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Silo pallidum n. sp. — Length 8 mm. Yellowish, clothed with pale yellow 

 hairs ; head somewhat more reddish ; veins of the wings pale ; legs and spurs pale 

 yellow: antennae with basal joint much longer than the head, slender, not very 

 densely clothed with hairs of moderate length, longer yellow hair above on head ; 

 wings long and slender, pointed at tip, posterior pair hut little shorter than ante- 

 rior pair; both branches of the radial sector forked, the upper branch of cubitus 

 forked, all in the same region of wing; discoidal cell in fore wings several times 

 longer than broad, closed ; thyridial area closed ; cubitus connected to post-cubitus 

 before middle and toward tip, in both cases the veiulet continues across to the 

 next vein ; spurs 2-4-4. 



Several specimens from Ithaca, N. Y. ; plainly distinct from S. 

 grisem, which has dark spurs and hind legs. 



OliElVIIRA n. gen. 



A Sericostomatid ; spurs 2-4-4 ; basal joint of antenna? much 

 longer than head ; discal cell in both wings closed ; palpi of S ap- 

 pressed to head ; in Z the costal region of the fore wing is much 

 broadened and reflexed upon the upper surface of the wing. 



Olemira ainericaiia n. sp. — Length 9 mm. Black, legs yellowish, an- 

 terior pairs darker toward the tips ; basal joint of antennae blue-black, with black 

 hair, beyond yellowish; palpi black, in % forming a beak between the antennae 

 and clothed with blue-black hair; wings gray, anterior pair clothed with yellow- 

 ish pile, veins dark, long black fringe on basal half of hind pair; fore wings 

 little more than three times as long as broad, rounded at tip, hind pair not broader 

 than fore ones, broadest beyond the middle, also rounded at tip ; in % the costal 

 region of fore wings is reflexed on the upper surface of wing, reaching to near 

 the middle, its under surface (which appears above) is naked ; both branches of 

 radial sector forked in the fore wings, only upper in hind wing; discal cell in 

 fore wings many times longer than broad, narrowed at tip, shorter in hind wings ; 

 apex of % abdomen with a short horn, and before it a bilobed median carina. 



One male, several females, Sea Cliff, N. Y., July. 



Hlormonia verualis n. sp.— Length 10 mm. Head pale below antennae 

 and clothed with black hair, above dark and with yellowish hair; palpi with 

 black hair above, pale beneath, in % more yellow hair on head and palpi : basal 

 joints of antennae pale, with white appressed hair and longer black, rest of an- 

 tennae fuscous, annulate with pale ; thorax black, with yellow and some black 

 hair. Legs pale, darker on outside of basal joints. Abdomen dark, in 9 ven- 

 tral segments margined with pale, in % whole venter pale. Wings gray, clothed 

 with yellow and longer black hair, a larger whitish spot near middle of posterior 

 margin, variable in extent, basad of the spot the wing is often darker than else- 

 where, fringe whitish at this point, beyond black ; hind wings gray, long fringe 

 at base gray, darker beyond ; basal joint of antennae scarcely lojiger than head, 

 plainly shorter than in M. fofiafa : spurs 2-4-4; wings rather slender. Iiind pair 

 not broader than fore pair, discal cell closed in both, in fore wings it is about 

 one half as long as the pedicel ; the subcostal vein is very wavy ; the last dorsal 



TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC. XXIV. FEBRUARY, 1897. 



