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Dr. Howard asked Mr. Benton if he could tell what was the 

 species of bee mentioned in Kipling's Jungle Book as chasing the 

 "red dholes" or hairy-toed dogs of the Deccan. Mr. Benton 

 replied that it was undoubtedly dorsata, a species known for its 

 fierceness and persistence in pursuing intruders when thoroughly 

 aroused. Dr. Howard then asked Mr. Benton whether the life- 

 history of the honey bee as portrayed in Maeterlinck's " Life of 

 the Bee," is scientifically accurate, to which Mr. Benton replied 

 that it is so, except, perhaps, in some minor particulars which he 

 did not then recollect. 



The concluding paper was by Mr. Busck, and entitled : 



A MEW TINEID GENUS FROM ARIZONA. 



By AUGUST BUSCK. 

 Dorata,* n. gen. 



Labial palpi (Fig. 2) very long, porrected ; second joint thickened with 

 stiff porrected hairs, nearly smooth on the underside, roughened above; 

 terminal joint short, deflexed, somewhat thickened with scales, pointed, 

 though not acute. Maxillary palpi obsolete. Antennae (f^) more than 

 half as long as fore wings, verticillate, having a whorl of long (5) hairs 

 at the end of each joint; basal joint with pecten. Tongue obsolete. Fore 

 wings (Fig. 2) narrow elongate, pointed, termen very oblique. 12 veins; 

 7 and 8 short-stalked ; 7 to costa just above apex ; ib furcate at base. Hind 

 wings (Fig. 2) ovate, slightly broader than the fore wing; 8 veins, all 

 separate; 6 and 7 parallel ; 3, 4 and 5 equidistant. Posterior tibiae rough- 

 haired above. 



Type : Dorata virgatclla, n. sp. 



This genus is not closely related to any described genus, but 

 will, I believe, find its natural place between the C/iimabache 

 and the Aplota groups of the CEcophorida* I should not be 

 surprised if the females will be found to be wingless. 



The two following species of this genus are the largest Tineids, 

 in alar expanse, known from North America: 



With fore wings striate virgatella 



With fore wings plain inornatella 



Dorata virgatella, n. sp. 



Labial palpi dirty yellowish white. Head and thorax yellowish. Fore 

 wings light creamy buff" colored with darker longitudinal streaks of light 

 clay color; these streaks follow the venation and are just as wide as the in 

 tervals of the ground color (Fig. 2). Cilia dirty white. Hind wings shining 

 *3<'i !</.-<> a lance. 



