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Vol. XXXII. LONDON, JUNE, 1900. No. 6 



CONTENTS. 



Murtfeldt — New Tineida; i6i 



Field — Condemnable Practices in Generic 



Revisions 166 



Howard — New Genus ul' .-Vphelininie from 



Chile 167 



Hulst — New Genera, cLc, of Phycitina: 169 



MacGillivray — Tenthredo : new species. 177 



Ashmead — Classification of the Fossorial, 



Predaceous and Parasitic Wasps, II 185 



French — Tiie Genus Catocala 188 



Grote — New Catocala from Texas igi 



Book Notice — Stories of Insect Life. ....... 192 



NEW TINEID.^., WITH LIFE-HISTORIES. 



BY MARY E. MURTFELDT, KIRKWOOD, MO. 



Laverna a7-gentimaculella., n. sp. 



Imago : Antennce dark brown, slightly paler on under side. Palpi 

 pale silvery, terminal joint in strong light appearing minutely ringed with 

 dark blue. Head and face smooth, the former dark blue above, face 

 pale golden-metallic, in the $, usually darker than in the $ , in the latter 

 often with bluish tinge. Thorax dark blue with metallic reflections. 

 Fore tvitigs with a generally " shaggy " appearance, beautifully variegated 

 in dark and light blue and rich bronzy brown, with more or less conspic- 

 uous, irregular, appressed, silvery spots, that, at the base of the apical 

 third, form an irregularly margined fascia, broader and more brilliant in 

 the i$ than in the % . Upon the cell, especially of the cj , are two 

 prominent tufts, bluish silvery at base, shading to brown, and near the outer 

 margin two still larger tufts, almost connected, forming a ridge across the 

 wing. Just before the fringes is an indefinitely angular, silvery streak, 

 the apex directed outward. The pattern of coloration is so variable that 

 it is difficult to exactly characterize it. Hind wings and abdomen rich 

 bronzy brown, the former with pale brown fringes. Legs brown, annulate 

 on tibiae with two broad and on tarsi with three narrow white bands. 

 Alar expanse, 8 mm.; length, 4 mm. ' A beautiful species and probably 

 rare. 



Larva: Length 5 mm., diameter 1.5 mm., tapering slightly in 

 both directions from middle. Form sub-depressed with deep incisions ; 

 pale green, at maturity showing on dorsum three more or less distinct 

 pink stripes. Thoracic legs well developed, but pro-legs minute. 



