1907. i MICUOLEPIDOPTEKA (>K TKXKRIFE. 94?) 



lf<tl>. WEST INDIKS. UNITED STATES. HA.WAIIA. 

 TA1UTL AUSTRALIA. NEW ZEALAND. S.EUROPE 

 SPAIX. N. AFRICA ALGERIA. mining leaves, shoots, 

 stems, tubers : Lycopersicum esculentum ; Nicotiana tabacum ; 

 Solanuin carolinense, melonyena, tuberosum, I-XII, excl. I-XII. 

 Canaries'" 13 ' ^TEXERIFE"-^ ls : IV. 1885 (Leech); Guimar, 2. 

 Ill - 16. IV. 1907 (JFTswi.) ; La Laguna, 3-23. V. 1907 (TFTww.); 

 Puerto Orotava, IX (Alpheraky)*' 9 . FUERTEVEXTURA H ~ 12 ' ls : Rio 

 Paima, 20. X. 1890 (Simony)*. 



Not uncommon in March and April at Guimar, and at La 

 Liiu'inta in May; often, but not exclusively, near potato-fields. 



[For Index to full list of references ride Wlsm, 1. c. 18.] 



21. (306'OD TRICHOTAPHE Clms. 



TRICHOTAPHE Clms. Pr. Ac. Nat. Sc. Phil. XII. 166 (I860) 1 : 

 Clms-Stn. Tin. N. Am. 121 (1872) 2 ; Busck Bull. US. Nat. Mus. 

 52. 505-7 (1902) 3 : Pr. US. Nat. XXV. 772, 906-16. PL 32 33 

 (1903) 4 . 



"Antennae serrate, often more or less ciliated. Labial Palpi 

 long, recurved ; second joint thickened with scales, appressed 

 and smooth in front and laterally, smooth, or more or less long- 

 haired above (on the inner side) ; terminal joint long, but shorter 

 than second joint, slender, smooth, pointed. Forewings elongate, 

 apex obtuse; 12 veins, 7 and 8 stalked, 2 and 3 stalked. Hind- 

 wings broader than forewings, slightly sinuate below apex, 

 trapezoidal, anal angle rounded ; 8 veins, 3 and 4 connate with 

 a tendency to become short-stalked, 5 approximate to 4, 6 and 7 

 connate with a tendency to become short-stalked. Discal vein 

 in several species with a tendency to become obsolete." (Busck. 

 1. c. 3.) 



' 43. (2270'01) TRICHOTAPHE LAMPROSTOMA Z. 

 = zulu Wlsm. 



Gelechia lamprostoma Z. Isis. 1847. 851-2 no. 400 l . Gelechia 

 zulu Wlsm. Tr. Ent. Soc. Loud. 1881. 261-2. PI. 12' 30 2 . 

 Anacampsis lamprostoma Stgr-Rbl. Cat. Lp. Pal. II. 154 no. 2848 

 (1901) 3 . Aproaerema Imnprostoma Wlsm. Ent. Mo. Mag. 

 XXXVII. 236 (1901) \ Onebala lamprostoma Wlsm. Ent. Mo, 

 Mag. XL. 267-8 no. 2770-1 (1904) 5 . Anacampsis (Onebala) 

 Idiit/n'ostoma Rbl. Ann. KK. Hofmus. XXI. 38, 44 no. 213 

 (1906). 



//fib. SW. ASIA 3 ' 8 : VI 5 . S. EUROPE '' 3 ' 5 SICILY, V 1 - 3 ' 5 

 SPAIX, V 3 *"'. AFRICA ALGERIA : IV 3 GAMBIA: XI 5 . 

 NATAL : VII ; XII \ Canaries TEXERIFE 6 : (White, 1905) 6 : 

 Puerto Orotava. 10. V. 1907. Convolvulus althaeoides, 10. V,. 

 excl. 15. VI. 11)07 (Wlsm.). 



I bred a single specimen from a larva found at Puerto Orotava : 

 this did not emerge until June .Itli. although I captured five 



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