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 



