1907.] .MKKOLKIMDOl'TKUA OFTEXEK1FK. 9I."/ 



beyond the brown space. ;m<l therefore a little beyond the middle 

 of the wing, commences :\ pale lemon-yellow patch, which is con- 

 tinued toward the apex, bearing the following nun-kings: iirsi. 

 two bright silver spots, each touching the brown preceding space, 

 arid each carrying a jet-black dot on the side opposite to it ; 

 beyond these, at a distance equal to about the middle of the 

 wing, are two corresponding spots of bright silver scales, but 

 with only one or two black scales attached, the yellow ground- 

 colour extends between and beyond these, blending to creamy 

 white along the costa and dorsum to the apex, the margins being 

 separated by a short olive-brown dash reaching the extreme apex; 

 cilia, brownish grey. Exp. al. 9-10 mm. Hiiitln'inys pale grey; 

 cilia brownish grey. Abdomen yellowish. Legs white, shaded 

 externally with oblique olivaceous brownish bands. 



Type dT (99029) : $ (99030) Santa Cruz, Mus. Wlsm. 



Hub. SPAIX: MALAGA : Malaga, 29. TV. 1901 (]\lsw.) 1 . 

 Canaries TEXERIFE : Santa Cruz. 12-16. II. 1907. Eight 

 specimens. 



Nearest to similis Wlsm., but differing in the continuation of 

 the yellow band beyond the outer pair of silver spots, giving the 

 wing a much lighter appearance ; in this respect it agrees with 

 quadrilineella Chmb., but differs in. having five white lines in 

 the dark basal area of the wing, of these the subcostal, the median, 

 and the dorsal arise from the base. 



76. (3553) COSMOPTERYX ATTEXUATELLA Wkr. 

 n. syn.=flavofasciata E. Wlstn. ; =lespedezae Wlsm. 



Gelechia attenuatella Wkr. Cat. Lp. BM. XXX. 1019 (1864) l . 

 Cosmopteryx flavofasciata E. Wlstn. Ann-Mag. NH. (5s.). III. 

 438 (1879) - : Lp. St. Helena 53 (1879) 2 . Cosmopteryx lespe- 

 dezae Wlsm. Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. X. 198 (1882) 3 . [? = Cosmopteryx 

 (* gemmiferella Clms.) Mschl. Ab. Senck. Nat. Ges. XV. 345, 354 

 (1890) 4 ; Wlsm. Pr. Z. Soc. Lond. 1891. 536, 548 (1892) 3 ]. 

 Cosmopteryx lespedezae Riley, Smith's List Bor-Am. 107 110. 5771 

 (189 1) 6 . Gelechia attenuatella Wlsm. Pr. Z. Soc. Lond. 1891. 

 519, 545 (1892) 7 . Cosmopteryx lespedezae Wlsm. Pr. Z. Soe. 

 Lond. 1891. 536, 548 (1892) s . Cosmopteryx favofasciata EbL 

 Ann. KK. Hofmus. IX. 91-2 (1894) 9 : XI. 133-4, 147 no. 208 

 PL 3-13 (1896) 10 : XXI. 44 no. 230 (1906) u . Cosmopteryx 

 attenuatella Wlsm. Pr. Z. Soc. Lond. 1897. 105-6 no. 123 

 (1897) 12 . Cosmopteryx fiavofasciata Stgr-Ebl. Cat. Lp. Pal. II. 

 185 no. 3553 (1901) 13 . Cosmopteryx lespediza Dyar Pr. Ent. 

 Soc. Wash. IV. 478 (1901) u . Cosmopteryx attenuatella Dyar 

 Bull. US. Nat. Mus. 52. 535 no. 6068 (1902)"; Bnsck Pr. US.. 

 Nat. Mus. XXX. 710 (1906) b . 



Hab. UNITED STATES r ' ia ' l '- u TEXAS " l6 : Lespe- 

 deza ^ 8, i,__ x CAROLTXA la FLORIDA u -" ; : II-III u . WEST 

 1 X I )1 ES ' ' - JAMAICA li l ~ : Constant Springs, 18. 



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