212 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIBT. 



A NEW INJURIOUS PINE-NEEDLE MOTH. 



r.Y AUGUST BUSCK, U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM, WASHINGTON, D. C. 



Recurvdria pinella, new si)ecies. — Antennae dark })urj)le, with 

 silvery-white annulations. Second joint of labial palpi black, with apex 

 and a large spot on the inner side silvery white ; terminal joint white, 

 with a narrow black annulation on basal half, lace white, iridescent, 

 sprinkled with darker scales. Vertex and thorax dark purple. Fore 

 wings dark purple, sparsely sprinkled with lighter scales. From basal 

 fourth of costa to basal third of the dorsal edge is a thin, very indistinct 

 and ill-defined oblique white fascia. Along the dorsal edge below the 

 fold are two or three very small tufts of black and white raised scales. 

 Ciiia dark pu'ple, apical part with a still darker blackish basal line along 

 the edge of the wing. Iiind wings light fuscous ; cilia yellowish. 

 Abdomen bronzy fuscous; female widi protruding horny, hairy ovipositor. 

 Legs purjjlish black, with white bars ; tarsal joints tipped v/ith white. 



Alar expanse : 9-10 mm. 



Food-plant : Pinus pofiderosa. 



Habitat : Matiitou, Colorado, Prof. C. P. Gillette. U. S. N. M. 

 Type No. 98 11. 



The larva mines the leaves of Pinus ponderosa exactly in the fashion 

 of the common Paralechia pinifoliella, Chambers, in the Eastern States, 

 and is, according to Prof. Gillette, of some economic importance. 



Prof Gillette, who has shown me beautiful drawings of this insect 

 and its work, will shortly give a fuller life-history. 



In coloration the sjjecies comes nearest to Recurvaria nigra., Busck, 

 but that species has the thin cross line at apical third of the fore wing 

 instead of at basal third as in tlie jjresent species. Venation and oral 

 characters typical. 



ANNOUNCEMENT. 



The Rev. C. J. S. Pethune, editor of The Canadian Entomologist, 

 has been appointed Professor of Entomology and Zoology at the Ontario 

 Agricultural (College, Gueli)h. 



Ail communications intended for him jHrsonally, or ns editor of this 

 mngazinc, should be addressed, afttr lune i ilh, to 



REV. PROFESSOR BETHUNE, 



Ontario Agricultural College, 



(juelph, Canada. 

 Pooks and Exchanges (as hitherto) to The Entomological Society of 

 Ontario, London, Canada. 



Mailed June 5th, 1906. 



