1907.] MICXIOLEPIUOPTKUA OF TEXIilllFE. 94?> 



flah. WEST INDIES. UNITED STATES. HAWAIIA. 

 TAHITI. AUSTRALIA. NEW ZEALAND. S.EUROPE— 

 Spaix. N. AFRICA — Algeria. mining leaves, shoots, 

 stems, tubers : Lycojyersicwm escuhntv/m ; NirMiana tahacxmi ; 

 Solammi carolinense, melongena, tuberosum, I-XII. excl. I-XII. 

 Canaries"-'^'' ^^— Texerife «-^-' ^' : IV. 1885 (Leech); Guimar, 2. 

 Ill - 16. IV. 1907 (irZsm.) ; La Laguna, 3-23. V. 1907 (Tr'7,sm.) ; 

 Puerto Orotava, IX {Al'pherahj) '''■. — Fuertevextura""*'' ^^ : Pdo 

 Palma, 20. X. 1890 {Srmowj)\ 



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

 Laguna in May ; often, but not exclusively, near potato-fields. 



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



21. (306'01) TRICHOTAPHE Clms. 



Tricjiotaphe Clms. Pr. Ac. Nat. Sc. Phil. XII. 166 (1860)^: 

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

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

 (1903)*. 



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

 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. Forevnngs 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 lam2)rostoma Z. Isis. 1847. 851-2 no. 400 \ Qelechia 

 Zulu Wlsm. Tr. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1881. 261-2. PI. 12* 30 ^ 

 Anacam2)sis lamprostoma Stgr-Rbl. Cat. Lp. Pal. II. 154 no. 2848 

 (1901) ■'. A'proaerema lamprostoma Wlsm. Ent. Mo. Mag. 

 XXXVII. 236 (1901)*. Onebala Imaprostoma Wlsm. Ent. Mo. 

 Mag. XL. 267-8 no. 2770-1 (1904)'. Anacanvpsis {Onebala) 

 lamprostoma Rbl. Ann. KK. Hofmus. XXI. 38. 44 no. 213 

 (1906)\ 



ILab. SW. ASIA-^' ' : VI \ S. EUROPE ^''' '—Sicily, V ' ■ ^^ ' 

 — Spaix, V''*'. AFRICA — Algeria: IV' — Gambia: XI'. — 

 Natal: VII; XII \ Canaries— Texerife ^ {Wiite, 1905)': 

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

 excl. 15. VI. 1907 {msm.). 



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

 this did not emei'ge until June 5th. although I captured five 



