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C. minutisimella. N. sp. 
Vertex, palpi and abdomen silvery; face rather sordid white: antennæ 
dark griseous or fuscous, tipped with whitish ; anterior wings brown mixed 
towards the base confusedly with silvery, with a distinct silvery spot on 
the costal margin, two others on the dorsal margin, one of which is just 
behind the middle and the other farther back: one at the apex and one 
on the costal margin opposite the space between the two dorsal ones. 
In some lights these spots are not distinct. Ciliæ and hind wings dark 
griseous. 
Alar ex. scarcely exceeding 78 inch. It is therefore probably the 
smallest Lepidopteron known. Mr. Stainton, Var. Hist. Tin., v. I, says 
that Wepticula microtheriella, measuring 134 lines in a/ar ex., was then the 
smallest. It is a shaggy and rather “ uncanny ” looking little moth. The 
larva is unknown. I have taken the imago abundantly in May and July 
at the lamp. But I find that I have but a single specimen left, for, as it 
is too small to pin successfully, I placed it ina tin “cell” on a microscope 
slide, covered by thin glass, held down by a rubber band, into which crept 
villainous little A#ropes and ate all my little Cy//ene save one. 
NEPTICULA. 
Nepticula miners of leaves of the Sycamore (P/atanus occidentalis. ) 
Three species of Wepticula mine these leaves. Dr. Clemens describes 
these mines fully (Proc. Ent. Soc. Phila., March, 1862). One of the 
mines is at first a slender track fi/led with frass. Afterwards the mine is 
expanded into a round blotch, almost obliterating the previous linear 
mine. ‘This is the mine of 
N. platanella Clem., Proc. Ent. Soc. Phila, Fan y, 1862. 
It may be distinguished from the two other species by having the 
wings shining dark brown, with a silvery costal streak about the middle, and 
an opposite spot of the same hue on the dorsal margin. Yor other particulars 
see Clemens’ description. A/. ex. 3: inch. Kentucky. 
The mine described by Dr.Clemens as No. 2 is linear, slightly enlarged 
towards its extremity, with the terminal portion enlarged into a small 
blotch just before the larva leaves it. Jt has a central line of frass. Dr. 
Clemens was not acquainted with the imago which I call 
LV. Clemensella. iN. sp. 
Palpi and face stramineous, tinged with rufous between the antennæ 
and eyes ; eye-caps yellowish silvery. Antennz pale fuscous. Primaries 
