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wings lighter gray, the costal area dark. Fringe of both 

 wings lighter. 



Expanse, male, 21-22 mm. ; female, 26-30 mm. 



Described from two males and six females, type No. 23971, 

 U. S. Nat. Mus. ; Trinidad, British West Indies, collected at 

 quarantine, Los Angeles, California, from Cassia bean pods, 

 September 17, 1920 (J. W. Mashmeyer). 



Subfamily CRAMBIN^ 



Crambus costalipartella, new species. 



Fore wing white, a dark gray band from base, occupying the 

 costal third of wing, but leaving the costal edge white; scat- 

 tered gray-brown scales on the inner third of wing, not form- 

 ing a solid band ; termen brown, with darker dots at the ends 

 of the veins. Hind wing dark fuscous, the fringe whitish, cut 

 by gray. Abdomen dark fuscous, the terminal tuft whitish. 

 Expanse, 17 mm. 



Types, three females. No. 24015, U. S. Nat. Mus.; Lake 

 View, Montana, August 4, 1920 (A. N. Caudell). 



Crambus tripsacas, new species. 



Fore wing silvery white ; three rounded dark brown spots 

 erect from middle of inner margin, the upper at the end of 

 the cell smallest ; termen brown, incised by the veins, cutting 

 through toward apex, where the brown border is narrow ; 

 fringe brown ; costal edge brown below. Hind wing pure 

 white. Head, thorax and abdomen white, the collar with a 

 yellow-brown spot on each side. Expanse, 9 mm. 



Veins 11 and 12 of fore wing anastomose. 



Type, male, No. 24016, U. S. Nat. Mus.; Miami, Florida 

 (W. Schaus). 



Subfamily SCOPARIIN^ 



Scoparia basalis pacificalis, new subspecies. 



Fore wing light gray, the lines a little lighter, dark-edged ; 

 inner curved above, outer indented subcostally, then gently 

 oblique ; a black basal dash ; a black patch at middle of inner 

 line, prolonged below by the claviform; a square black patch 



