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at Esquimalt, Vancouver Island, and were probably specimens that were commenc- 

 mtj to hibernate. 



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Depressaria lythrella sp. n. 



Palpi, cinereous, dotted and mottled with purplish-fuscous scales, especially towards 

 the apex of the second and third joints. 



Anteiinw, annulated widely with tawny, narrowly with fuscous scales. 



Head and thorax, cinereous; the former striped along the middle ; the latter speckled 

 with purplish-fuscous. 



Fore-wings, tawny-reddish, much dusted with fuscous and pale cinereous towards the 

 costa; a pale cinereous basal-patch has a distinct spot on its lower half; before 

 the middle of the wing is a conspicuous curved black spot, edged with reddish 

 and followed by cinereous scales ; a few cinereous scales are scattered across the 

 wing on the outer third, x^arallel with the apical margin, along which runs a 

 slender line of blackish scales; cilia purplish-gray. 



Hind-ivings and cilia, brownish-gray. 



AMomen, purplish-gray. 



Posterior tihiw of the same color as the hind- wings ; tarsi, mottled with darker scales. 



Fxp. al, 15"^'". 



Larva on Lythrum alaium. 



Habitat, Illinois; received from Professor Forbes. 

 Appears to be allied to impurella Tr. and to the same group as purpurea Hw. 



Depressaria gracilis sp. n. 



Antennae, brown. 



Palpi, straw-colored, tinged externally on the second joint with brown, especially at 

 its apex. 



Head, pale reddish-brown ; face, whitish-ochreous. 



Thorax, reddish-brown. 



Fore-wings, rather narrow, pale straw-color, with a short, dark brown basal patch, 

 commencing on the costa but not reaching quite to the abdominal margin ; two 

 minute dots of brown scales on the disc before the middle, the upper one being 

 nearer to the base than the lower ; a small brown spot on the middle of the wing 

 at the end of the cell, and a row of brown marginal spots almost connected, so as 

 to form a marginal line, four on the apical and two on the costal margin; cilia 

 whitish straw-color, tipped with brownish and having a strong line of brownish 

 scales along their base ; about the anal angle the cilia are paler than above it. 



Hind-wings, very pale fawn-gray ; cilia straw- white. 



Abdomen, grayish. 



Legs, pale straw-color, tinged with brown on the posterior tarsal joints. 



Exp. al, 15™°^. 



Habitat, Texas. 



^yp€> $ ^ Mus. Ulsni. 



A single specimen received many years ago from Belfrage. It seems remarkable 

 that this species should not have been known to Zeller or Clemens, who were both 

 acquainted with the results of Belfrage's collecting. I have not been able to find auy 

 description of it, but if Chambers has by error placed it in the genus Gelechia it is yet 

 possible that I may have overlooked it. It is a small and rather slender species with 

 normal ueuration, closely allied to the European D. culcitella HS. 



