204 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol. xxxv. 



second. Tongue developed. Antennae with pecten on basal joint ; 

 ciliated in the males. Forewings elongated, pointed ; 12 veins ; T and 

 8 stalked both to costa. Hindwings narrower or nearly as broad as 

 the forewings; 8 veins; 7 and 6 parallel; 3 and -A connate. 



Type. — Borkhaust nia minutella (Linnaeus). 



A large, widely distributed genus; the larvae -feed on dry vegetable 

 matter. 



The species placed under this genus ((Ecophora Authors) in 

 Doctor Dyar's list have mostly been disposed of under E picuillhim. 

 Fdbiola and Decantha in the foregoing. 



Thoracella Walsingham (Dyar's List, No. 5929) is a Gelechiid and 

 a synonym of Epithectis bicostomaculella Chambers, as examination 

 of the type proves. 



C onstrictella Zeller (Dyar's List, No. 5930) is a Theisoa, and is 

 repeated under No. 6130. 



AscripteUa Busck (Can. Entom., June, 1908) belongs, according 

 to Mr. Meyrick, in his Australian genus Crossophora, which differs 

 from Borkhausenia only in the longer male antenna! ciliation. As the 

 other species of Borkhausenia have similar ciliated antennae, only in 

 less degree, I prefer to retain the species in the genus as described. 



The four Califomian species described by Lord Walsingham ° were 

 placed by an oversight under the Blastobasid genus Hypatopa Wal- 

 singham, biit cotypes of the first three species, generously presented 

 to the U. S. National Museum by his lordship, prove them to belong 

 to the present genus, and Mr. Durrant has kindly informed me that 

 orites Walsingham is congeneric with the three others. 



The following North American species, then, belong in Bork- 

 hausen hi : 



pseudospretella Stainton, Dyar List N. Am. Lep., No. ."920. 

 ascriptella Busck, Can. Entom.. XL, June, 1908. 

 episcia Walsingham, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XXXIII. 1'iUT, p. 211. 

 conia Walsingham, Proc. V. S. Nat. Mus., XXXIII, 1907, ]». 212. 

 fasciata Walsingham, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus.. XXXIII, 1907, i>. 213. 

 orites Walsingham, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus.. XXXIII. 1907, p. 213. 



20. Genus TAMARRHA Walker. 

 Tamarrha Walker Cat. Lep. Het Br. Mus., XX IX, 1864, i>. 816. 





Labial palpi slender, smooth, curved; terminal joint shorter than 

 second. Antennae without pecten on basal joint, simple in both 

 sexes. Tongue developed. Forewings elongate, apex blunt; 12 

 veins; 7 and 8 stalked to costa: rest separate. Hindwings as broad 

 as the forewings. elongate-ovate: 8 veins; vein 8 is connected at the 

 end of the cell with vein 7 by an oblique cross vein, and basal part of 



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