THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 229" 



The female, fig. 30, is considerably larger ; the specimens vary very 

 much in color, from a dark purplish brown to a warm ochreous red. The 

 fore wings have similar wa\y, zigzag lines ; the reniform blotch being less 

 distinct than in the male ; the inner margin is of a deeper colour, and is 



Fig. 30. 



thickly coated with short hair, like the head and thorax. The hind wings- 

 are similar to those of the male ; the under side has the same uniform 

 colour, and the markings and spots as in the male. 



The body is the same shade as the wings, the abdomen being a little 

 lighter in colour, and each segment being bordered with a narrow reddish 

 band. 



The moths var}' in size from two and a half inches in the male to three 

 and a half in the female. 



The eggs are deposited on the under side of the leaf, and are described 

 by Mr. Riley as being compressed on both sides and flattened at the apex, 

 the attached end smallest, in colour cream white, with a small black spot, 

 on the apical end and a larger orange one on the sides. 



TINEINA FROM TEXAS. 



BY V, T. CHAMKERS, COVINGTON, KENTUCKY. 



A collection of Tineina received from Mr. Belfrage, of Waco, TexaS;, 

 presents some points worthy of mention apart from the descriptions of the 

 new species. 



The collection consists of about two hundred and fifty specimens in 

 tolerably good condition, referable to seventy-six species and twenty-seven 

 genera. Such a number of genera and species is e\ idently typical of the 



