1907.] MICROLEPIDOPTERA OF TENERIFE. 955 



markings. I bred thirty-six specimens from accumulated refuse 

 on Artemisia canariensis (3), AUagojjaj^jnis dichotomus (13), 

 Senecio kleiuia (4), and Sonchibs gummifer (1) — Compositae; Pinus 

 canariensis (6)— Conlferae ; Rubia fruticosa {l)~'R\x\iiB,ce2i% ; Cy- 

 tistos jjrolifertcs (4)— Leguminosae ; and Ehus 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. OECOPHORIDAE. 



31. (369-01) AGONOPTERYX Hb. 



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



Type Pyralis ocellana F. 



= -\Agonopterix Hb. (Type ocellana F.) ; =Pinaris Hb. (Type 

 arenella S-D.); =Tichoxia Hb. (Type atomella S-D.) ; =Epe- 

 LEUSTiA Hb. (Type liturella Hb.) ; =Haemylis Tr. (Type assi- 

 milella Tr.) ; =-*Volucba Z. {conterminella Z.), nee Ltr. ; = 

 Depressaria (A) Meyr. 



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

 the new genus Siganorosis for species agreeing with heracliana DG. 

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

 the use of Depressaria Hw. to species with 2 and 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- 

 saria 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. 



59. (3193'1) Agonopteryx oinerariae, sp. n. 

 (Plate LII. fig. 7.) 



Antennae ochraceous, much clouded beyond the base with smoky 

 fuscous. Palp)i pale ochreous, the terminal joint minutely tij^ped 

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

 Head and tufted Thorax pale ochreous. P'oreivings with the costa 

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

 with a few darker fawn-ochreous shades tending to define the 

 neui-ation ; more or less profusely sprinkled with scattered black 

 dots, some being placed along the termen, 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 mai'ginal spot 

 also lies near the base of the dorsum. 3xp. al. 17-20 mm. Hind- 

 wings very pale, shining, whitish ochreous ; cilia still paler. 

 Abdomen and Legs pale straw-ochreous. 



Proc. Zool. Soc— 1907, No. LXIV, 64 



