TINEID MOTHS FROM SOUTHERN TEXAS, WITH 

 DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW SPECIES. 



By August Busck, 



Of the U. S. Department of Agriculture. 



The present collection of Tlnehia^ made by Mr. Herbert S. Barber, 

 during June, 1904:, in the vicinity of Brownsville, Texas, is of special 

 interest on account of the locality, which is one of the few tropical 

 regions in the United States. 



A large proportion of the species was found to be new to science, 

 as would be expected from our present incomplete acquaintance with 

 that fauna. 



The writer had anticipated another special interest, hoping to recog- 

 nize among the material some of V. T, Chambers's unknown or little- 

 known Texan species, which were described from a near by, though 

 not tropical, locality and a few of them have been rediscovered among 

 this material. That not more of Chambers's species were found 

 in Mr. Barber's collection is only natural, however, considering the 

 relatively small number of species both in the present collection and 

 that studied b}^ Chambers. 



Altogether the collection consists of 45 species in 35 genera. Of 

 these, 3 genera and 12 species are here detined for the first time. 



All of the material is in the collection of the U. S. National Museum. 



Family YPONEMEUTID^. 



MIEZA SUBFERVENS Walker. 



Mieza subfervens Walker, Dyar, Cat. N. Am. Lep., No. 5478. 

 Two specimens. Lord Walsingham has pointed out" that the genus 

 Mieza Walker is synonymous with Hiibner's Emtixis but that it 

 should be used instead of that name to avoid confusion with Eustixia 

 Hiibner. 



«Entom. Mo. Mag., 1893, p. 261. 



Proceedings U. S. National Museum, Vol. XXX— No. 1465. 

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