202 GEO. D. HULST. 



Prof. Forbes writes me he has taken the insect at Urbana, Ohio, 

 at " sugar." Also in Illinois has taken the larvae in corn, cornmeal, 

 oatraeal, and, strangest of all, found them destroying Lepidoptera 

 in papers. The moths emerged, or were taken from March 11th to 

 September 23d. 



BAXDERA Eag. 



(Type binotella Zell.) 

 Rag., Diag. N. A. Phyc. p. 19, 1887- 



Labial palpi porrect, somewhat arched in middle, and drooping at 

 end ; maxillary palpi distinct, filiform ; tongue distinct, rolled, but 

 short, twice the head ; ocelli present ; antennae crenulate pubescent, 

 somewhat bent above base, with a tendency to a roughness of scales 

 in bend ; legs slender, long, tarsi hardly spinulated. Genitalia of 

 % (cupidinella) : uncus long, neck bent, swan-like, bifid at base ; 

 harpe long, rather broad winged, exactly like the wing of a mai)le 

 seed; lower plate conical, rounded, edged with hairs on the outer 

 edge. Venation : fore wings 9 veins, 3 and 4 separate, or from a 

 point, 5 and 8 wanting, 10 separate ; hind wings 7 veins, 2 distant 

 from angle, 3 and 4 long stemmed, 5 wanting, 8 very short. 



This genus presents a decidedly Cramt)id-like appearance. The 

 j)alpi and maxillary palpi are exactly the same, except that the max- 

 illary palpi do not have the spreading scale tuft. The structure of 

 the genitalia is also rather abnormal, thus separating it from what 

 seems superficially to be its congeners. 



Synopsis of Species. 



Fore wiugseven whitish ochreous; veins hardly darker siibluteella. 



ocher gray, with two black spots near anal angle biiiotclla. 



veins white, dusted with black on edges cupidinella. 



1. B. binotella Zell., Verb. Zool.-Bot. Ges., Wien, 1872, 554 (Beit, i, 108), 

 (Anerastia); Rag., Diag. X. A. Phyc. p. 19, 1887.— Expands 10—14 mm. Labial 

 palpi, head and thorax ochreous, tinged with fuscous; fore wings ocher yellow, 

 tinged with fuscous and gray, especially near middle of wing, not reaching costa, 

 thus forming a broad costal stripe of ocher yellow and by their absence on me- 

 dian vein and vein 1 forming stripes, neither very distinct; generally with two 

 black spots on vein 1 towards inner angle. Hind wings shining, ocher yellow, 

 pellucid. 



Texas. My examples were taken early in May ; Zeller's type was 

 taken by Belfrage July 12th. 



2. B. subluteella Rag., Diag. N. A. Phyc. p. 19. 1887.— Expands 16 mm. 

 Fore wings whitish ochreous, with some very fine blackish scales dusted on and 

 about the veins, visible only with a lens. Hind wings yellowish white. 



