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Show 1881.] NORTH-AMERICAN TINEID^E. 321 Fore wings aeneous, or bronzy yellowish suffused with brown; a partially interrupted oblique whitish blotch from near the base of the doisal margin joins at its outer extremity a somewhat similar diffused whitish streak arising at the middle of the base, and extending less than one third along the wing ; beyond it from the costa is a conspicuous oblique outwardly curved white streak extending to the middle of the wing, sometimes touched with rosy steel-colour at its extreme point and margined with brown on both sides ; beyond this, also from the costa, are four shorter whitish streaks, brown-margined and tipped with iridescent rosy steel-colour, the first pair of these streaks being further apart and more oblique than the second pair. On the dorsal margin is an oblique whitish streak situated rather beyond the first costal streak, tipped with rosy steel-colour, and followed by a small whitish dorsal spot before the anal angle; these are also margined with brown on both sides. Above the dorsal spot, where the wing is much suffused with brown, are three iridescent rosy steel-coloured roundish spots distributed in an outwardly oblique line; there are also two similar spots-one above the anal angle, and one below the apex (where the cilia are interrupted by a narrow whitish streak). Cilia brown at the base, whitish beyond, with a projecting brown streak from the blackish extreme apex, giving a falcate appearance. Hind wings brown. Underside brown, with one marginal and two costal white streaks near the apex, and two or three slight whitish costal spots preceding them. Posterior tibiae and tarsi brown, annulated with whitish. Expanse 11 millim. Taken in Shasta county, California, about the middle of July ] 871, and described from a series of ten specimens. GLYPHIPTERYX BIFASCIATA, sp. nov. (Plate XXXVI. fig. 12.) Capite brunneo ; antennis dilute brunneis, fusco supra submaculatis palpis albidis fusco tricinctis; alis anticis suba>neo-brunneis, fascia interna basali obliqua, fascia mediana recta ct strigulis tribus costalibus post medium albis, serie punctorum chalybeorum quinque vel sex apud angulum analem nigro succinctorum, puncto roseo-chalybeo ciliis sub apice apposito ; posticis brunneis. Head brownish ; antennae brownish, faintly spotted above with fuscous. Palpi whitish, with three more or less distinct brownish fuscous rings. The anterior wings bronzy brown, with two white fasciae, the first tending obliquely outwards towards the costa (in one specimen obliterated before reaching it), the second about the middle, straight; beyond this on the costa are three short, white, slightly oblique streaks, usually tipped with a few rosy metallic scales; the outer streak is the largest, and nearly reaches a rosy steel-coloured metallic spot which joins a whitish streak in the cilia below the apex ; around the anal angle is a black elongate marginal patch preceded by two rosy steel-coloured metallic spots one above the other, and contain- |