Dec. I900.] BUSCK : NeW SpECIES OF TiNEINA. 241 



line, i, a trace dorsad ; iv and v separate, iv dorsad ; vi on the lower subventral fold. 

 Feet short, slender, the abdominal ones on joints 7 to lo and 13. Dorsal vessel 

 slightly darker than the rest of the body ; $ glands colorless. Later darkish green, 

 the dorsal tubercles purplish-black. On the thorax tubercles la and lb are separate, 

 la small; one tubercle representing ii, one representing iv -f- v, but only one hair 

 seen on each distinctly, the other minute. Pupa in the web, flat and wing-margined, 

 green with diffuse brown-black dorsal stripe on the abdomen." — (Harrison G. Dyar. ) 



Lamprolophus, gen. nov. 



Antennte j^ slightly serrate. Labial palpi very short, straight, pointed, droop- 

 ing. Maxillary palpi obsolete. Tongue long, naked, spiraled. Fore wing elongate, 

 ovate pointed, apex produced and deflexed, termen sinuate ; with raised scale tufts ; 

 II veins, 8 absent, all separate, 7 to costa, lb simple. Hind wing lanceolate, 7 

 veins, 4 absent, cell open, 6 and 7 stalked, 5 from independent indistinct stem 2 and 

 3 stalked. Posterior tibite with a row of short stiff hairs above. 



Type : L. litJiella Busck. 

 Lamprolophus lithella, sp. nov. (Plate IX, Fig. 5.) 



Antenna; dark metallic purple. Labial palpi golden yellowish. Face, head and 

 thorax shining black with strong metallic green and purple reflections. Fore wing, 

 ground color deep metallic purple with strong golden reflections, on the middle half 

 of the wing are four equidistant costal raised scale tufts and intermediate between 

 these are three dorsal scale tufts all strongly metallic silvery or golden bluish. At 

 the base is a dorsal golden yellow patch ; just before the last two scale tufts are a 

 costal and a dorsal golden yellow spot and in the apical part of the wing are two par- 

 allel longitudinal golden yellow streaks. Cilia purplish gray. 



The golden reflections of the wing make a realization of the true colors difficult ; 

 in some lights the wing looks all golden, in others all silvery bluish. Hind wing 

 silvery at base and along costa, outer half purplish black ; cilia dark purple. Ab- 

 domen dark metallic purple above, below light golden or silvery according to the light. 

 Legs golden purple with a narrow white bar at the end of the posterior tibia; and with 

 all spurs light silvery. Alar expanse 9 mm. 



Habitat: Palm Beach, Florida. 



U. S. National Museum, type no. 5358. Co-types in the collection 

 of Dr. Meyrick, England. Described from four specimens bred in 

 February from Pisoiiia aciileata. The following are Dr. Dyar's notes 

 on the larva : 



" The larva bores in the young stems of Pisoiiia aciileata. It spins 

 a slight web above the base of a young leaf and enters the stem, leav- 

 ing a round hole from which the frass is ejected. 



" Cylindrical, the segments short and rather thick, faintly 2-annulate. Translucent 

 sordid whitish, no marks. Tracheal line white ; ^ glands dark ochreous. Tubercles 

 small, brown-black, i and ii nearly in line,, iv and v approximate but distinct, iv 

 .slightly dorsad, iii, vi and vii normal. Feet small, pale except the anal pair which are 



