NO. 1465. 



TEXAN^ TINE ID MOTHS— BIJSCK. 



735 



10.— Venation of Skto.morpha operosella, 



FEMALE. 



The two names apply to the 



did this on second thought and after first having considered them conspe- 

 cific; this is plain from his remark above quoted, taken in connection 

 with the fact that he had only a unique of each of the species before him, 

 I must admit that, as long as I 

 knew the species from Zeller's 

 t3^pes only, 1 supposed there were 

 two species on account of the con- 

 siderable difference in size of the 

 two sexes, which is quite uncom- 

 mon in the Tineinse; but now, 

 with ample material before me, 

 of which all the large specimens 

 {optroseUa) are females and all 

 the small specimens {inamoeneUa) 

 are males, it is easy to draw the 

 conclusion concerning the synon3'my 

 two sexes of the same species. 



Chambers's type in the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, 

 of Gelechia nvultiinaculella is a male of this same species. 



While on the subject of Doctor Dietz's paper on this group I may 

 point out that some of his generic names are preoccupied, and I propose 

 the following names to take their place: 



I{i/j)oplesla instead of Paraplesia Dietz, not ¥e\der; type: hisckieUa 

 Dietz. 



Mea instead of Progona Dietz, not Berg; type: skinnerella Dietz. 



Dietzia instead of Ahacohia Dietz, not Ahaoohius Lacordaire; tj'^pe: 

 carbonella Dietz. 



TINEA NIVEOCAPITELLA Chambers. 



Tinea niveocapitella CnAMBERi, Dyar, Cat. N. Am. Lep., No. 6516. — Dietz, Trans. 

 Am. Ent. Soc. Phila., XXXI, 1905, p. 55. 



One specimen. No authentic specimen of this species is extant, but 

 I identify with but little hesitancy the present specimen from Cham- 

 bers' description, with which it fully agrees. Chambers' type came 

 from California, but the different locality is hardly of sufficient impor- 

 tance in this genus to make the determination hazardous. 



TINEA CROCEOVERTICELLA Chambers. 



Tinen croceoverticella CuAyiBERS, Dyar, Cat. N. Am. Lep., X<>. 65(X).— Dietz, Trans. 

 Am. Ent. Soc. Phila., XXXI, 1905, p. 5-4. 



One specimen. This is somewhat larger than Chambers's measure, 

 but, considering the variability in size commonly found in this genus, 

 I have no hesitation about referring it to this species. 



Doctor Dietz has in his index by mistake made a synonym by refer- 

 ring to this species as croceocapitella. 



