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TOETEIOID^. 
PTHOROBLASTIS, Led. 
PthoroWastis texanana. (Plate LXXVI. fig. 7.) 
Palpi short; the apical joint scarcely exposed^ together with the head and antennje 
ochreous drab : thorax stout^ dusky drab. Fore wings — more than twice as long as wide, the 
costa arched ; apical margin oblique^ scarcely indented below the apex — dvill greyish drab, 
with a narrow obscure reddish-brown fascia from about the middle of the costa, margined on 
both sides with leaden grey to within the anal angle, forming with two leaden-grey streaks 
from its outer edge an almost equilateral triangle, from the apex of which a short narrow 
brown streak runs to the apex of the wing ; some short oblique geminated costal streaks and 
a narrow line along the apical margin dirty whitish, a row of black dots above the anal 
angle running parallel with the apical margin : cilia dull drab, with a fuscous line along their 
base. Hind wings fuscous brown. 2 ^ . Expanse of wings 13 millims. 
Texas, May and July 1875. 
CARPOCAPSA, Tr. 
Carpocapsa latiferreana. (Plate LXXVI. fig. 8.) 
Palpi short, scarcely thickened in the middle ; not profusely clothed j together with the 
head and antennae brownish grey : thorax stout, speckled with grey and brown. Fore wings — 
about twice as long as wide, with the costa arched, apical margin scarcely indented below the 
apex — reddish brown, sjDCckled with grey towards the base, with a broad metallic bronzy 
median fascia, wider on the dorsal than on the costal margin ; some short geminated whitish- 
ochreons costal streuks beyond it, which are obliquely produced in shining metallic streaks 
towards the apical margin, along which runs a narrow black line at the base of the dusky-grey 
cilia : a large dark-margined metallic bronzy patch lies above the anal angle and before the 
ocellated patch (which contains some narrow black transverse streaks), with another smaller 
metallic spot beyond it. The hind wings are fuscous, paler towards the base, with whitish 
ochreous cilia. 2 ? . Expanse of wings 6-9 lines. 
Mendocino County, California, June 9th, 1871 ; also in Southern Oregon, May 1872. 
This species is very nearly allied to a species of which I have specimens from the Eastern 
States, and which Professor Fernald informs me is likely to be described by Professor Riley 
under the name of orichalceana ; but the Western form now figured diff'ers in its much wider 
metallic fascia, in the metallic patch above the anal angle not being produced as a second 
fascia to the costa, and in the costal streaks being less oblique and more distinct. I will not, 
however, anticipate the description of the allied species, which is not in the British-Musenm 
collection. 
In this genus Walker describes : — 
Carpocapsa distigmana, Walk., = " Poecilochroma " dorsisignatana, Clem. 
inexpertana, Walk. : see Penthina liebesana, p. 31. 
ferrolineana, Walk., — Sericoris coruscana, Clem. 
cJavana, Walk., = Exartema inornatanum, Clem. 
