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AGONOPTERIX THELMAE, new species 



Plate 44, Figtjke 259 A 



Depressaria leeontella Smith [not Clemens], Catalogue of the insects of New 



Jersey, p. 355, 1890. — Dietz, in Smith, Catalogue of the insects of New 



Jersey, p. 474, 1900. 

 Agonopteryx leeontella Fokbes [not (Clemens)], Cornell Univ. Agr. Exp. Stat. 



Memoir 68, p. 241, 1923. 

 Agnoptery.v leeontella Smith [not (Clemens)], Catalogue of the insects of New 



Jersey, p. 561, 1910. 



Labial palpus whitish ochreous ; second segment irrorated exteriorly 

 with reddish fuscous; third segment with blackish-fuscous subbasal 

 and supramedial bands. Antenna with basal segment whitish ochre- 

 ous indistinctly annulated with fuscous basally, finally becoming fus- 

 cous in apical third. Head, thorax, and ground color of fore wing 

 whitish ochreous. Thorax and fore wing irrorated with fuscous and 

 suffused with dull reddish ; beneath inner edge of tegula, on each side, 

 a fuscous spot ; extreme base of costa and a narrow line beyond light 

 basal area, fuscous; at basal third two superposed blackish-fuscous 

 spots ; a similar one at end of cell preceded by an orange-red streak ; 

 between this streak and the costa a small fuscous shade; along costa 

 and around termen a series of indistinct fuscous spots, those around 

 termen more reddish; cilia whitish ochreous with a reddish tint. 

 Hind wing fuscous ; cilia whitish ochreous banded with fuscous. Legs 

 whitish ochreous suffused and irrorated with reddish fuscous except 

 at joints. Abdomen whitish ochreous heavily overlaid with fuscous 

 above and with a row of black spots on each side beneath. 



Male genitalia. — Similar to rohiniella but with slightly narrower 

 transtilla and with coarse, though small, cornuti. 



Female genitalia. — Genital plate narrow, convexly produced an- 

 teriorly. Ostium large, broad, oval, about middle of genital plate. 

 Ductus bursae membranous except for a strongly dilated, lightly sclero- 

 tized area near posterior third; inception of ductus seminalis near os- 

 tium. Bursa copulatrix moderately large, without signum. 



Alar expanse, 17-25 mm. 



Type.—\J. S. N. M. No. 53175. 



Type locality.— Oak Station, Allegheny County, Pa. (21-VIII-1910, 

 FredMarloff). 



Food plant. — Unknown. 



Bemarks. — Described from the $ type, 16 $ and 14 5 paratypes as 

 follows: 9 , "Connecticut"; S $ S , Plummers Island, Md. (July, Au- 

 gust, 1903, A. Busck; 2-Vn-1920, H. S. Barber) ; 9 Marthas Vine- 

 yard, Mass. ( September 1, F.M.Jones) ; $ , Ithaca, N. Y. (2-IX-1924, 

 W. T. M. Forbes) ; 2 , Lenox ([New York?] ; Beutenmiiller) ; 2 9 5 

 "New York"; S , Linwood Hill, N. Y. (14-VII-1888, H. G. Dyar) ; $ , 



