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x Second lobe with a more or less complete brown streak , 

 4. ) semicostata. 



\. Second lobe without any trace of a brown streak, ... . . 5. 

 J Two fuscous spots before the end of the fissure, . cxclamalionis. 

 \ One fuscous spot before the end of the fissure, . . . menyeli. 



STENOPTILIA PUMILIO. 

 Mimeseoptilus pumilio Zell., Beitr., p. 124 (1873). 



Expanse of wings, 12 mm. Head reddish gray, front whitish; 

 palpi very thin, filiform, horizontal, whitish. Antennae pale gray, 

 white towards the base on the outside. Thorax reddish gray. 

 Abdomen yellowish white at the base and end. Legs slender, 

 white, the first pair of spurs on hind tibiae unusually long. 



Fore wings unusually short and broad, very bright fawn color, 

 darkest on the costal margin of the anterior lobe; costal vein 

 white for two thirds of its length ; a long blackish streak on the 

 fold at the basal fourth of the wing ; a long, conspicuous point in 

 the middle between this and the fissure, and before these one or 

 two long, confused flecks. Fringe of anterior lobe white or gray, 

 with scattered black scales, with two black, somewhat commingled 

 dots on the outer margin near the anal angle. Fringe of the 

 second lobe gray, thickly sprinkled with deep black scales, which 

 are united with three black spots on the hind margin ; at the apex 

 it is whitish, and marked with a row of unequal, somewhat com- 

 mingled dots, which do not reach to the base of the fringe. Hind 

 wings brownish gray, with much lighter fringes. On the apex of 

 the first and second feathers a small black dot may be seen in cer- 

 tain lights, most distinct on the under side, where the apex of the 

 third feather is dark brown. 



Habitat. Texas. Early stages and food plant unknown. 



STENOPTILIA PTERODACTYL A. 

 Alucita pterodaclyla Linn., Faun. Suec., p 371 (1761). 



Expanse of wings, 21-24 mm. Head ashy brown ; palpi long, 

 acuminate, whitish at the tips ; antennae brownish above, whitish 

 beneath. Thorax ashy brown, with a few darker scales. Abdo- 

 men fuscous, striped with pale ochreous lines and with a few dark- 

 brown dots at the ends of the segments. Legs ochreous brown on 

 the outside, whitish on the inner sides, tarsi very pale ochreous. 



Fore wings reddish brown, the entire costa and the apex of the 

 second lobe heavily sprinkled with dark-brown scales ; a dark- 

 brown reniform spot at the base of the fissure. Fringes ashy 



