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yellowish. Legs yellow, sprinkled with black, tarsi with ill-defined 

 black annulations. Veins 2 and 3 in fore wings stalked. 

 Alar expanse, 22 mm. 



Cincinnati, Ohio (Miss A. F. Braun) ; Chicago, 111. (H. 

 McElhose). 



Type. — No. 11325, U. S. National Museum. 



Nearest to Deprcssaria walsinghami Busck, and D. psorali- 

 ella Walsingham, but larger than either and without any white 

 scaling on first discal spot. 



Depressaria amissella, n. sp. 



Labial palpi light ochreous brown; terminal joint with base and a 

 broad ring near the tip black; extreme tip ochreous. Head and thorax 

 light ochreous brown ; posterior tip of thora.x blackish. Fore wings 

 ochreous brown, sparsely sprinkled with black scales, especially on 

 costal apical part ; extreme base somewhat lighter than the rest of the 

 wing, and this light shade faintly continued along base of costal edge; 

 basal area sharply limited by a short perpendicular black streak from the 

 dorsal edge. In the middle of the disc are two round, deep-black dots, 

 placed obliquely, the first nearer the costal edge, the second nearer the 

 fold; just before the end of the cell is an ill-defined blackish-brown 

 blotch. Hind wings light ochreous fuscous. Abdomen ochreous 

 fuscous. Legs dark ochreous ; tarsi faintly annulated with black. 

 Veins 2 and 3 in the fore wings stalked. 



Alar expanse, 17 mm. 



Kissimmee, Florida (Wm. Beutenmuller). 



Type. — No. 11326, U. S. National Museum. 



Nearest Depressaria propinquella Treitschke, of Europe, but 

 with the dark blotch before the end of the cell much less promi- 

 nent than in that species. 



Depressaria pergandeella, n. sp. 



Labial palpi hght ochreous; tip of brush and terminal joint darker. 

 Face whitish ochreous. Head light ochreous brown. Thorax dark 

 fuscous brown. Forewings light brown, sprinkled with sparse single 

 black scales; basal area and basal part of costal edge hardly lighter 

 than the rest of the wing; extreme base of costa and a small dorsal 

 spot near base black. Two small round black dots on the middle of 

 the disc are placed obliquely, the basal one nearest the costal edge, and 

 are followed by a somewhat superiorly placed, ill-defined blackish-brown 

 blotch. A small, single black dot at the end of the cell is also fol- 

 lowed by a darker shadow. Around terminal and apical edge is a 

 faint row of black spots. Hind wings shining light yellowish fuscous. 



