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scales. Fore wings pointed at apex, strongly arched, inner line white, nearly straight, 

 edged outwardly with a di>tiiict black hand. Two black discal points. Outer line 

 faint, fine, angulated, very oblique. Hind wings fuscous, blacki-iii gray along an- . 

 terior margin. Beneath, fore wings dark fuscous, hind wings light fuscous. 2 (^j (J , ( ^ f 

 Tex. ^ 



Glyptoteles rhypodellai Sp. nov. Expands 20 mm. Tongue white. Palpi 

 dark fuscous, gray in Iront. Thorax fuscous, patagiae fuscous gray. . Abdomen fus- 

 cous. Fore wings light gray, overlaid with fuscous shades. Base fuscous. Basal 

 line clo'^e in, light gray, wavy, bent, shaded outwardly on the coital half of the wing j^ ^, 



with a broad fuscous black band. Discal spot large, blackish difluse. Outer line V^ 

 light gray with a large outward sinus bilovv co^ta, bent around posterior to discal ^y^**"*^ 

 spot, then at a right angle running to iinier margin. Tlie ^inus is filled with dark fus- ^,^'{"Y^ 

 cous reddish in the middle, reaching to the discal spot, and partly enveloping it ; a faint i6»»H 

 dark edging inwardly at inner margin also. Outwardly a large reddish fuscous >' 

 blotch along costa nearly round, and another aieng inner margin, which following o*- 1]^ 

 the line becomes obsolete at middle of wing. Apex and anterior marginal space 

 gray. A faint marginal line of black points. Hind wings dark fuscous, sub-pellucid. 

 Beneath, fuscous with indications of the outer li<iht line on fore wings, and of a fine 

 dentate darker line on hind wings, i (^ . Oregon. 



>^ Stenoptycha pneumatella, Sp. nov. Expands iS mm. Head blackish gray. 



Thorax fuscous gray. Abdomen with segments ringed, dark fuscous in front, light 

 fuscous behind. Fore wings blue gray, quite even in color over the wing. A small 

 white spot at center of basal field, sometimes obsolete. Basal cross line well out, 

 wavy angulate, shadowed by black outwardly which is heavier and more difluse near 

 costa. Two black discal points, generally confluent, often followed by white. Outer 

 line fine, white, angulated from costa first inwardly then outwardly, then nearly 

 straight to inner margin, shadowed inwardly and outwardly with black, the inner 

 line being the heavier. A marginal line of black points. Hind wings Smoky to 

 ocher fuscous, sub-pellucid. Beneath fuscous, the outer line of fore wing sevident ; 

 hind wings as above. 



8 specimens N. Y. N. C. Mo. Food Plant Elm. The generic ref- 

 erence is based upon the venation. The head parts of the rj^ would 

 place it in Pempelia. 



^ Stenoptycha pallulella, Sp. nov. Expands 18 to 25 mm. Tongue light gray. 



Palpi fuscous. Head and thorax dark olive fuscous. Abdomen ocher fuscous. Fore 

 wings light gray with reddish brown and black markings. Basal field reddish brown, 

 except along costa, deepest along the basal line. Basal line white, far out at the 

 middle of the wing, twice angled inwardly, scalloped outwardly. Middle field nar- 

 row, bright black, with more or less of white scales, except along inner margin which 

 is reddish brown. A white discal point. Outer line distinct, white dentate sinuate, 

 with two angles more or less rounded inwardly, edged within with a sharp black line 

 Outer field reddish brown except apically which is light gray. A marginal black line 

 cut by the veins. Hind wings smoky fuscous with black marginal line. Beneath 

 fuscous, fore wings lighter on outer field, and hind wings with outer line faintly intli- 

 cated. 6 o^, 5 ?, N. Y., N. C, Utah, Wash. T. 



Anerastia electella,' Sp. nov. Expands 15 to 24 mm. Palpi fuscous, dark 

 fuscous at tip. Thorax dark fuscous. Abdomen ringed with dark and light fuscous 



Entomologica Amebicaua. Vol. in. 2i Octobek, 1887. 



