1907.] MICROLEPIDOPTERA OF TEXEIiin.. 947 



its curiously aborted appearance, which recalls the form of /-.//< 



lril<>nopsis Etn. and Hodegia \Vlsm.. both insular forms, and. in 

 the European fauna, the $ of Chimabacche Hb. 



47. (3050-3) AMBLOMA ERACHYPTERA, sp. n. 

 (Plate LI. fig. 18.) 



Antennae dark greyish fuscous, the basal joint hoary white. 

 Palpi greyish fuscous externally, hoary white on their inner sides, 

 arid around the apex of the median joint. Head and Thorn.' 

 hoary white, the latter with grey sprinkling. Forewings hoary 

 white, profusely sprinkled with dark stone-grey scales, but devoid 

 of pattern ; a slight spot of ochreous .suffusion on the cell a little 

 before the middle of the wing ; cilia hoary whitish, with a slight 

 admixture of grey, especially about the tornus. Exp, al. 9 mm. 

 Hindu-ings whitish grey; cilia pale grey. Abdomen ochreous; 

 anal tuft hoary white. Legs whitish, dusted with brownish grey, 

 the tarsi faintly banded. 



Type rf (99007) Mus. Wlsm. 



Hah. TENERIFE : Guimar, 6. III. 1907. Unique. 



Found under leaves of Lotus sessilifolius. on the black sand 

 of the coast near Puerto Guimar. Xo other specimen seen. 



24. (348'OD CHERSOGENES, gn. n. 



(xepi7oyei'//s = bred on dry land.) 

 Type Chersogenes victimella Wlsm. 



Antennae 1, simple in $ ; without pecten. Maxillary Palpi 

 moderate. Labial Palpi extending fully three times the length 

 of the head beyond it ; median joint thickly clothed above and 

 beneath, the lower scales projecting nearly half the length of the 

 slender, erect terminal joint, beyond its base. Haustellum 

 moderate. Head and Thorax moderately smooth. Forewings 

 narrow, elongate, lanceolate, with straightened costa and slightly 

 curved dorsum tapering to a point : neuration 12 veins; 7 and 8 

 stalked, 7 to termen ; rest separate. Hindu-ings as broad as the 

 fore wings, considerably shorter, but much the same shape ; cilia 

 1 : neuration 8 veins; 6 and 7 long-stalked; 3 and 4 long-stalked. 

 Abdomen smooth, somewhat flattened ; uncus and claspers strongly 

 developed. Legs, hind tibiae slightly hairy. 



This genus is most nearly allied to Epanastasis Wlsm. but 

 differs in the structure of the palpi. 



48. (3022-01) CHERSOGEXES VICTIMELLA, sp. n. 

 (Plate LI. fig. 17.) 



Antennae dark brownish fuscous. Palpi hoary whitish, sprinkled 

 with fuscous scales on their outer sides. Head and Thorax 

 cinereous, dusted with fuscous. Forcn-iags pale cinereous. 



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