CACCECIA. 7 



the fore wings reddish straw-colour, of the hind wings paler; both with scattered black 

 streaklets along the costal margin. Type $ . Expanse of wings 39 millims. 

 Oajaca, Mexico. From Mr. Salle's collection. 



This species, which seems to be a true Oacoecia, should properly have been figured on 

 Plate LXII., among the other species of that genus. 



Caccecia semiferana. (Plate LXII. figs. 2 & 3.) 



Lophoderus ? semiferanus, WaVc. Cat. Lep. Hct. xxviii. p. 386. 

 Tortrix flaccidana, B,oh. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. pi. vi. fig. 53, p. 277. 

 Tortrix (Lozotsenia) flaccidana, Zell. Verh. z.-b. Gcs. Wien, xxv. p. 219. 



Fore wings — fully twice as long as wide, with the costa arched at the base, concave 

 beyond the middle, with a well-developed appressed costal fold in the male ; apex produced ; 

 apical margin scarcely indented below the apex — reddish chestnut, with shining whitish 

 ochreous spots and markings containing some silvery scales : an irregular whitish ochreous 

 oblique fascia, angulated at its outer edge below the middle, forms the external margin of a 

 rather mottled basal patch ; beyond it, about the middle of the costa, is a triangular whitish 

 ochreous spot, followed by two irregular spots of the same colour tending towards the anal 

 angle, giving the appearance of an oblique fascia broken up into three parts, the middle part 

 preceded by a spot of fuscous scales at the end of the cell : beyond the median costal spot 

 are four smaller spots, also on the costa, the third from the apex being the most conspicuous : 

 cilia pale whitish ochreous. Thorax and abdomen whitish ochreous. Hind wings pale reddish 

 chestnut. The anal appendages large and hirsute. Type ^J . Expanse of wings 20 millims. 



The locality of Walker's type is not known ; but it agrees precisely with Robinson's 

 figure, who gives Texas as the habitat of the species. I have several specimens from Texas 

 in my own cabinet (some now added to the national collection), which, although exhibiting 

 some variation from the original type, are probably correctly referred to this species. 



The very decided costal fold in the male seems to separate this species from the genus 

 Lo^otcenia according to Heinemann's limitation, to which reference is made in the remarks 

 which follow the description of Caccecia argyrospila. 



I have thought it desirable to figure a variety of this species received from Canada, which 

 approaches somewhat nearly to the Texan varieties mentioned above, but is perhaps even 

 more deprived of the typical markings. 



In this specimen, a male, the palpi (which are missing in the type) are slender, not 

 profusely clothed, having the apical joint exposed; the antennae strongly pubescent. The 

 fore wings pale yellowish fawn-colour, shaded with brown towards the costa and 

 with scattered fuscous scales towards the apical margin ; four very pale yellowish-fawn 

 spots on the costa, the first rather triangular scarcely beyond the middle, the last two 

 towards the apex containing some silvery scales posteriorly; a spot of fuscous scales at 

 the end of the cell is followed by a pale shining dash. The fasciseform arrangement of the 

 pale markings in the type is completely lost in this variety. The dorsal margin is touched 



