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Lister. Two specimens in my collection compared with the 

 type in fairly good condition in the Academy of Natural 

 Sciences, Philadelphia. 



Dr. Clemens' description of this species is defective, as he 

 does not mention the marginal spots at one-third of the wing 

 length. He described it as a Gelechia. Vein 5 of hindwings 

 connate with or narrowly separated at its origin from the 

 stem of 3 + 4. 



Var. (Hypatima) subsenella. Zell. (Plate IV, fig. 33a.) 



The type, a male, is in the Cambridge Museum. It has 

 Zeller's green label, 1716, Dallas, Tex., and name in his 

 handwriting. Consider this form a variety of the above and 

 from which it differs by the darker color of head, palpi and 

 antennae, a transverse costal spot very near the base, and the 

 dorsal spot not extending beyond the fold. The last char- 

 acter may not be a constant one, and also the fact that the 

 type specimen is minus the wings on the left side, a number 

 of specimens in my collection, all taken in my locality agree 

 with this form, except that in all of them the dorsal spot 

 extends beyond the fold, thus agreeing with punctiferella, 

 from which, however, it differs by its general darker colora- 

 tion, the dark costal spot near the base, and its somewhat 

 larger size — 13.0-14.0 mm. — one out of a series of ten, sent 

 to Lord Walsingham for determination, was returned as 

 Hypatima texanella Wish. In five of these specimens vein 5 

 of forewing is distinctly free, in the others apparently con- 

 nate with stem of 3 + 4. 



Var. texanella Wish. (Plate IV, fig. 336.) 



Very close to the preceding variety, from which it differs 

 by its somewhat lighter color and a tendency of the plical 

 dash at one-third and the spot on the posterior margin of the 

 cell to become obliterated. The fascia at one-third is less 

 angulate. The author, in fact, does not mention these char- 

 acters in the description, but in one wing — slide specimen — 

 from a cotype in the National Museum Collection, which is 

 before me, both are present, though not marked. Expanse 

 14.0-16,0 mm., 0.56-0.64 inch. 



TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC, XXXVI. MARCH, 1910. 



