816 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol. xxv. 



TRYPANISMA FAGELLA, new species. 

 Tr;/paiiisiii<( f(((/fU(( Bi'sck, Dyar's List Anier. Lej)., Xn. 5»i07, 1902. 



Antenntt> dark, f iiscou.s, annulated with white. Labial palpi whitish, 

 with a black anniilation at base of terminal joint and one just before 

 the tip. Face and head white, thorax light gray. 



Ground color of forewings yellowish white, but thickly suffused 

 with black and gra}^ scales, so that the wings look light gray to the 

 naked e3^e. At the middle of the cell is a circular group of dense 

 black scales, followed by a patch of yellow, with onW slight dark 

 sprinkling. At beginning of costal cilia is a nearly black large out- 

 wardl}^ directed streak, and on the dorsal side opposite a small corre- 

 sponding black patch. These black markings are edged broadly on 

 the outside with unsprinkled yellow. 



Hindwing and cilia light silvery gray. Abdomen silvery gvay. 

 Legs on the outside barred with black and silver}' yellow, on the inside 

 silvery gray. 



Alar expanse. — mm. 



Habitat. — District of Columbia. 



Type.~^o. 6357,U.S.N.M. 



The larva is similar to and feeds in the same manner as T. prudenSy, 

 but has as food plant beech. Like the oak feeder, it pupates in 

 slight web on the underside of the leaf, which is drawn into a shallow^ 

 fold. 



The moth is generically identical with the type of the genus and I 

 resembles it in size and genei-al appearance, but it is a much lightei ( 

 species. 



EPITHECTIS Meyrick. 



Plate XXX, fig. 17. 



Epithectis Meyrick, Handljook Brit. Lepidoptera, 1895, p. 580. 



Taygete Chambers (ncjt Taijyelh Hiibner), Can. Entomologist, V, 1873, p. 231. 



Parasia Clemens (not Duponchel), Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil., 1860, p. 173. 



Mey rick's definition of this genus is as follows: 



Second joint of labial palpi thickened with rough scales beneath, terminal nearlj 

 as long as second, somewhat roughened anteriorly. Forewings elongate, pointed,! 

 7 and 8 out of 6. Hindwings I, trapezoidal, apex pointed, termen somewhat sinuate^' 

 cilia I; 3 and 4 connate, 5 somewhat approximate, 6 and 7 stalked. 



A series of attrihutella Walker {difficilisella Chambers), type o| 

 Chambers' genus Taygete was submitted to Dr. Meyrick, who unhesi| 

 tatingly pronounced his genus Epithectis a synonym of Chambers's 

 genus. I 



As. however, the name Taygete is preoccupied, Meyrick's later namt 

 will stand, and the genus must be included in the American fauna. 



I have not personally examined any European species of the genus. 



