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THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



NEW GENERA AND SPECIES OF TINEINA. 



BY ANNETTE F. BRAUN, CINCINNATI, O. 



Several species of Tineid moths in the writer's collection 

 belonging to genera apparently new are of considerable interest 

 because of their phylogenetic significance or because they show 

 relationship to isolated genera or groups of genera. The present 

 paper includes the description of these genera, together with 

 descriptions of a number of new species recently bred., The 

 types are in the writer's collection. 



Corythophora, new genus. 



Face smooth; head elongate, with an erect tuft between the 

 antenna^. Antennae 4/5, basal segment enlarged and concave 

 beneath to form an eye-cap, with pointed projecting fiap of scales 

 anteriorly. Labial palpi moderate, drooping, smooth-scaled. 

 Maxillary palpi rudimentary. 



'■>_ — — 1— -=f=-^^--=^i. J, First segment of 



anterior tarsi thicken- 

 's ed with scales; pcs- 



^ terior tibia? hairy. 



Fore wings elon- 

 gate ovate, cost a 

 thickened for two- 

 thirds its length; lb 

 -^ simple, 3 absent, 6 



"^ and 7 connate, 9 and 



10 ansmg near costa, 



Mg IS. — Venation of Corylhophora aurca. 



11 absent; transverse 

 vein absent between 2 and 9. Hind wings 2^, narrow, lanceolate, 

 cilia 4; 3 absent, 5 and 6 stalked, transverse vein absent between 

 4 and 5. (Fig. 18). 



Type — Corythophora aurea. 



The relationship of this genus to Leucoptera Hb., Crobylophora 

 Meyr., and Proleucoptera Busck., is suggested at once by the 

 general appearance of the insect, and a study of all the characters 

 substantiates this view. It is a much earlier form and undoubtedly 

 indicates the stem from which the genera of this group ha%'e sprung, 



June, 191.". 



