Sept., 1903.] Kearfott : New American Tineoidea. 157 



Recurvaria juniperella, sp. nov. Plate IX, Figs. 3 and 17. 



Head creamy ochreous white, closely appressed scales. Palpi long, second 

 joint thickened with appressed scales, third joint nearly as long as second, slender, 

 bluntly pointed, slightly drooping, curved outward and upward ; color cream white, 

 with dark brown or blackish scales on basal joint, on under side and extending up- 

 wards in two patches on outer side of middle joint, forming basal ring and a short 

 streak on under side of terminal joint, this last streak joining a subapical ring. Anten- 

 nse : basal joint without pecten, whitish clouded with brown, other joints with annu- 

 lations of white and brown, about two thirds length of forewing. Thorax creamy 

 white, less ochreous than head, irrorated with light brown. Forewing : creamy 

 white, a sharply defined narrow band of black raised scales sightly and evenly 

 curved from base along median line to apex of wing, at base this black band extends 

 to costa to one eighth ; above this band'the ground color is more of a pearly white, 

 and forms a distinct whitish streak ; on costa at inner third is a short line of black 

 and at outer third a longer line of black, the latter broadening at outer end into 

 a triangular patch almost reaching median band. Four almost evenly spaced dots 

 of black raised scales parallel to and about midway between median bands and 

 inner margin, a fifth dot vertically above the outer on the costal edge of the median 

 band. Three other dots in a line along outer margin ; all of the dots are of black 

 raised scales bordered by one or two white scales. Cilia at apex and outer margin 

 mottled with dark brown, at inner margin pale gray. Under side browni.sh-gray, 

 darker along costa and at apex. Hindwing : upper and under sides pale gray. 

 Abdomen creamy white, darker beneath. Legs creamy white, streaked and spotted 

 with reddish-black, the latter color predominating on first pair, only the incisions are 

 white. Alar expanse 9.5 mm. 



Thirteen bred specimens on Juniperus coinmiinis Linn., Essex Co., 

 N.J. 



TypeU. S. Nat. Mus., No. 6965. Cotypes, Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 

 and collection Kearfott. 



Larva. — Slender, cylindrical, slightly and evenly tapering to each end, 5-6 

 mm. long, 9 mm. extended. Width widest part 1.3 mm. Width head .55 mm. 

 Head high or long, slightly flattened on face, slightly bilobed at top, lobes 

 small and rather acutely rounded. Clypeus triangular, to within one third of vertex, 

 narrow. Color, head light brown, mouth parts darker, ocelli black, antennce very 

 short. Prothoracic shield concolorous with head, size moderate, to subdorsal line. 

 Thoracic legs light greenish-brown, abdominal legs normal, hooks yellow in com- 

 plete crochets. Skin pale dull green, tinged with dull pink laterally on dorsum 

 and on posterior edges each segment, and a double pink line across the anterior edge 

 of each abdominal segment. The pink shading is concentrated into oblique dashes 

 behind and below the spiracles. Ventral surface paler green. Tubercular plates in- 

 conspicuous, setae weak and short. 



Pupa. — From empty pupal skins. Length 3.8 mm. Slender, slightly flattened 

 tapering evenly to end of anal segment, which is rounded smoothly with no trace of 

 a cremaster, armed with a dozen or more very short fine hairs, with small recurved 

 hooks on their tip ends, on dorsal and ventral surfaces, principally on former ; later- 



