MOTHS OF FAMILY WALSHIIDAE — HODGES 297 



costal and dorsal margins of wing starting between two-thirds and 

 three-fourths; brown-black spot in middle of wing above end of fold; 

 cilia pale fuscous-buff basally, fuscous apically. Hind wing: fuscous. 

 Metathoracic leg: femur buff on dorsal third, brown-black on basal 

 two-thirds; tibia and tarsus brown-black; white at middle and apex of 

 tibia and apices of fii'st two tarsal segments; apices of last three 

 tarsal segments dark buff. Male genitalia: as in figure 17 (RWH slide 

 2003); apex of valva with curved dorsal extension; connection of 

 aedeagus with tegumen short. Female genitalia: not known. Alar 

 expanse: 16 mm. 



Holotype: &, Pensacola, Fla., Oct. 28, 1961, Shirley Hills (RWH 

 slide 2003, RWH wing slide 44), USNM type 66354. 



Aeaea Chambers 



Figures 6, 12, 62 



Aeaea Chambers, 1874, Canadian Ent., vol. 6, p. 73; 1878, Bull. U.S. Geol. 

 Geogr. Surv. Terr., vol. 4, p. 128; 1880, Journ. Cincinnati Soc. Nat. Hist., 

 vol. 2, pp. 186, 199, 204.— Riley, in Smith, 1891, List of the Lepicloptera 

 of boreal America, p. 108 (as synonym of Chrysopeleia) . — Dyar, 1902 [1903], 

 U.S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 52, p. 540 (as synonym of Chrysopeleia) .—Forbes, 

 1923, Cornell Univ. Agric. Exp. Sta. Mem., no. 68, p. 329 (as synonym 

 of Chrysopeleia). — Fletcher, 1929, Mem. Dep. Agric. India, Ent. Ser., vol. 

 11, p. 6 (as synonym of Chrysopeleia) . 



Amaurogramma Braun, 1919, Ent. News, vol. 30, p. 261 (type-species: Amauro- 

 gramma extensa Braun, 1919, original designation). — Fletcher, 1929, Mem. 

 Dep. Agric. India, Ent. Ser., vol. 11, p. 11. — McDunnough, 1939, Mem. 

 Southern California Acad. Sci., vol. 2, pt. 1, p. 63. New synonymy. 



Type-species: Aeaea ostryaeella Chambers, 1874, monobasic. 



Head: smooth-scaled; labial palpus recurved, smooth-scaled, third 

 segment shorter than second; tongue moderate, scaled for short 

 distance basally; maxillary palpus folded over base of tongue; ocelli 

 present; eye emarginate dorsoanteriorly; antenna three-fifths length 

 of forewing, simple, pecten present, length of scape slightly more 

 than twice width. Forewing: lanceolate, apex rounded or acute; 

 patches of raised scales present; cell open or closed; 11 or 12 veins 

 present; lb furcate basally, dorsal branch weak, Ic absent; 2 usually 

 absent, sometimes present at margin; 3, 4, and 5 separate, except in 

 A. extensa; 7 and 8 out of 6; 11 from beyond middle of cell. Hind 

 wing: hnear, apex acute; 5 to 8 veins present; 1 simple or absent; 3, 4, 

 and 5 absent in rhynchosiae ; 6 out of 7 at three-fourths to four- 

 fifths; 7 to costa, apex in rhynchosiae. Metathoracic tibia with long 

 scales dorsally. Male genitalia: symmetrical to asymmetrical; valva 

 usually with separate costal and saccular areas; aedeagus smooth or 

 with linear grooves; tegumen narrow; uncus simple or bifurcate. 

 Female genitalia: usually two signa present; bursa copulatrix and 



