178 GEO. D. HULST. 



never seen the species which is its type. Mr. Ragonot describes and 

 catalogues it under Cateremna Meyrick. That genus was based on 

 Australian species, which I have not seen. Mr. Meyrick says, and 

 Mr. Ragonot agrees that the European tenehrella is a Cateremna. 

 Taking this as a guide, in general structure, Seneca has erect, re- 

 curved labial palpi ; maxillary palpi short, filiform. Antennoe sim- 

 ])le, tongue long, ocelli wanting in tenehrella. Venation : fore wings 

 11 veins, 4 and 5 separate, 10 separate; hind wings 7 veins, 2 dis- 

 tant from angle, 8 and 4 stemmed, 5 wanting, 6 and 7 stemmed, 7 

 and 8 stemmed. The new genus differs in having a basal ridge of 

 scales on fore wings above. No note is made by Mr. Meyrick nor 

 Mr. Ragonot of the ocelli; the probabilities are they are present in 

 tumidulella, though they are wanting in Cateremna tenehrella. 

 "Whether the Australian species have these organs I do not know, 

 but the basal scale ridge is a sufficient generic character, and com- 

 mon to both sexes. 



1. S. tiiiiiidiilella Rag., Diag. N. A. Phyc. p. ]3, 1887 (Cateremna).— 'E.s.- 

 pands 20 mm. Fore wings blackish gray; costa with a whitisli patch in median 

 area extending to the distinct diseal dots, leaving a black triangular patch after 

 the first line. First line oblique, gray, preceded by a perpendicular ridge of 

 black raised scales, the triangular space between dark reddish brown : second 

 line sinuous, gray, dark margined ; marginal dots distinct. 



Florida. 



VITUL.A Rag. 

 (Type edmandsii Pack.) 



Rag., Diag. N. A. Phyc. p. 14, 1887. 



Labial palpi ascending, filiform, end member nearly as long as 

 middle; maxillary palpi distinct; ocelli wanting, tongue strong, an- 

 tennie of % pubescent, slightly bent above base, without tuft ; fore 

 wings with tuft of scales on costa below near base. Genitalia of % : 

 uncus short, base broad, harpe light, broad ; lower plate conical, 

 curved up on both sides, armed with bristles; last segment beneath 

 with four tufts of hairs, these resting upon a somewhat chitinized 

 sui'face, with a heavy chitinized bar on each side. Venation : fore 

 wings 11 veins, 4 and 5 stemmed, 10 separate; hind wings 7 veins, 2 

 distant from angle, 3 and 4 separate or very short stemmed, 8 very 

 short. 



1. V. edmandsii Pack., Proc. Essex Inst, iv, 120, 1864 (Nepliopleryx) ; 

 Guide, p. 331, p. iii, fig. 2, 1870; Hulst, Ento. Am. v, 156, 1SS9. 

 dentoselln Rag.. Diag. N. A. Phyc. p. 14, 1887. 



