1881.] NORTH-AMERICAN TINEID^. 319 



has somewhat the same fashion of ornamentation as Depressaria 

 atrodorsella, Clem. ; but it is a much smaller insect, with narrower 

 wings, more rounded at the apex and anal angle, and with the costal 

 blotch situated nearer to the base. 



Genus Menesta (Clemens). 



Menesta tortriciformella, Clem. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. 

 1860, p. 213; Stn., Tin. Nor. Am. p. 151. 



Menestra tortriciformella, Cham., Bull, U.S. Geog. & Geol. Surv. 

 vol. iv. p. 157. 



Gelechia liturella, Walk., Cat. Lep. Het. B. M. xxix. p. 591. 



This is evidently the species described by Mr. Walker as Gelechia 

 liturella. His type, which is in the British Museum, is in suffi- 

 ciently good condition to be easily identified. It agrees with others 

 verified by comparison with what I believe to have been Dr. Clemens's 

 typical specimen in the collection of the American Eatomological 

 Society at Philadelphia. 



Menesta rubescens, sp. nov. (Plate XXXVI. fig. 9.) 



Capita, thorace et anlennis dilute subochraceo-cinereis ; pnlpis 



diversis, subalbidis, articulo apicali brunneo-fusco adumbrato, 



acuminato ; alis anticis a basi dilute subochraceo-cinerea rube- 



scentibus, puncto discali subobsoleto fuscescente ; post ids griseis. 



^ Head, thorax, and base of the fore wings pale stone-grey ; palpi 



diverging, whitish, the apical joint shaded with brownish fuscous, 



the tongue scaled with brownish fuscous at the base. 



Fore wings shaded oiF from the pale stone-grey base into pale 

 brick-reddish, becoming almost purphsh red before the apical margin; 

 a faint indication of a small subfuscous spot at the end of the cell. 

 Hind wings greyish. 

 Expanse 11 millim. 



A single specimen received from Mr. Belfrage, from Texas, labelled 

 "August 1 6." 



Genus Glyphipteryx (Hiibner). 

 Glyphipteryx regalis, sp. nov. (Plate XXXVI. fig. 10.) 

 Cdpiie, palpis et antennis griseo-sericeis ; alis anticis aurantiacis, 

 plaga dorsi basis, striga basali a casta obliqua, fascia anteme- 

 diana et strigis post medium costalibus tribus nitentibus dilute 

 griseo-chalybeis, ciliis fuscescentibus sub apice albido interruptis, 

 viacula eJongata supra angulum analem nigra, antice marginem, 

 apicalem versus attenuata, punctis quatuor metallice albido-cJialy- 

 beis ornata, spatio supra earn subochraceo-griseo, strigulis plurimis 

 transversis nigrofuscis ; jwsticis aurantiaco-brunneis. 

 Head small, shining greyish ; antennce greyish, scarcely pubescent ; 

 palpi short, slightly upturned, shining greyish above, whiter be- 

 neath. Thorax orange, greyish in the middle, whitish beneath. 

 Fore wings bright orange, with shining steel-grey bands or streaks 



