NO. 1567. NE W A M ERICA N TIN EI D MO THS— WA LSINGHA M. 215 



Ha iistdlurn mod erate . 



Head roii2;h above. 



Thorax smooth. 



Forewings elongate, oblong, ef approximately eqnal width through- 

 out, costa very slightly depressed along mitldle, termen oblique. 



Neuration 11 veins; 2 and 3 coincident, stalked with 4; 7 and 8 

 separate, 7 to apex; rest separate. 



Hindwings (2), evenly rounded to the somewhat prolonged apex, 

 not sinuate below apex. 



Neuration 7 veins; 3 and 4 coincident, connate with 5; 6 and 7 

 stalked. 



Ahdomen somewhat stout. 



Legs, hind tibiae hairy. 



Allied to Ide Chambers, ])ut differing in the loss by coincidence of 

 a vein in both wings. 



MENESTOMORPHA OBLONGATA, new species. 



Antennx cinereous. 



Palpi, head, and thorax whitish cinereous, mixed with grayish 

 fuscous scales. 



Forewings whitish cinereous, streaked and speckled with grayish 

 fuscous, a slight indication of a grayish fuscous transverse band form- 

 ing a ver}^ indistinct basal patch, a slender grayish fuscous line beyond 

 it in the fold, and above this toward the costa, some grayish fuscous 

 shading, blending with a series of ill-defined grayish fuscous streaks, 

 following the lines of the veins, beyond the cell to the costa and 

 termen ; along the termen, reaching to the apex, is a series of five or 

 six obscure grayish fuscous spots; cilia grayish fuscous, with a darker 

 line along their base above the middle; underside pale brownish 

 cinereous. 



Alar expanse 15 mm. 



Hindwings brownish gray ; cilia somew^hat paler, a slender grayish 

 fuscous line along the margin at the base and two parallel shades of 

 grayish fuscous running through them; underside pale brownish 

 cinereous. 



Ahdomen brownish gray, with some grayish fuscous scaling. 



Legs wdiitish cinereous. 



Type. — Male, No. 32542, Mus. Walsingham; paratype. Cat. No. 

 10347, U.S.N. M. (Walsingham determined, No. 4778, 1906.) 



Hahitat. — Fort Grant, Arizona, from Cynipid gall on oak, issued 

 April 22, 1882 (Morrison, collector). 



