April, 'lO] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS New Species of Tineina from California. BY ANNETTE F. BRAUN. Argyresthia trifasciae n. sp. Labial palpi, face, head and thorax pale golden. Antennae whitish, with broad brown annulations. Forewings shining white with a faint yellowish tinge, and marked with pale golden as follows : An oblique basal patch, followed by two slightly oblique fasciae nearer the base on the dorsal margin, the second of which lies at the beginning of the dorsal cilia; a third perpendicular fascia, followed by a more indistinct curved golden streak in the apical portion of the wing; extreme apex and cilia golden. There are a few scattered golden scales on the costa between the fasciae. Hind wings pale yellow. Abdomen and legs golden, except the fore tarsi which are brown. Expanse, 7-7.5 mm. The specimens from which the above description was pre-pared were collected at Ocean Beach, San Francisco County, May 31, 1908, by Mr. G. R. Pilate. This species should be placed between A. quadnstrigella Zeller and A. thoracclla Busck, being probably more closely related to the latter. Veins 7 and 8 of the forewings are stalked. Types in my collection. Argyresthia pilatella n. sp. Face and head gray, front part of the tuft whitish; basal joint of antennae almost pure white, remainder annulate with black. Thorax dark gray. Forewings with the whitish somewhat shining ground color almost overlaid with brownish gray scales, arranged for the most part along the costal and dorsal margins into narrow strigulae, between which the white ground color is evident. At the middle of the dorsal margin, these scales are collected into a broad and much darker patch, which extends obliquely backward as a curved streak nearly to the costal margin where it meets the apex of a similar but much smaller and less distinct costal streak, thus forming an outw r ardly angulated more or less distinct fascia. Sometimes the dark scales are almost evenly distributed over the entire surface of the wing except along the costa near the apex, where the strigulae are distinct. Along the apical half of the costa, the white interspaces between the strig-ulae are broader; sometimes the only dark streak is a conspicuous one just before the apex. A black apical dot, sometimes obsolete. Cilia opposite the strigulae and around the apex gray becoming paler toward the tornus. Hind wings silvery gray, their cilia tinged with
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