Sept., 1908.] Kearfott: Tortricid.e and Tineina. 181 



This species is placed temporarily under commophila as this genus 

 is understood in our North American lists, the venation is practically 

 the same, but there are characters which will later cause its removal 

 to probably a new genus. 



Forewing. — Two and one half times as long as broad, costal and dorsal margins 

 nearly parallel ; costa strongly arched at base and curved downward at apex ; apex 

 rounded, obtuse ; termen very slightly convex, angle 30 ; tornus rounding into dorsum 

 without denned angle. Venation ; I* furcate two fifths ; 2 from outer eighth of cell ; 

 3 and 4 approximate, the latter strongly bent down ; 5, 6 and 7 about equally spaced, 

 latter to costa before apex ; 8 very close to but not connate with 7 ; 9 from outer angle 

 of cell ; II half way between 10 and 1 2. Cell is very broad at outer end, equal to 

 one third width of wing, transverse vein angles outwardly from 9 to 7 then inwardly 

 (parallelling termen) to 4. No secondary cell. 



Hindwing. — Slightly broader tban forewing, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, 

 termen slightly indented above 5, tornus, dorsum and inner angle evenly rounded. 

 Venation; I* furcate i, two from outer third, 3 and 4 connate from lower angle of 

 cell, 5 remote from 3 — 4, 6 and 7 connate from upper angle. Cell very short, about 

 two fifths, transverse vein strong, obliquely inward from upper angle to middle of 

 cell, thence outward to lower angle. A pencil of long hairs reposes on the costa, 

 arising from a process, at base of costa, this is overlaid with spatulate scales. Vein 

 i a is heavily pectinated, at base of wing, on upper surface. 



Choreuti9 tacubayella, new species. 



Expanse 10 mm. 



Thorax olive-brown, very finely speckled with white, with a white spot on pos- 

 terior end ; abdomen dark fuscous. Each joint whitish posteriorly, anal tuft blackish ; 

 legs, underside of thorax and underside first two abdominal segments white, slightly 

 dusted with fuscous. (Head missing.) 



Forezviwr. — Olivaceous brown, with an ochreous tinge at base, outer half over- 

 laid with whitish tipped scales, giving a speckled appearance. There is a conspicu- 

 ous pure white fascia, arising from dorsum between inner fifth and third, it reaches to 

 upper vein of cell ; it is broadest on dorsum, inclines slightly outward and diminishes 

 in width to upper end ; the upper part is faintly dotted with pale fuscous. The prin- 

 cipal metallic marks are brilliant ruby red and occur as follows : a broken transverse 

 line just beyond the white fascia ; two clusters in outer fourth of wing below middle 

 on a large velvety black ovate spot, which is divided vertically by an olivaceous line; 

 above this below costa is a smaller spot and a similar one before and below it. these 

 are both circled with black ; bordering termen is a fine line on upper half of wing ; 

 in middle of wing, before end of cell is a small ovate blackish spot, in which are 

 scattered metallic scales. The costa is marked by three white dots, one before the 

 middle, one just beyond middle and one at outer fourth ; the inner one is at the end 

 of the inner metallic line, below the middle one are a few such scales, while the outer 

 one is above the outer metallic spot. The veins before apex are overlaid with black, 

 there is a median black dash at base and another in middle of wing. The termen 

 is narrowly edged with olivaceous ochreous. In certain lights a few scattered metallic 

 scales can be seen, especially on base of costa, in middle of wing at base, above 



