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spot, somewhat obliquely prolonged, and a larger costal spot before 

 the apex; also two small dorsal spots, the first opposite the middle 

 costal spot, the second beyond it, and a small spot at the apex; cilia 

 brownish gray. 



Alar expanse. — 11 mm. 



Hindwings and cilia brownish gray. 



Abdomen brownish fuscous, with whitish marks along the sides. 



Legs whitish, barred with brownish fuscous on the hind tarsal 

 joints. 



Habitat. — Bosque County, Texas; Georgiana, Florida; Pennsylvania; 

 Virginia. Larva in stem-gall on Trichostomum dichotoma; issued 

 June 9, 1881. Walsingham determined No. 4497, 1906. 



There is a specimen from Beverly, Massachusetts, July 11, 1868 

 (Burgess) " Stagmatophora argyroda,^ Mus. Z." (Zell. Coll. 101533), 

 which very nearly agrees with the type, the only difference being 

 that the two dorsal spots and some white scales on the margin between 

 these and the apical spot are slightly raised and somewhat metallic. 

 I must express my thanks to Mr. Busck for suppressing a prospective 

 synonym by letting me know that this description applies to Gelechia 

 sexnotella Chambers, with which I was unacquainted. 



Genus HYPONOMEUTA Latreille. 

 HYPONOMEUTA DIAPHORUS new species. 



Antennx fuscous. 



Palpi slender, projecting about the length of the head beyond it; 

 whitish, touched with chestnut-brown. 



Head and tliorax white, dusted with grayish above. 



Forewings white, with grayish dusting along the costal portion, 

 especially near the base; numerous grayish brown spots of varying 

 sizes run in four diverging lines from the base; on the costal por- 

 tion above the cell is a row of six, the last but one of which is situ- 

 ated at about half the wing-length; below this series is another, of 

 six or seven, running through the discal cell, and on the outer third 

 of the wing are two or three detached spots above it leading up to 

 the apical series; immediately below the fold is a third row of spots, 

 and along the dorsum are four or five more, forming the fourth row; 

 the apical series commences on the costa at about the end of the 

 cell, and is continued along the termen to the tornus, consisting of 

 about eleven spots; cilia fawn-color. 



Alar expanse. — 19 mm. 



Hindwings light chestnut-brown, or fawn-color, somewhat intensi- 

 fied toward the apex; cilia concolorous. 



Abdomen and legs agreeing in color with the hindwings. 



a From dpyvpdrjXoi, signifying silver-studded. 



