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the uncus distinctly dilated and notched at the apex, a faint thoracic spot, and a few 

 raised scales at the abdominal angle of the fore wings ; there are no spots in the cilia, 

 but a narrow gray line runs along the middle ; the hind wings are nearly as dark as 

 those of furcata, and the fore wings are somewhat more clouded with gray. 



It will probably be found, when more material comes to hand, that the form of the 

 uncus is a more reliable character for separating this species from schlaegeri than any 

 distinction in the intensity of markings, which will probably be found to vary as in 

 that species. 



Stenoma crambitella sp. n. 



Antennce ciliated in the $ ; shining ochreous beyond the basal joints, which are white 



Palpi white, slightly shaded with pale brownish-ochreous externally on the second, 

 joint, except at the apex. 



Head white; face smooth, shining yellowish-gray. 



Thorax white, with a faint ochreous tinge. 



Fore wings elongate, narrow at the base, very slightly convex at about the basal third 

 of the costa, straight beyond ; apex rather pointed ; apical margin straight, ob- 

 lique, rounded at the anal angle ; dorsal margin straight, white, rather shining, 

 with a suffusion of faint ochreous scales (only visible under a lens) along the 

 veins and nervules ; on the extreme costal margin at the base are a few grayish- 

 fuscous scales, and a single dot of the same color lies at the end of the discal cell 

 in the middle of the wing; cilia white. 



Hind wings grayish-white, with a faint ochreous tinge ; cilia white. 



Abdomen agreeing in color with the hind wings ; uncus simple, blunt, bent over, 

 not notched at the apex (being much shorter than in schlaegeri or any of its allies 

 with which I am acquainted) ; lateral claspers upturned, rounded at the apex, 

 with a triangular excrescence on the lower edge near the base. 



Legs whitish ; posterior tarsi tinged with grayish-ochreous. 



Exp. al. : 22 mm . 



Habitat, Arizona (received from the late H. K. Morrison). 



Type, $ 9 , Mus. Wlsm. 



Stenoma humilis Z. 

 =Cryptolechia humilis Z. 

 = Cryptolechia nubeculosa Z. 

 =Harpalyce canusella Chamb. 



Zeller, in describing Cryptolechia nubeculosa (Ver. Z-b. Ges. Wien., XXIII, 245-6 

 PI. Ill, 12), does not refer to his previous description of humilis (Lin. Ent. X, 156-8, PI. 

 1, 6). A comparison of the figures would perhaps not lead to the conclusion that they 

 were identical, but with five or six specimens undoubtedly nubeculosa before me, I am 

 strongly inclined to the opinion that his older description of the species in the Berlin 

 Museum had escaped his memory. The range of variation in the species is not great, 

 but quite sufficient to account for the slight differences of markings detailed in the 

 descriptions and figures. 



MENESTA Clem. 

 =Hyale, Chamb. 



The genus Menesta of Clemens is undoubtedly allied to Cryptolechia Z. ; its neural 

 and structural characters are the same as those of Stenoma, and notwithstanding its 

 diminutive size and more abruptly rounded fore wings, it is doubtful whether in any 

 tabulation of these genera it can be rightly separated from it. For the present it 

 may be well to retain the genus as represented by a single species. 



Menesta tortriciformella Clem. 

 =Gelechia liturella Wlk. 

 =Hyale coryliella Chamb. 



This species has been redescribed by Walker (Cat. Sp. Ins. B. M., XXIX, 591) under 

 the name of Galechia liturella, as already pointed out by me (P. Z. S. 1881, 319). Hyale 



