THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 205 



MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA. 



UY V. T. CHAMBERS, COVINGTON, KV 



Continued from Pa«e 185. 



LEUCANTHIZA ? 



L. Saundersella. N. sp. 



Palpi white : face opalescent or silvery, according to the light : 

 antennae maroon-brown, silvery towards the apex : tuft maroon-brown : 

 thorax of a shining metallic lustre, in some lights opalescent : a streak 

 of the same hue crosses the extreme base of the wings, is continued for a 

 short distance along the dorsal margin, and thence curves obliquely across 

 the wing again to the costal margin, enclosing a maroon-brown patch upon 

 the costa, and being narrowly margined behind with dark maroon, beyond 

 which the wing is bright golden to the apex. There is a short oblique 

 somewhat curved brilliant metallic streak upon the costa, about the middle, 

 pointing forwards, and nearly reaching the fold, with a maroon-brown 

 dark margin extending from the costa before it to the costa behind it ; and 

 a second smaller straight costal streak, of the same hue, similarly dark 

 margined, placed at the beginning of the costal ciliae. Another straight 

 streak of the same hue extends from the middle of the dorsal margin to 

 the beginning of the dorsal ciliae, with a maroon-brown margin extending 

 around it, and continued as a narrow band entirely around the apex of the 

 wing, at the base of the ciliae, to the second costal streak ; ciliae silvery 

 gray. Alar ex. )<{ inch. A single specimen taken in Kentucky in 

 August. Larva and food plant unknown. 



I have named this pretty species in honour of Mr. Wm. Saunders, of 

 the Canadian Entomologist. 



The markings of the head, thorax and basal half of the wings, must be 

 very similar to those of Leucanthiza ainphicarpcafoliella, Clem., Proc. Acad. 

 Nat. Sci. P/ii/a., 1859, but those of the dorsal and apical portions seem 

 to be very different. Those of the anterior portion are very similar also 

 to those of Lithocottetis ornatella, ante, which, as before stated, seems to 

 obliterate the differences between these two genera, except as to the 

 neuration of the wings, as to which, the species of Lithocolletis differ some- 

 what among themselves. I, therefore, doubt whether Leucanthiza can be 

 maintained as a distinct genus. Having but a single specimen, I have 

 not examined its neuration. But from its evidently strong resemblance to 

 the only other described species (L. amphicarpecEfolieUa), I place it for 

 the nonce in that genus. 



