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Loma, n. geii. 



Fore wings 1 1 veins : I not furcate, 4 and 5 separate or from a point, 7, 8 and 

 9 stemmed ; hind wings 8 veins : 3, 4 and 5 stemmed, 7 and 8 appearing stemmed ; 

 maxillary palpi present. Type : 7iephe!otella, Hulst. 



L. nephelotella, n. pp. 



Expands 25 mm. Head light gray, slightly reddish brown on summit ; thorax 

 and abdomen light yellowish brown, the segments of abdomen fuscous at l)ase ; fore 

 wings reddish brown at base, with a central dark dash, and dark along inner margin; 

 basal line whitish, edged both sides with blackish, slightly outwardly oblique towards 

 inner margn, slightly rounded with angle inwardly at middle; middle and outer 

 fields dark fuscous ; outer line lighter, edged within with blackish ; hind wings dark 

 fuscous. — Penn. 



Wanda, n. gen. 



Fore wings 11 veins : 7, 8 and 9 stemmed, 6 waved, 3, 4 and 5 stemmed, the 

 subdiscal vein to furcation of 5 extraordinarily broad ; cell very short ; hind wings 8 

 veins : 4 and 5 stemmed, 7 and 8 stemmed ; anteiinal process short, closely scaled ; 

 labial palpi thin, erect, extending ai)ove front ; maxillary palpi m r^ with brush of 

 long hairs on end. Type : haptisiel/a. Fern. 



W. tiltella, n. sp. 



Expands 20 mm, Head, thorax and fore wings gray, peppered over with Ijlack 

 scales, giving a general blackish gray color ; basal space somewhat darker than the 

 rest of the fore wings ; at the middle of basal field a jet black cross-line not reaching 

 costa or inner margin ; inner hue light gray, three times dentate inwardly ; at the 

 middle of ihe middle field is another jet black cross-line extending from inner margin 

 nearly to discal spot ; outer line straight from costa angulated outwardly, then 

 rounded, wavy dentate, returning near inner margin, then with a single bend reach- 

 ing the margin. Hind wings dark fuscous. —Texas. 



Tetralopha callipeplella, n. sp. 



Expands 16 mm. Palpi, head, antenna; and thorax uneven fuscous gray ; fore 

 wings gray, rather strongly overlaid with blackish, more especially on the basal field; 

 extreme base and posterior portion of basal field reddish ; basal cross-line white, 

 slightly waved, distinct, edged on both sides with distinct fine black lines ; discal 

 spots black ; outer line gray, straight from costa, then rectangular outward, then 

 rounding forming a deep sinus shorter than usual, then angulate and slightly bent to 

 inner margin ; veins on middle and outer fields rather darker than ground color ; 

 marginal line black ; hind wings light fuscous, darker on the outer margins. — Texas. 

 This will I think prove to be T. Tmlitella, Zell. I do not think it 

 at all likely that Zeller s species is the same as Lanthaphe platenella, Clem. 



PHYCITIDiE. 

 Pima, n. gen. 



Fore wings 1 1 veins : 4 and 5 separate, 10 separate ; hind wings 8 veins : 4 and 

 5 stemmed, 3 appearing stemmed with 4 and 5, 2 at angle of cell ; tongue wanting ; 

 palpi horizontal, long, heavy, end member drooping, long ; antennte of (^ simple ; 

 maxillary palpi invisible. Type : fosterclla, Hulst. 

 P. fosterella, n. sp. 



Expands 25 mm. Palpi light gray ; head light gray, whitish along eyes, ocherish 

 behind ; thorax ocherish, lighter on dorsum ; abdomen light ocher, white on first seg- 



