130 ENTOMOI,OGICAL NEWS. [May, '19 



line along the outer surfaces; tarsi fuscous. Abdomen whitish be- 

 neath, grayish ocherous above. Expanse : 13 to 14 mm. 



Locality: Cincinnati, Ohio (probably widely distributed with 

 its food plant.) Type and paratypes in writer's collection; 

 paratypes in Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 

 and in the United States National Museum. 



Twenty-eight specimens reared from larvae eating out the 

 seeds of pigweed (Amaranthus hybridus L.). Mature case 

 6 mm. long, subcylindrical, with mouth slightly bent over, 

 thickest just behind the middle whence it tapers slightly be- 

 fore flaring to form the three-valved apex. It is spun en- 

 tirely of rough brownish silk decorated with numerous ir- 

 regular, small, huffish gray particles. The larvae feed through- 

 out the autumn and remain during the winter hidden among 

 the old flower clusters. Imagos emerged from July 27 to 

 August 23. 



The fuscous spot near the lower angle of the cell is the dis- 

 tinguishing characteristic of this species. 



Coleophora granifera n. sp. 



Head whitish, ocherous above ; palpi dark fuscous on the outer sides ; 

 antennae whitish, with the basal segment enlarged with scales near the 

 extreme base. Thorax whitish ocherous. 



Fore wings with the white color predominating, so that the ground 

 color may be regarded as white with ocherous streaks. Costal edge, 

 for one-third its length ocherous, extreme costa near the base fuscous. 

 There is sometimes a very small ocherous streak near the costa, just 

 proximal to vein 11; ocherous streaks lie in the spaces between the 

 remaining costal veins, and the apex of the wing is ocherous. An 

 ocherous streak extends from near the base through the upper half 

 of the cell and runs into the apex. There is sometimes an ocherous 

 streak through the lower half of the cell, running into the ocherous 

 outer margin of the wing. This may be as distinct as the other discal 

 streak or entirely wanting except near the outer margin. An ocherous 

 streak from the base below the fold usually reaches the wing margin. 

 There is sometimes faint fuscous dusting, especially in the apex and 

 along the costal ocherous streaks. Cilia ocherous and white inter- 

 mixed. Hind wings pale grayish ocherous to fuscous, usually darker 

 than the fore wings. Legs whitish, fuscous outwardly. Abdomen 

 whitish beneath, fuscous in the mid-dorsal line. Expanse: 12.5-14 mm. 



Locality: Cincinnati, Ohio. Type and paratypes in writer's 

 collection. 



