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wings in the % , slender, slightly thickened towards the base; in the 9 , 
shorter and at the base downy. Labial palpi cylindric, slender, por- 
rected, nearly naked on the sides exteriorly, with long hair-like scales, 
especially beneath. No maxillary palpi. Tongue of moderate length. 
A. Ridingsella, n. s.—Fore wings coppery-brown, with a pale grayish-brown 
patch, dusted with black, in the middle of the wing, on the nervules. At the 
anal angle of the wing is a patch of four or five black spots, those placed along 
the margin each containing an embossed silvery-violet spot, and that nearest 
the base of the wing, containing two silvery-violet spots. Across the middle of 
the wing is a silvery band, and towards the tip, an oblique, silvery costal streak 
which nearly reaches the most interior of the black patches above the anal 
angle. At the extreme tip of the wing is a silvery spot, and just interior to it 
is a short silvery band ; between this and the oblique costal streak is a silvery 
costal spot, and one of the same hue on the inner margin nearly o23posite to it, 
)>laced between the apical band and the last of the black patches. Hind wings 
fuscous, with a reddish-purple hue. 
Head, face and labial palpi fuscous, intermixed with dark ochreous. Antennae 
annulated with white and dark fuscous. 
Virginia. Coll. Eiit. Soc. Philadelphia; taken by Mr. Jas. Ridings 
of Philadelphia. 
COLEOPHORA, Zell. 
Proc. Ent. Soc. Phila., March 1863, p. 6. 
Coleophora Rossefoliella, n. s.— Basal joint of antennae, tufted. Fore wings pale 
grayish towards the base, clouded with dark brownish from the middle to the 
tip, where the color is most decided. Cilia grayish brown. Hind wings black¬ 
ish-brown, cilia grayish-brown. 
Head and thorax white. Antennae basal joint white, annulated with black 
and white. Labial palpi white, dark brownish externally. 
Case silken, covered with granulations. It is cylindrical, slightly 
compressed, the mouth slightly deflexed and the opposite end turned 
down slightly, hook-like. Color brown, varied with gray and reddish- 
brown granulations. 
I took the larva of this species on the 19th of April, feeding on the 
opening buds of the common, hundred-leafed garden-rose. During 
the winter the case was attached to a thorn on one of the principal 
stems. The imago appeared on the 25th of May. 
Easton, Pennsylvania. 
Coleophora Rosacella, n. s.— Basal joint of antennae, slightly thickened xvith 
scales. Fore wings blackish brown, with the costa from the base to the begin- 
