1907.] MH'ROLEPIDOPTERA OF TEXERIFE. 1011 



144. (4416-1) STIGMELLA JUHAK, sp. n. (Plate LIII. fig. 7.) 



Anti'-iiiHi-e yellowish, delicately annulate \\iili black ; eye-caps 

 whitish. Head bright, yellow. Tlnn'n.i'. black. /<\tri'irinij* while, 

 with M broad l)l;ick central fascia through which the ground colour 

 is visible only in small specks; :i black basal patch, angulated 

 outward in the middle, Leaving only a narrow, curved, orangulated, 

 white fascia between it and the median hand, and a black patch 

 occupying the whole apex and tennen, the ground-colour showing 

 before it in a narrow, white, rather oblique, bar, sometimes divided 

 into two nearly opposite spots ; this patch also shows some pale 

 speckling; cilia whitish at the apex and termen, with a line of 

 black scales running through them ; greyish on the dorsum. 

 E.i-/>. al. I'T) -.");") mm. Hindwings and cilia pale grey. Legs black, 

 with white speckling. 



Tup? 2 (99119); J (99121) Mus. Wlsm. 



Hab. TENERIFR: Santa Cruz, Kn^liorlln rt't/is-jifbae, 4. II, 

 ex<-l. 8-17. III. 1907; Guimar, 9. Ill - 10. IY, Euphorbia 

 ri'(/ix-jtil>ae, 9. Ill, excl. 11-15. Y. 1907. Eight specimens. 



The larva makes narrow, tortuous, mines in the leaves of 

 Euphorbia ref/is-jiibae, and is not uncommon near Santa Cruz, 

 and near Guimar, in February and March ; like that of e>ij>lior- 

 biella Stn., it is pale yellowish. The species is nearly allied to 

 the South European euphorlnella Stn., but differs in the white, 

 not creamy, ground-colour being much more obscured by black 

 scaling. 



145. (441 6'2) STIGMELLA XIGRIFASCIATA, sp. n. 



Antennae greyish : eye-caps white. Head greyish, with some 

 white sprinkling. Thorax fuscous. Forewings white, with a 

 smoky, ill-defined, basal patch, extending to one-third and speckled 

 with black; a straight, rather narrower, median fascia, also 

 thickly black-speckled:, and an apical patch of the same colour 

 including the cilia, except at their pale greyish outer ends. Exp. 

 al. 4 nun. ffindrwings and cilia pale greyish. Abdomen fuscous. 

 Legs whitish, spotted with fuscous. 



Type ^ (99:>42) AFus. Wlsm. 



lla 1 ). TEXERIFE: Santa Cruz, 14. II. 1907. Two specimens, 

 ill excellent condition. 



Much Smaller and more fasciated than jubae, but not unlike it 

 in colour. 



(2 ^, 146. (4418-1) STIGMELLA RLDICULOSA, sp. n. 

 Antennae pale fawn; eye-caps fawn-whitish. Head- fawn- 

 whitish, inclining to yellowish. Thorax fawn-whitish. Forewings 



fawn-whitish, profusely speckled with- fawn-brown, this colour 

 confined to the tips of the scales; cilia fawn-whitish, with very 

 slight speckling. A>/>. al. 4-4'"> mm. IHinI-ii-ingx very pale 

 greyish ; cilia fawn-whitish. Abdomen brownish grey. Legs 

 fawn -whitish. 



T>,pe $ (99255); rf (99257) Mus. Wlsm. 



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