Tineina of the Central United States. 105 



characters of the oak leaf mme were caused, I tliiuk, by coufiiieniont in 

 the breeding cage ; those from the chestnut resembled those of L. be- 

 thunella. 



Lyonetia — L. ajndstrigeUa (n. sp.) 



Snowy white ; antenna; faintly tinged with fuscous ; before the middle 

 of the dorsal margin of the primaries is a blackish, or, in some lights, 

 golden brown streak, pointing obliquely backward: just behind the 

 middle is a larger one, and behind this again is a patch or streak of the 

 the same hue extending along the dorsal margin to the beginning of the 

 cilia. Behind the disc, and continuous with the second dorsal streak, 

 is a narrow, linear, median streak, of the same hue, which extends 

 through the middle of the apical part of the wing, to a small golden 

 broAvn patch, where it is deflected to the dorsal margin, passing around 

 the golden brown patch, and along the dorsal margin, at the base of 

 the cilia, to and around behind the circular, shining, apical spot, 

 which is behind the -golden brown patch ; in its course it touches the 

 blackish margined patch before the cilia ; and the portion of it which 

 extends along the base of the cilia contains two minute white 

 dorsal streaks, the last of which is very small and very close to 

 the apical spot. On the costal margin, about or a little behind the 

 middle, is a rather indistinct blackish streak, which is continued just 

 within and parallel to the margin for a "short distance toward the base ; 

 behind it is another larger and more distinct streak, and behind this is 

 another still larger and more distinct, all of the same hue, and pointing 

 obliquely backward and behind them at the base of the cilia are three 

 other small and indistinct ones of the same hue, pointing obliquely 

 forward, the last being very close to the apical spot. AL ex., one 

 third inch. Captured at the light in Kentucky, in August. 



Another specimen, taken about the same time, I was inclined to 

 regard as distinct, but, remembering the fate of two or three suppose^ 

 European species, which i)rove to be only varieties of L. cJevekella, I am 

 inclined to regard this as not specifically different froni the species 

 above described. I have not seen L. speculella, Clem., but evidently 

 this can not be it, as Dr. Clemens does not mention the fuscous line 

 which passes through the apical pait of tho wing, and the costal 

 markings appear to differ. However, considering the ran^ 3 of vai'ia- 

 tion in derckella, in Europe, it is possible that both xpeculdla and the 

 species above described may be mere varieties of it. 



