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Fore wings grayish white, brownish along the extreme costal 

 margin ; a more or less obsolete brown spot on the middle of the 

 cell and three darker brown spots in the whitish costal fringe of 

 the first lobe, one nearly over the end of the fissure, one at the 

 middle and one near the end of the lobe. Remaining fringes pale 

 brown, white at the end of the fissure, along the middle of the 

 costa of the second lobe, just before the apex of the hind margin, 

 near the base of the lobe and beneath the outer fourth of the cell. 

 Hind wings and fringes pale brown. 



Nearly related to A. volgensis Moesch., from Sarepta, Russia. 



Described from four examples from Colorado, and named in 

 honor of Lord Walsingham, who has made most valuable contri- 

 butions to our knowledge, not only of North American Ptero- 

 phoridse, but also of other microlepidoptera. 



Early stages and food plant unknown. 



ALUCITA BELFRAGEI. 

 Aciptilus Belfragei Fish, Can. Ent., Vol. XIII., p 142 (1881). 



Expanse of wings, 18 mm. Head brownish gray. Palpi brown 

 above, whitish beneath. Antennae whitish, dotted with pale brown 

 above. Thorax pale ochreous gray in front; hind portion and 

 abdomen pale grayish ochreous, striped longitudinally with fine 

 white lines and marked with dark streaks. Legs pale grayish ; 

 fore and middle femora striped longitudinally with whitish and 

 dark brown lines ; tarsi pale ochreous, with shadings on the outer 

 side ; hind tibiae and tarsi pale ochreous ; spurs tipped with brown. 



Fore wings pale ochreous gray, dusted with brown scales ; an 

 oblique dark-brown patch at the base of the fissure, bordered pos- 

 teriorly with white ; a small brown spot midway between this and 

 the base of the wing ; two longitudinal brown spots on the outer 

 third of the costa of first lobe and one or, two brown dots on the 

 outer margin of the same lobe near the apex. Fringes pale brown 

 except at the apex of the second lobe, where they are white. Hind 

 wings brownish cinereous. Fringes pale brown. 



Habitat. Texas. Early stages and food plant unknown. 



ALUCITA MONTANA. 



Aciptilus montanus Wlsm., Pter. Cal and Ore., p. 59, Plate III., fig. 14 

 (1880). 



Expanse of wings, 16 mm. Head white, antenna? faintly dotted 

 above with brownish. Thorax, abdomen and legs snow white ; the 

 fore and middle legs brownish on the inner side. 



