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3. Heliodines sexpunctella, sp. n. 



Anteniuv, grayiali fuscous. 



Palpi, sulxx-herous. 



Head iu\df<i<r, shining gr.iy. 



Thorax, shining gray; grayish fusions btmeath. 



Fore whiijs, briglit orange, iho costal and dorsal margins tinged with fuscous on the 

 basal half; with (i shining, metallic, grayish-bronzo spots, 8 cost: 1 and 3 dorsal, 

 the former ])rcccding the latter in each case; a little beyond the outer costal 

 spot a shining, grayish-bronze metallic band, internally dark-margined, passes 

 along the ccsta and around the apex, rt!aching to the outer dorsal spot at the 

 anal angle; cilia gray. The metallic spots are internally dark-margined, but 

 this is only visible in certain lights. Under side grayish fuscous. 



Hind winijii, bronzy-brownish; cilia gray. 



Abdomen, grayish fuscous. 



Legs, pale grayish fuscous, obscurely banded with snbocherons at the spurs. 



Exj). al.: 10 mm. 



Hah: Arizona. (Morrison.) 



Type $ Mhs. Whm. 

 This species diflfers from Inlla, Chamb., in the absence of a basal spot or streak, in 



the number of spots and in the color of the under side of the thorax. 



4. Heliodiues extraneella, Wlsni. 



Heliodines extraneella, Wlsm. Pr. Zoiil. Soc. Lond., 1881. 323-4. PI. xxxvi, 15. 



Ivxago. July 23. (Wlsm. ) 



Hai: California — Pitt Eiver (Shasta Co. Wlsm). 



Type Mhs. Wlsm. 



5. Heliodines unipunctella, sp. n. 



Antenna', palpi, head and /ace gray. 



Ihorax, gray (slightly darker than the fore wings). Underside gray. 



Fore wings, shining gray, with a single bright orange quadrate spot before the mid- 

 dle of the costa. This is margined by a few fuscous scales at the base are some 

 scattered orange scales above and below the fold, indicating the possible pres- 

 ence of a more ornate basal patch in tiner specimens. Underside, grayish fus- 

 cous. 



Hind wings, shining gray, with gray cilia. Under side, grayish fuscous. 



Abdomen shining gray, with abroad orange band occupying several segments below 

 the middle. Under side, gray. 



Legs, gray. 



Exp. al.: 12 mm. 



Hab: California — Los Angeles (Osten Sacken 1878). 



Type <? Mus. Wlsm. 

 This species is described from a single specimen in the Zeller collection. 



SUGAR-CANE INSECTS IN NEW SOUTH WALES. 



By Albert Koebei.k, Special Agent. 



During the month of January, 1891, I had the pleasure of travelmg 

 with Mr. Rudolph Helms, chemist to the Colonial Sugar Company, 

 through their sugar-cane fields from the Clarence to the Tweed River, 



