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the charges for carnage must be prepaid; and shduld the 

 contributor desire it, a suite of named specimens will be 

 returned to him. Full directions for the collection and pre- 

 servation of Lepidoptera are contained in the Smithsonian 

 Report for 1858,* and may be had on application to the 

 Secretary of the Institution. 



COLEOPHORA, Zeller. 

 Stalk of antennae clothed with erect scales to the middle. 



C. corns tip ennella.\ Labial palpi and head bronzy-green. 

 Antennas, basal half bronzy-green, with a reddish-violet re- 

 flection ; terminal half white, annulated with brown. Fore- 

 wings uniform bronzy-green, with the apical portion reddish- 

 violet, or of a reddish-coppery hue. Hind-wings dark brown ; 

 cilia the same. 



Stalk somewhat thickened, with scales not erected. 



C. laticornella. Labial palpi and head brownish-ochreous. 

 Antennas pale brownish-ochreous towards the base, becoming 

 white, with an ochreous tinge, toward the tip, and annulated 

 with dark brown throughout. Fore-wings rather deep, 

 uniform brown, with a whitish- ochreous streak along the 

 costa, from the base to the costo-apical cilia, narrowing 

 behind, and not reaching beyond the subcostal nervure. 

 Hind-wings rather dark brown ; cilia the same. 



Antennal stalk simple ; basal joint thickened with scales. 



C. ccenosipennella. Labial palpi and head white. An- 

 tennas white, annulated with dark brown ; basal joint white. 

 Fore-wings dull yellow, with a white streak along the basal 

 portion of inner margin, one along the costa and one along 

 the sub-costal nervure, separated from the former by a narrow 



* See ante, p. 18. H. T. S. 



f I received five specimens of this from Dr. Clemens ; it is very nearly 

 allied to our Fabriciella, Villers, but is a little browner. The exp. al. 

 (omitted by Dr. Clemens) is 5 lines. H. T. S. 



