436 Lord Walsingham un 



Coleophora accordella, n. s. (PL XVII. , fig. 7), 



Palpi white, fuscous externally, with a few projecting 

 scales from the end of the second joint heneath. An- 

 tennsB with the hasal joint white, with a short tuft 

 below, annulated beyond it with white and dilute fuscous. 

 Head and thorax white. Fore wings bright yellow from 

 the base of the costa to the middle of the dorsal cilia, 

 shading upwards and outwards into brownish ochreous ; 

 a broad white streak along the costa, coming to a point 

 above the apex ; a white streak along the fold, not quite 

 reaching to the middle of the dorsal cilia, where there 

 are a few white scales ; an attenuated white streak from 

 the base, along the dorsal margin to the commencement 

 of the dorsal cilia, which are greyish ochreous. Hind 

 wings and cilia pale brownish fuscous. Third pair of 

 legs white, clothed above with long pale brownish fuscous 

 hair-like scales. Expanse, 14 mm. 



Nearly allied to discordclla, but a broader winged and 

 generally rather larger insect, with a more decidedly 

 yellow tinge along the base and dorsal margin. 



One near San Francisco, May, 1871 ; one on Eouge 

 River, May 7th, 1872. 



Coleophora tenuis, n. s. (PI. XVII. , fig. 8). 



Palpi white, outwardly stained with fuscous ; second 

 joint slightly tufted. Antennae white, with the basal 

 joint white, and some long yellow-ochreous scales scarcely 

 amounting to a tuft beneath it. Head and thorax white, 

 touched with ^^ellow-ochreous. Fore wings jiale yellow- 

 ochreous, with the costa, the first half of the dorsal 

 margin, and a streak along the fold, white ; a slender 

 white streak above the fold, beginning before the middle 

 of the wing and ending below the apex ; a few scattered 

 fuscous scales following the lines of the white streaks 

 and about the apex ; these are not visible in some si)e- 

 cimens. The costal cilia whitish. Dorsal cilia brownish 

 fuscous ; below the apex white ; hind wings greyish 

 fuscous ; cilia brownish fuscous ; first pair of legs ex- 

 ternally brownish ; hind legs white. A slender narrow- 

 winged .species, with the apex much attenuated. Ex- 

 panse, 17 mm. 



Five specimens taken in Shasta County in July, and 



