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terior wings pale fuscous internally, pale yellowish or whitisli beyond. 

 Under surface of posterior wings very pale; fringes white. 



Expanse^ %, 26 mil. 



Habitat. — Illinois and Pennsylvania. 



Readily distinguished from paUorana, by its greater size, more ob- 

 tuse apices and straight external margin of anterior wings. 



Tortrix alisellana, n. s. (Plate 1, fig. 15.) 



Palpi, head and thorax white. Anterior wings white, clouded on 

 and beneath the disk with purple. A line of purple scales from the 

 costa at basal third runs obliquely into the main purple shade which 

 latter attains the costa just beyond the middle. A narrower line from 

 above the internal angle, bowed outwardly to just below the costa, turns 

 thence inwardly and joining the purple patch encloses a large circular 

 white space. Posterior wings and fringes white. Under surface of 

 both pairs pure, glossy white. 



Expanse, 24 mil. 



Habitat. — Ohio. 



Tortrix parallela, n. s. (Plate iv, fig. 17.) 



Palpi slightly exceeding the head, ferruginous brown above and be- 

 neath, pale internally. Antennae ferruginous above, testaceous be- 

 neath. Head ferruginous brown, thorax paler. 



Anterior wings, pale cinnamon brown, broad, boldly arched at the 

 base, costa nearly straight beyond, parallel with internal margin. Ex- 

 ternal margin straight, anal angle produced. Basal patch narrowest 

 on costa, limited by a dark brown line, but slightly darker than the 

 ground color. Central fascia dark ferruginous-brown, narrow on costa, 

 expanding on and below the disc. Costal spot dark ferruginous-brown, 

 broad on costa, becoming gradually attenuate, ending in a point at anal 

 angle. The spaces between the ordinary markings are streaked with 

 irregular brown lines. Fringes concolorous, sometimes slightly darker 

 below the apices. 



Posterior wings fuscous internally, pale beyond, with a few brownish 

 apical streaks or reticulations; beneath pale ochreous, with numerous 

 brown reticulations apically. 



Under surface of anterior wings clouded with fuscous, ochreous along 

 costa, where the markings of the upper surface are plainly reflected. 

 Abdomen and anal tuft, above and beneath, pale ochreous. 

 Expanse, % 23 — 25 mil. 

 Habitat. — Putnam Co. N. Y., Philadelphia, (Bunte.) 



