands 20 mm. Head, thorax and 

 lore wing.-. li<;]it whitish gray, dusted with black. Abdomen ocher fuscous. Fore 

 wings with basal band of groaiu! c >lor, edged on both sides with di-tinct black 

 shadow lines once angled ou.wanl y. Outer line near margin, of ground colo;-. with 

 narrow black shadow lint-s esp -ciaily distinct at costa ; the lines slightly bent. Mar- 

 ginal line of dentate black points. Hind wings light yellowish fuscous, pellucid. 

 IJeneath. fore wings light fuscous, hind wings as abovj. 



I r) , 2 00. Arizona. 



/•' Nephopteryx odiosella', Sp. nov. Expands 24 to 25 mm. Head, thorax 



and fore wings white, with scattered black and tuscous scales, giving a brownish 

 cast. Maxillary palpi with hair pencil at end, of a yellow brown color. • Abdomen 

 rather more fuscous than thorax. Fore Wings with white Ijasal band, shadowed at 

 costa outwardly, and at inner margin inwardly, with blackish, which is broad at the 

 respective margins, and becomes obsolete before crossmg the wing. A black diffuse 

 somewhat kidney shaped discal spot. Outer line white, shadowed with black on 

 both sides, the shadows becoming broad and heavy at costa. The line is more bent 

 than usual at the middle. A marginal row of black spots, pointed inwardly. Hind 

 wings white with an ocher cast, pellucid. Beneath, fore wings faintly fuscous, yel- 

 lowish along costa. Hind wings as above. 



I r^. Col. This species and the one above, N. bifasciella, belong 

 more properly to Salebria. 



\^ Nephopteryx subrufella', Sp. nov. Expands 12 to 14 mm. Head and thorax 



l)urple fuscous. Abdomen ocher fuscous with purple tinge on dorsum. Fore wings 

 ocher fuscous at base. Basal hne black or jjurple black, sometimes obsolete. Middle 

 and outer fields reddish fuscous, generally with a purple stam, except along costa 

 which over the middle space is marked with a grayish stripe. Outer line faint, edged 

 on each side with purple reddi>h. .\ small black discal point. Hind wings light 

 fuscous. Beneath, light ocher fuscou-. 



5 9 9- ^^'^- This insect has the appearance of Ephestia or 

 Anerastia. It is with doubt I call it Nephopteryx. Vein 8 of fore wings 

 is hardly determinate when the winj^s are entirely denuded and under a 

 compound lens. Vein 8 of hind wings is in the same condition. It is 

 a question whether they are realities or suggestions only. There is con- 

 siderable variation of the costal stripe in the insect, the ground color of 

 the wing encroaching so much at times, as almost or quite to ob- 

 liic-riiie it. 



