liH)7.] MM'KOLKPIUOPTEKA OF TKXEUIFE. 955 



markings. I bred thirty-six specimens from accumulated refuse 

 on ArU'iniaid canarieusis (3), Allagopappus <li<'hnt<nn nx (13), 

 Seneclo kli'ini. (4), and Soncku.}* yuin-iiiifer (1) Compositae; Pin UK 

 c.nn<n"'n-iixii< (()) Coniferae ; Ridwfruticoea(l) Rubiaceae ; Cy- 

 tisus proli ferns (4) Leguminosae ; and Rkus coriaria (1) Tere- 

 binthaceae; these are, I believe, all plants indigenous to the 

 Island. The larva frequently bores into the stem of the food- 

 plant before pupation, leaving a hole from which the imago 

 escapes. 



III. OECOPHOBIDAE. 



31. (369-01) AGONOPTERYX Hb. 

 Forewings : 2 and 3 stalked ; 7 and 8 stalked. 



Type Pyralis ocellana F. 



= ^AGOXOPTERIX Hb. (Type ocellana F.) ; =PIXARIS Hb. (Type 

 arenetta S-D.); =TICHOXIA Hb. (Type atomeUa S-D.); = EPE- 

 LEUSTIA Hb. (Type lituretta Hb.) ; =HAEMYLIS Tr. (Type assi- 

 milella Tr.) ; =.*VucnA Z. (conterminetta Z.), iiec Ltr. ; = 

 DEPRESS Ait i A (A) Meyr. 



Wallengren [Eiitomologisk Tidskrift II. 81 (1881)] described 

 the new genus S'njdnorosis for species agreeing with heradiana DG. 

 in having veins 2 and 3 of the forewings separate, thus restricting 

 the use of Depressaria Hw. to species with 2 arid 3 stalked. Un- 

 fortunately he overlooked the fact that in 1828 Curtis had cited 

 heracleana as the type of Depressaria Hw., and figured its neuration. 

 Siganorosis "Wlgrn. must therefore sink as a synonym of Depres- 

 Mfi'tff: Hw., and also of Volucra Ltr. The species having 2 and 3 

 of the forewings stalked form a natural and easily recognisable 

 genus and should be known as Agonopteryx Hb. 



O 59. (3193-1) AGOXOPTERYX OIXERARIAE, sp. n. 

 (Plate LII. fig. 7.) 



Antennae ochraceous, much clouded beyond the base with smoky 

 fuscous. Palpi pale ochreous, the terminal joint minutely tipped 

 with black, and having a black band around it above the middle. 

 Head and tufted Thorax pale ochreous. Forewings with the costa 

 moderately convex, apex depressed, termen oblique ; pale ochreous, 

 with a few darker fa wii-ochreous shades tending to define the 

 neuration ; more or less profusely sprinkled with scattered black 

 dots, some being placed along the temien, some on the costa, one 

 on the costa beyond the middle, in position to form an equilateral 

 triangle with two others on the disc, above and near the first of 

 which is sometimes a blackish patch ; a small black marginal spot 

 also lies near the base of the dorsum. Exp. al. 17- 20 mm. J/ind- 

 ii'iiHjx very pale, shining, whitish ochreous ; cilia still paler. 

 Abdomen and Leys pale straw-oehreous. 



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