NO. 1465. 



TEXAN TINEID MOTHS— BUSCK. 731 



Fk;. 7.— Venation ok Mompha punctiferella. 



MOMPHA ELOISELLA (Clemens). 



Momphit eloiseUu Clkmk^s, DyarCat. N. Am. Leji., No. (>157. 

 Two specimens. 



MOMPHA PUNCTIFERELLA, new species. 



Antennw dark fuscous with indistinct lighter annulations. Labial 

 palpi with both joints thickened with smoothly appressed scales, sharply 

 cut off at apex; apical tip of terminal joint protruding al)ove the scales, 

 pointed; dark fuscous, irrorated 

 with white transverse wavy lines. 

 Face, head, and thorax dark 

 gray. Fore wings narrow lance- 

 olate, dark silvery gray, evenly 

 .speckled with numerous minute 

 tufts of black scales; on the fold 

 is one larger black tuft of scales. Hindwings dark fuscous, cilia ochre- 

 ous fuscous. Abdomen dark silvery fuscous above, under.side white. 

 Legs blackish fuscous, each tarsal joint tipped with ochreous white. 



Aim' expanse. — 10-11 mm. 



Hah'itat. — Brownsville, Texas. 



Ty2)e.—Cvit. No. 9773, U.S.N.M. 



Described from four specimens. In palpal characters and general 

 habitus this species reminds one of Epermenki^ but it has no dorsal 

 scale tufts on the forewings, and the venation is typical of the present 

 genus. 



Family TINEID^. 



OPOSTEGA QUADRISTRIGELLA Chambers. 



Opostega quudnstrigella Chambers, Dyar Cat. N. Am. Lep., No. 6231. — Busck, 

 Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash., V, 1903, p. 208. 



One specimen. 



BUCCULATRIX NIVEELLA Chambers. 



Burcnlalrur niveeUa Chambers, Dyar Cat. N. Am. Lep., No. 6244. 

 Two specimens; the species is new to the U. S, National Museum 

 collection. 



GRACILARIA [DIALECTICA] GUNNIELLA, new species. 



Antenn* dark purplish brown. Labial palpi silvery white, apex 

 of terminal joint somewhat dusky. Maxilary palpi silvery white. A 

 central longitudinal streak of face, head, and thorax yellowish white; 

 sides of head ochreous; patagina dark purplish brown. Forewings 

 purplish brown; between the middle of the costa and the apical third 

 is an oblique yellowish-white costal streak, pointed toward apex and 

 edged with black scales. Slightly outside the apical third is a narrow, 



