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lete; it crosses at inner third of wing, being directed slightly outward 
in its course and is a trifle angulated outwardly on the cubital vein. 
The inner area limited by this line is faintly washed with lilac, strong- 
est along the costa, and several dark purple atoms are in the angle 
formed by the union of the intradiscal line with the inner margin. 
Extradiscal line quite heavy, crossing at outer two-thirds of wing, 
purplish becoming blackish posteriorly and nearly straight, with an 
almost imperceptible out- and in-curve. Outer area washed with lilac 
along extradiscal line and sparingly strigate with blackish on anterior 
portion, more heavily on posterior portion. Fringe purplish-ochreous, 
at extreme apex tipped with pure purple. Secondaries with a pur- 
plish line becoming blackish posteriorly on outer two-thirds of wing, 
similar to and continuous with the extradiscal line of primaries, but 
more curved and obsolete costally. The area within this line is pale 
ochreous being almost pure yellow and the field outside it is deep 
ochreous washed with lilac along the cross line and with a scattering 
of transverse blackish strige. Fringe as in primaries but decidedly 
purplish toward anal angle. Beneath, yellow on inner two-thirds and 
at apical area of fore wings; outer third of both wings, except at 
apical area referred to, light purplish, not well defined from the yellow 
color, and on secondaries sparsely strigate with black. 
Type—Two females in the Academy of Natural Sciences, 
* Phila., and in Rutgers College, taken by Rev. I. F. Stidham, 
an enthusiastic and intelligent collector. 
Habitat—Falls of Schuylkill, Philadelphia, in August. 
In naming this new species schuylkillensis I am acting upon 
the suggestion of Dr. Skinner, who remarked that the general 
shade of the insect harmonized with the color of the water in 
the vicinity in which it was collected. 
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Descriptions of two new Gelechidae from California. 
By Aucust BUSscK. 
Recurvaria invictella n. sp. 
Second joint of labial palpi pure white; scriiian! joint smoky white 
and with a conspicuous black longitudinal line in front from base to 
apex. Antenne black. Tongue heavily scaled, pure white. Face sil- 
very white. Head and thorax light mouse-colored. Forewings light 
silvery gray overlaid with brown and black scales; extreme base of 
wing brown; a slight sprinkling of dark scales on the cell and along 
the fold; at apical third is an outwardly angulated blackish brown 
fascia across the wing, not clearly defined toward the base of the 
