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the forewings black, slightly" sprinkled with white scales, especially the 

 apical part; dorsal part })elow the fold white, slightly sprinkled with 

 dark scales. The black part protrudes down into the white part with 

 two triangular lobes. At apical third is an ill-defined white costal spot. 

 Cilia white dusted with black. Hindwings dark fuscous. Abdomen 

 fuscous above, silvery below. Legs white, barred with black; tarsi 

 annulated with black. 



Expanse. — 8 mm. 



Type.—Q2.t. No. 9766, U.S.N.M. 



This is the only species belonging to this genus outside of Chambers's 

 two original species which is known to me. In coloration it suggests 

 Chambers's genus Eii'ippe.^ or ma3^be still more JRecurvaria dorHir'it- 

 teUa Zeller, but it has the very characteristic venation of Agnippe, 

 lacking vein 11 in the forewing. 



NUMATA, new genus. 



Labial palpi long, recurved, smooth; second joint slightly thickened, 

 terminal joint shorter than second. Antenna? rather thick, serrate 

 toward the tip. Forewings narrow, elongate ovate, apex pointed; 11 

 veins, vein 8 absent, 6 and 7 stalked, the one to costa the other to 

 termen, -1 and 5 stalked, I'' furcate at base. Hindwings narrower than 

 forewings, 7 veins, vein 6 absent and transverse vein between 5 and 7 

 obsolete; veins 2, 3, 4, and 5 separate. 



The genus is a curious development from the Arlstotelia group. 



Type of (jtnus. — Niunata 

 h'lpxinctella Busck. 



NUMATA BIPUNCTELLA, 

 new species. 



Antenna? yellowish fus- 

 cous. Labial palpi straw 

 yellow, second joint black- 

 ish on the exterior side. 

 Face, head, and thorax light 

 straw-yellow. Forewings 

 whitish straw-yellow, slightly darker toward apex, sparsely sprinkled 

 with dark brown atoms and with two conspicuous black dots, one on 

 the middle of the cell and the other at the end of the cell. 

 Abdomen and legs whitish, tarsal joints smoky. 

 Alar expanse. — Male, 9 mm.; female, 11 mm. 

 Hahitat. — Brownsville, Texas, June (Barber coll.). 

 Type.—C?it. No. 9767, U.S.N.M. 



ARISTOTELIA ELEGANTELLA (Chambers). 



Aristotelia elegantella Chambers, Dyar Cat. N. Am. Lep., No. 5582. 

 Two specimens. 



Fig. 2.— Venation of Numata bipunctella. 



