336 AMERICAN MICRO- LEPIDOPTERA. 



" No basal streak nor apical spot on the forewings, which are pale golden (ahout 

 the color of L. argentinotella Clem.). There is no distinct hinder marginal line 

 in the pale yellow cilia. The marks on the wings are: first, a small, white, dor- 

 sal streak ; then an oblique, white costal streak about the basal third of the wing 

 length ; a silvery white fascia about the middle, which is posteriorly angulated 

 nearer to the costal than to the dorsal margin ; a small, silvery white costal spot, 

 immediately before the cilia, and a longer dorsal one opposite to it, extending 

 obliquely backward ; all of these marks are posteriorly dark margined, the dark 

 margin of the last costal and dorsal streaks almost meeting in the apical part of 

 the wing; apex dusted with dark brown on a white ground. Thorax pale golden, 

 with a white streak from its anterior margin to the apex. Head, tuft, palpi and 

 antennge silvery white, each joint of the antennae dotted above with brown, and 

 the basal joint pale golden above. Under surface of body, wings, and legs pale 

 luteous, the legs stained with brownish on their anterior surfaces. Alar expan- 

 sion three lines and one-half. Bosque County, Texas." 



The above is Chambers' original description of the species. 

 Liithocolletis chambersella Walsingham. 



Plate XXIII, Fig. 21. 

 Lithocolletis chambersella Walsingham, Ins. Life, ii, 78, 1889. Dyar, Bull. 52, U. S. 



Nat. Mus., 1902, No. 6300. 

 Syn. quinquenotella Chambers (not Frey), Jn. Cin. Soc. Nat. Hist., ii, 189, 1880. 



" Face, palpi and antennae silvery white, the antennae faintly stained with fus- 

 cous. Vertex, thorax and forewings yellowish saffron (less golden than argenti- 

 notella Clem.). Forewings with four silvery costal streaks, the first two oblique, 

 and the others perpendicular to the margin, and the last passing into the white 

 ground color of the apex, which is densely dusted with fuscous ; none of the cos- 

 tal streaks are dark margined. Opposite to the apex of the first costal streak 

 begins a long, oblique dorsal streak, which, behind the middle of the wing length, 

 becomes confluent with the second costal streak, and is strongly dark margined 

 behind. There is no basal streak, apical spot, or hinder marginal line. Legs 

 silvery white ; but the first pair of tarsi are marked on their anterior surfaces 

 with fuscous spots. Abdomen silvery white, stained with pale lead color be- 

 neath. Alar expanse a little over one-fourth inch. Texas." 



The above is Mr. Chambers' description. 



Lithocolletis cervina Walsingham. 



Plate XXIII, Fig. 22. 

 Lithocolletis cervina Walsingham, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxxiii, 221, 1907. 



"Antennae whitish. Palpi white. Head pale rust-brown ; face white. 



"Forewings whitish fawn, with very indistinct whitish costal streaklets; the 

 first, before the middle, oblique, outwardly margined with rust brown; the sec- 

 ond, at about the middle, also outwardly margined with rust-brown, runs 

 obliquely outward and is angulated on the cell, returning to the middle of the 

 dorsum, its lower half longer and more oblique than its upper; the third costal 

 streak in triangular, not oblique, also outwardly margined with rust-brown, 

 which is continued across the wing to the tornus, where there is also a faint 

 indication of a whitish spot; there is no basal streak, and, except for a slightly 

 paler space before the line of dark scales on the middle of the dorsum, no defined 



