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Show 1881.] NORTH-AMERICAN TINEID^E. 317 Fort Klamath, Oregon. I have also received the species from Mr. Belfrage, from Texas, taken at the beginning of August. DEPRESSARIA NERVOSA (Haw.). Two specimens, undistinguishable from English examples of this species, occurred in Southern Oregon at the beginning of May 1872. DEPRESSARIA PSORALIELLA, sp. nov. (Plate XXXVI. fig. 7.) Capite sordide griseo ; palpis subrufescenti-griseis, articulo apicali annulato; antennis fusco-griseis; thorace griseo ; alis anticis basi grisea, rufo-brunneis, griseo et nigro (pra'cipue costam versus) atomosis, punctulis duobus vel tribus disci subobsoletis ; posticis subfusco-griseis, ciliis rufescentibus. Head dull greyish, sometimes sprinkled with reddish; palpi greyish above, reddish beneath, the apical joint annulated; antennae greyish fuscous. Thorax grey, slightly tinged with reddish immediately behind the head. Fore wings reddish brown, sprinkled with greyish and blackish fuscous atoms, especially towards the costa ; the basal patch somewhat clearly defined, grey, extending slightly outwards towards the costa, containing no dark spot on the dorsal margin as in the allied species D. cnicella, Tr. A series of three inconspicuous whitish dots along the cell are sometimes almost entirely obsolete, the first and last only being slightly visible in two of m y bred specimens. Cilia reddish. Hind wings rather fuscous grey, with reddish cilia. Expanse 20-24 millim. Four specimens bred from larvae found drawing together the terminal shoots of Psoralia physodes (Dough), May 21, Sonoma county, California ; the perfect insects emerged June 5 to 8. Allied to D. hepatariella, Zell., and D. cnicella, Tr. DEPRESSARIA PARILELLA (Treitschke). A single specimen from the Eastern States (locality uncertain) agrees fairly well with the description of this species. I have compared it not only with the figures given by Herrich-Schaffer and by Duponchel, but also with some European examples in the British Museum. It differs from these in having the pale head, thorax, and basal patch less clearly distinguishable from the main colour of the wing, in the discal spots being almost obsolete, and in the cilia being uni-colorous with the fore wings. From the Western States I have other specimens, one of which, taken in California in the summer of 1871, has the pale head, thorax, and basal patch as clearly defined as in the European parilella; moreover the pale discal spot is visible although inconspicuous ; but the colour of the fore wings is much darker, and may be described as |