1907.] MICROLEPIDOPTEUA OF TEXEllIFE. 949 



26. ^348; SYMMOCA Hb. 



50. (3035-1) Symmoca caxaeiex.sis Rbl. (Plate LII. fig. 1.) 



Symmoca canariensis Rbl. Aim. KK. Hofmus. XXI. 38-9. 44 

 no. 218 (1906) \ 



Hah. Texerife' : 1905 (ir. W. mdte) ' : Santa Cruz, 4-29. II. 

 1907 ( Wlsm.), 3. IV. 1904 {Eaton), 29. IV. 1907 (m.sm.) ; Guimar, 

 2. Ill - 14. IV. 1907 (Wlsm.) ; Arafo, 13-14. IV. 1907 (IR-sm.) ; 

 Puerto Orotav-a, 21. IV - 10. V. 1907 (Wlsm.) ; La Laguna. 23. V. 

 1907 (msra.). 



I carefully examined the single specimen, in Mr. White'.s collec- 

 tion, at Guimar, which is the type of liynvmoca canariensis Rbl., and 

 bearing in mind the appearance of Holcopogon sophroniellus RVjI., 

 at fir.st imagined they mu.st be the same, but, although I cannot 

 agree with Prof. Rebel in placing sopJironiellas in the genus Uol- 

 copogon 8tgr. (which has been wrongly included in iheGeUchioflMe, 

 and miLst be i-emoved to the Ilyjyonoraeatidae), the shorter terminal 

 joint of the palpi, even "«T.thout f)ther more impoi-tant characters, 

 is at once sufficient to separate it from the Symraoca. I found 

 S. canariensis almost the commonest insect in the Island ; it was 

 abundant at >Santa Criiz and Guimar, but I have no clue to the 

 habits of the lai-^"a. 



A fine series of 64 specimens exhibits considerable variation : in 

 some the costal margin is broadly and conspicuously darkened, in 

 contrast to the dull white ground-colour ; in others a suffusion 

 extends more or le.ss over the whole wing ; while in others again 

 there is a yellowish .streak along the cell, or sometimes two pairs 

 of obliquely placed fuscoiis spots, befoi-e and beyond the middle, 

 recalling vividly the pattern of oxyhiella Mill., but more obliquely 

 placed than in that .species, and exhibiting scarcely any of the 

 yello^^"ish .scales which are there to be found on the outer edge of 

 the spots. Some of the smaller and more suffused varieties .show 

 a faint indication of these .spots and approach very closely, except 

 in colour, the only two specimens which I am obliged to eliminate 

 from my series and to describe under another name {aegrdla, sp. n.). 

 S. canariensis was not found at the time and place where the new 

 species occurred. 



51. (3035-2) Symmoca aegrella, sp. n. (Plate LII. fig. 2.) 



Antennae and Palpi .sandy ochraceous. Head and Thorax pale 

 ochreous. Forev;ings sandy ochreous, dxLsted with fa-\A-n-browni.sh 

 .scales, slightly more thickly aVjove and below than upon the cell ; 

 cilia pale sandy ochreous. Eccp. al. 13—14 mm. Hindv;ings 

 shining, pale .straw-ochreous, a little more Ijrownish toward the 

 apex ; cilia very pale sandy ochreous. Ahd.ornen and Legs pale 

 .sandv ochreous. 



Tyjje 6 (99009) Mus. ^l.sm. 



Hob. Texerife : La Lagnna, 9. VI. 1907. Two .specimens. 



This .species, which agrees with canariensis in having veins 3 



