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along the apical margiu runs a white line in the cilia between two narrower 

 fuscous lines; there are a few fuscous scales at the anal angle and above them a 

 short longitudinal white streak ; a short fuscous streak beyond the middle of the 

 fold almost reaches the commencement of a more conspicuous discal streak of the 

 same colour immediately above it, both margined by a few inconspicuous whitish 

 scales. 



Eind-wings, brown, with a purplish tinge ; the cilia brown. 



Exp. al., 12°>'°. 



Habitat, Mt. Shasta, California, Aug. 1, 1871. 



Tyjie, $ 2, Mu8, Wlsm. 

 This approaches the Texan species described by Chambers. 



Another species, or perhaps only a variety of the above, obtained onBurney Creek, 

 Shasta Countj^, Calif., a few days previously, has the costa white to the base, the fold 

 white, and the white line in the fringes with its fuscous outer margin reduplicated 



Cleodora tophella sp. n. 



Palpi, with long jirojecting tuft of mixed whitish and cinereous scales beneath, slightly 

 darker on their outer than on their inner sides, the apical joint shaded beneath. 



Head, pale cinereous. 



Antennce and thorax, slightly darker. 



Foi'e-ivings, dull ashy brown, with a considerable sprinkling of brighter (more reddish 

 brown) scales ; the tips of the scales about the apical margiu and cilia are paler 

 and give a speckled appearance to the end of the wing. 



Hind-ivings, brownish cinereous; cilia scarcely paler. 



Abdomen, the same colour as the hind- wings, with subochreous anal tuft. 



Posterior legs, the same colour, the tarsal joints with subochreous spots. 



Exp. a;.,5i3™". 



Habitat, specimens taken May 24, 1871, in Mendocino County, Calif. 



Tijpe, $ 9 , Mus. Wlsm. 



I have specimens from Shasta County, Calif., July 24, 1871, which differ from the 

 above in their smaller size (exp. al., 12™™) and in their whiter heads and palpi, 

 the tuft on thelatter being less prominent. These probably belong to a secoud brood 

 of the above species. 



Cleodora sabulella sp. n. 

 Palpi, fawn white. 



Head and thorax, rather more decidedly tinged with fawn-colour, the face paler. 

 Autennw, annulated with fawn-colour, ami fawn white. 

 Fore-wings, fawn-colour with a slight brownish tinge towards the apex, where there is 



some appearance of pale speckling owiug to the tips of the scales about the cilia 



and apical margiu being of a lighter hue. 

 Hind-wings, fawn colour, with a greyish tinge; the cilia fawn-coloured. 

 Abdomen andposterior legs, paler, corresponding more in colour with the thorax. 

 Exp. al, 14-15^™™. 



Habitat, 18 specimens taken in Bear Valley, Colusa Couuty, Calif., June 27, 1871. 

 Tyj'^' <? 2 ,Mm. Wlsm. 



DACTYLOTA^ Snell. 



This genus has hitherto been represented by a single species found on the shores of 

 theBalticaud North Sea, in the west of Europe. It is immediately recognizable by the 

 peculiar form of the hind-wings in the male, which are not merely emarginate below 

 the apex, as is usual in the Gelechince, but are deeply excised, having the apical 



* Accorfling to strict rules of nomenclature the name Dactylota is preoccuxiied in 

 Echinodermata aud should be champed. 



