THE JOURNAL 



■iili lim OF MiiL HUM, 



VOL. II. CINCINNATI, JANUARY, 1880. 



No. 4. 



DESCBIPTIONS OF SOME NEW TINE IN A. WITH 



NOTES ON A FEW OLD SPECIES. 



By V. T. Chambers. 



In the past tn^o jears I have done but little in Entomology, that 

 little having been done mainly in the study of larval histoiy and hab- 

 its; and the descriptions and notes published during that time having 

 been the result of previous stud}', so far as they relate to the mature 

 insects. The following notes comprise descriptions of new species 

 which have been received from correspondents during the period men- 

 tioned, together with a few notes on species heretofore described. The 

 Texas specimens are from Mr. Belfrages. 



Anesychia texanella, n. sp. 



Described from two specimens, one of which is much more distincth' 

 marked than the other. To the unaided eye the}' appear pale, grayish 

 white; under a lens, sparsely dusted with fuscus scales, an oblique fus- 

 cus spot or streak on the disc (on forewings) just before the middle, and 

 a more indistinct streak or spot about halfway between the one just 

 mentioned and the base of the wing; and another at the end of the 

 cell. Cilia pale stramineous, flecked with fuscus. The fuscus dust- 



