ANNETTE F. BRAUN. 287 



Syn. mirifica Frey and Boll, Stett. ent. Zeit., xxxiv, 212, 1873. 



"Antennae silvery. Front silvery, tuft fuscous and silvery mixed. Thorax 

 silvery, with the basal part of the tegulse pale golden. Forewings pale golden, 

 with an unmargitoed, median, silvery basal stripe, and a silvery streak along the 

 basal portion of the inner margin. Forewings pale golden, with four silvery cos- 

 tal streaks, all except the last black margined internally ; with two dorsal streaks 

 of the same hue, black margined internally. The first costal and first dorsal 

 streaks opposite, quite oblique, and broad at their bases, the second dorsal oppo- 

 site the second costal streak. The basal streak is moderately broad, and extends 

 quite to the middle of the wing. Apical spot black ; hinder marginal line black- 

 ish ; cilia fulvous gray. Hindwings gray, cilia fulvous gray. Abdomen pale 

 fulvous." 



Clemens' description is given above. 



The mines are formed on the underside of leaves of Oatrya Vir- 

 giniana (Mill.) Willd., usually near the margin, and are much 

 wrinkled when mature. The larvae, which are of the cylindrical 

 type and pale yellow, spin ovoid cocoons of frass and silk. Expanse 

 of the imago 6-6.5 mm. 



Lithocolletis rileyella Chambers. 



Plate XXI, Fig. 15. 



Lithocolletis rileyella Chambers, Cin. Quart. Jn. Sci., ii, 236, 1875. Walsingham, 

 Ins. Life, ii, 25, 1889. Dyar, Bull. 52, U. S. Nat. Mus., 1902, No. 6254. 

 Syn. tenuistrigata Frey and Boll, Stett. ent. Zeit, xxxvii, 225, 1876; xxxix, 260, 

 1878. 



Antennae ocherous-white, grayish toward the tips; face and palpi white, tuft 

 ocherous. 



Thorax and forewings golden yellow, the thorax with a white line across the 

 patagia, continuous with a median white unmargiued basal streak attaining one- 

 third of the wing length. There are five costal and three or four dorsal white 

 streaks, all dark margined internally. The first costal at the basal third is very 

 oblique and produced along the costa to the base. The apex of the second 

 oblique costal streak is opposite the apex of the large curved first dorsal streak. 

 Third costal streak is nearly perpendicular, curved and opposite the large trian- 

 gular second dorsal streak, placed just before the tornus. Fourth costal streak 

 curved, with its apex meeting that of the smaller third dorsal streak. Fifth 

 costal streak inwardly oblique and opposite the minute fourth dorsal streak, 

 which is sometimes wanting. A small circular apical spot. A brownish margi- 

 nal line in the cilia, which are pale whitish ocherous. Expanse 7-8 mm. 



Hindwings and cilia pale whitish ocherous. Abdomen pale ocherous. Legs 

 whitish ocherous. 



Missouri and Texas. 



This species makes a tentiform mine on the underside of several 

 species of oak. 



TBAN8. AM. KNT. SOC., XXXIV. 8BPTEMBEB, 1908. 



