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Family HYPONOMEUTID.E. 



Genus COLEOPHORA Hubner. 



COLEOPHORA PRUNIELLA Clemens and Walsingham. 



Coleophora pruniella Clemens, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil., I, 1861, pp. 78, 79. — Clem- 

 ens in Stainton, Tin. No. Am., 1872, pp. 165-167. — Zeller, Verh. zool.- 

 bot. Gesell. Wien., XXIII, 1873, pp. 309, 310.— Chambers, Bull. U. S. 

 Geol. Surv., IV, 1878, pp. Ill, 136.— Packard, U. S. Dept. Agr., Int. Ent. 

 Comm. Bull., VII, 1881, p. 134.— Hy. Edwards, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 No. 35, 1889, p. 128.— Packard, Rept. U. S. Dept. Agr., Ent. Comm., V, 

 1890, p. 528, No. 17.— Riley, Smith's List Lep. Bor. Am., 1891, p. 106, No. 

 5699.— Dyar, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 52, 1902, p. 533, No. 6034. 



Larva on Primus serotinus, imago unknown. 



Antennx grayish fuscous, without a basal tuft, basal joint enlarged. 



Palpi with a very small tuft from the median joint; hoary. 



Head and thorax hoary. 



Forewings hoary whitish gray, sprinkled with fuscous scales, the 

 apex irrorated with fuscous.; a distinct, but not clearly defined, spot 

 above the tornub at one-third from the dorsum; costal cilia greyish, 

 terminal cilia hoary gray, dorsal cilia pale grayish. 



Alar expanse 13.5 mm. 



Hindwings shining gray; cilia pale grayish. 



Abdomen and legs grayish, the tarsal joints with faintly paler bands. 



Case. — This agrees with Clemens' description, but he omits to say 

 that it is pale ochreous, with a slight ridge along the top from mouth 

 to apex. 



Type.—Ferasde (Walsingham determined No. 4943, 1906), U.S.N.M. 



Habitat. — Placer County, California. Larva on Prunus demissa, 

 issued August. Unique. 



This species is distinct from occidentis Zeller. The imago was 

 unknown to Clemens. 



COLEOPHORA OCCIDENTIS Zeller. 



Coleophora occidentis Zeller, Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien., XXIII, 1873, pp. 



309-311. 

 Coleophora occidentalis Chambers, Bull. U. S. Geol. Surv., IV, 1878, p. 136. — ■ 



Riley, Smith's List. Lep. Bor. Am., 1891, p. 106, No. 5695. 

 Coleophora prvniella Dyar, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 52, 1902, p. 533, No. 6034. 



Type. — In Mus. Walsingham. 

 Habitat. — Massachusetts. 



COLEOPHORA LAPIDICORNIS, new species. 



Antennx without a basal tuft, but the basal joint is thickened; 

 pale stone-color, inclining to whitish ochreous, faintly annulate 

 toward the tips. 



