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0. primivorella Cham. (Can. Ent., vol. v, p. 50). — Described originally 

 from Kentucky, but it is also found mining leaves of the wild cherry 

 in the mountains up at least to 8,000 feet altitude. 



Gracilaria and its allies are common everywhere, but seem to be 

 esiDecially numerous, both in individuals and species, in the mountains. 



Coleophora argentialbella^ Cham. (Can. Eat., vol. vii, p. 75). — Formerly 

 described from Texas. Taken also at Edgerton, Colo., among scrub- 

 oak ; altitude, 6,000 feet. 



G. histrigella Cham. {loo. cit. sup.). — Also originally described from 

 Texas. A better description of it, however, will be found in Can. Ent., 

 vol. ix. Taken in company with C. argentialbella. 



C. hasistrigella n. sp. — Antena3 simple ; second joint of palpi with a 

 minute tuft. Second joint of palpi white, marked with blackish scales 

 on the outer surface j third joint with a blackish line beneath. Head 

 whitish 5 antennce and upper surface of thorax sordid grayish or 

 pale fuscous ; patagia and margins of thorax whitish. Fore wings pale 

 egg-yellow, with a white streak from the base along the fold to the 

 basal third of the wing-length ; then leaving the fold, it passes back- 

 ward above it as far as the end of the cell, the basal portion along the 

 fold being margined beneath by a narrow brown line, and containing a 

 small dark brown spot just before its end. The fore wings are narrowly 

 margined along both the costal and dorsal margins from base to apex 

 with white, the basal half of the white margins being narrowly mar- 

 gined internally by a line of brown scales, and the apical half by a 

 series of brown dots or short lines. Hind wings pale grayish-fuscous ; 

 cilia of both wings pale stramineous. Abdomen brown above, whit- 

 ish beneath, and tuft whitish. Hind legs yellowish, with tibia pale 

 egg-yellow, and tarsi white. Legs of first and second pair fuscous on 

 the anterior surfaces, with the joints and tarsi white. Expanse of wings, 

 6i} lines. South Park, in July; altitude, 9,500 feet. A pretty and sin- 

 gularly-marked species. 



C. artemisicolella n. sp. — Second joint of palpi with a small tuft ; basal 

 joint of antennae a little enlarged. Whitish, in some lights showing a 

 faint ocherous tinge, and the fore wings well dusted with brown scales. 

 Head, thorax, and palpi but little dusted ; auteunfe white, annulate with, 

 fuscous ; abdomen browu above, paler beneath ; anal tuft yellowish, 

 silvery ; legs fuscous on their anterior surfaces. Expanse of wings, 7^ 

 to 8 lines. Common in July about Twin Lakes up to about 10,000 feet 

 altitude among sage-brush {Artemisia), upon which probably the larva 

 feeds. 



C. luteocostella Cham. (Cin. Quar. Jour. Sci., vol. ii, p. 291).— From 

 Spanish Bar. 



C. sparsipulvella Cham. (Cin. Quar. Jour. Sci., vol. ii, p. 204).— From 

 Spanish Bar. 



Bedellia somnulenteXla St. — Common in Europe and America. The 



