NO. 1465. 



TEXAN TINEID MOTHS— BUSCK. 



723 



slightly lighter toward apex and along dorsal edge; at basal third is a 

 large oblique quadrangular yellowish white spot, reaching with one 

 corner down over the fold; at apical third is a faint and ill-defined irreg- 

 gular transverse whitish line between the darker basal and the lighter 

 apical part of the wing. In some specimens the quadrangular costal 

 spot is continued more or less distinctly across the wing, uniting with 

 the light dorsal edge to a broad oblique fascia; in such specimens the 

 -olor of the costal spot is tinted with red. In the apical part of the 

 vrjng is a more or less pronounced black longitudinal central streak, 

 ;■ xitinued out ii^to the cilia at apex. Hindwings dark fuscous; cilia 

 V. til a slight rosy tint. Abdomen dark fuscous; legs ochreous barred 

 ,v.Ui black; tarsal joints black with yellowish tips. Described from 

 many specimens. 



Alar expanse. — 13 mm. 



//a J/?;^^.— Brownsville, Texas [E. A. Schwarz and H. S. Barber]; 

 Victoria, Texas [A. N. Caudell]; New Orleans, Louisiana [E. S. G. 

 Titus]. 



J^ood plant. — Acacia. 



Type.— Cat. No. 9765, LT.S.N.M. 



This species has long been unnamed in the National Museum collec- 

 tion in specimens bred from acacia by Mr. E. A. Schwarz; lately 1 

 have received a large series bred by Mr. Titus from acacia in New 

 Orleans. 



The larva is whitish with black head, thoracic shield and legs 

 and with short black hairs; it feeds between the spun together leaflets, 

 and makes its cocoon there for pupation. Mr. Titus's specimens issued 

 in October. 



The venation of this species approaches that of Geleehia, veins 3 

 and 4 in hindwings are approximate, though separate,, and veins 6 and 7 

 are closely approximate at 

 base instead of stalked, as is 

 more general in the genus 

 Telphnsa. 



In coloration it resembles 

 Telphusa lonaifasciella 

 Clemens, which , however, has 

 a white head and is a more 

 slender, long-winged species. 



AGNIPPE EVIPPEELLA, 

 new species. 



Antennae black with nar- 

 row white annulations. La- 

 bial palpi white, sprinkled with black scales, terminal joint with a black 

 annulation at base and another just before apex. Face silvery white. 

 Vertex and thorax white mottled with black. Costal and apical part of 



Pig. 1. — Venation of Agnippe evippeella. 



