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Pempelia quantulella, Sp. nov. Expands ii mm. Palpi dark fuscous. 

 Head and thorax fuscous gray. Abdomen fuscous. Fore wings narrow, rounded 

 and oblique on outer margin, steel gray in color. Two cross lines, white, the first 

 nearly at the middle, broad diffuse, obsolete at both costa and inner margm, slightly 

 lined outwardly with black ; outer line close to margin, three limes dentate. Hind 

 wings fusgous. Beneath dark fuscous, the costal region of the fore wings very dark. 

 I (j^.i Texas. I am not sure that this insect is correctly referred. 

 It is very frail, and I have but one specimen, so I can not study the vena- 

 tion fully enough to satisfy myself with absolute certainty as to the num- 

 ber of veins on the fore wings. 



loUt'^'*^' Spermatophthora gemmatilla, Sp. nov. Expands 26 mm. Palpi ocher, 



with a reddish tinge. Head, thorax, alxlomen and fore wings ocher washed with 

 bright reddish wine color. This on the fore wings is lighter on . subcostal and costal 

 veins forming a light ocher line, and the red is sliglitly darker just behind the sub- 

 costal space, and is somewhat brighter basally and apically. Hind wings light fusc- 

 ous. Beneath fuscous, lighter on hind wings. — i rj . Illinois. 

 '' -^JUa^A^^ ' Spermatophthora multilineatella, Sp. nov. Expands 18 mm. Head parts, 

 thorax, al)domcn and fore wings light ocher yellow. Maxillary palpi strongly 

 developed, turned upward between the labial palpi, and reaching beyond the summit 

 of the head. Fore wings with the veins marked by distinct narrow even fuscous 

 lines ; there is also a corresponding line at the middle of the space between the veins, 

 except between i and 2 where there are two lines, as there are also between i and 

 inner margin. Hind wings, pure silky white. Beneath as above, with the lines of 

 fore wings a little indistinct. — 2 i^rf'. Fia. 



Spermatophthora montinatatel]a\ Sp. nov. Expands 25 to 27 mm. Head, 

 thorax and abdomen fuscous with a tinge of reddish on the patagise. Fore wings 

 bright reddish gray, except a broad costal stripe reaching from base nearly to apex, 

 which is white with scattered reddish scales. Very faint indications of basal and 

 outer gray cross lines by a lightening of the red color on the lines, and a deepening 

 of it on either side. Margin and fringe grayish fuscous. Hind wings fuscous, with 

 black marginal line. Beneath, dark fuscous, with a reddish tinge on fore wings ; 

 fuscous on hind wings. 



I (5^, I 9- Sierra Nevada Mts., Cal. Very nearly in color appear- 

 ance to Pempelia petrella Zell., or rather the insect which goes under that 

 name in America. Prof Fernald has of the latter a specimen identified 

 from a specimen of Zeller's in the Cambridge Museum but is not at all a 

 Pempelia, and there may be some mistake somewhere. The insect how- 

 ever corresponds with Zeller's description ; and those who know Prof 

 Fernald know that it is hardly possible that he should have been guilty 

 of an error. 



Spermatopthora Graciella^. Sp. nov. Expands 28 mm. Palpi fuscous gray 

 Avhitish above. Head light gray. Thorax light fuscous in front, gray at middle black- 

 ish behind. Abdomen gray. Fore wings white on anterior half fuscous white on 

 posterior half Veins sharply lined with black ©r fuscous black and a blackish line 

 dividing the discal cell. Cross lines faintly indicated, the basal by a black line close 

 to the base and present only near costa, the outer by a black patch near apex. A 

 marginal line of somewhat lengthened black points. Hind wing light shining fus- 



