Contributions to American Lepidopterology: No. 3

THE ACADEMY OP

Jan. %\st.

Mr. Lea,

_President, inthe Chair.

Forty-four

members

_present.

The

_{report of}the Biological

Department

^forthe present

month

was read.

On

report of a

Committee

of the BiologicalDepartment,^thepaper^en- titled "

Remarks

on errors in the Anatomical Diagnosis of Cancer, by J. J.

Woodward, M.

D.,"

was recommended

forpublication^{in a}Medical Journal.

On

report of the respective Committeesthe following papers were ordered tobe published ^{in the}Journal ofthe

Academy

^:

"Reflections upon ^thenature of thetemporary^{star ofthe}year 1572, anapplication^of theNebularHypothesis,

by Alexander

Wilcox,

M. D."

"

Descriptions of

New

Cretaceous

and Eocene

Shells of Mississippi

and Alabama,

^{alsowithnotes on}

Eocene

fossilshells,

by

^T.A. Conrad."

"

Descriptions of

new

_species of_Fossils,probably Triassic, from Vir- ginia, by

W. M. Gabb."

"

Descriptions of

new

_{species of}Cretaceous_fossils,

by W. M. Gabb."

" Additional

new

_{species of}Fossils to apaper by T.

A.

Conrad."

And

the followingⁱⁿthe Proceedings^:

Contributions toAmericanLepidopterology. No.3.

BY BRACKENRIDGE CLEMENS, M. D.

TltfEINA.

The _plan of these papers ^will hereafter be changed, and no _diagnosis ofgenera^willbe_given, except

when

there isdoubt respecting the identity of theEuropean and Americangroups, and

when

_{the genera}are new. The in- tention ofgivingsome_conceptionofthe systematicarrangement^of the group Tineinawill therefore be abandoned, and the subsequent papers be confined simply^tothe description of species. ^Ifind myself compelled ^to adopt^this course, inconsequenceof perceiving, as^Iadvanceintherecognition of generic groups, thatthe diagnoses^ofthe families heretofore cited are too limited, and that, ⁱⁿ order to represent

my

conception^of these_groups,Ishallbe_obliged to

make them

more comprehensive. These changes, together with generic synopses^ofthe families, willbebest treated in amonograph^{oftheTineina,} whichwillbe undertakenas soon asthe collectionof thewriter represents, withsome_degreeofcompleteness, the genera foundⁱⁿour country. ^{In order} thattheaccomplishment^ofthis

may

^notbetoolongdelayed, contributions of specimensare respectfully^solicitedfrom collectors,either inaccordance with thecallfromthe Secretary^of the SmithsonianInstitution, in the Report^for 1858, orthe request

made

atthe present^time. Contributions

may

^{besent to}

the SmithsonianInstitution, or tomyself, but, in thelattercase, the charges forcarriage

must

_{be prepaid};and should the contributor desire _it, a suite of

named

_specimenswillbe returnedto him. Full directionsfor thecollection andpreservation^of Lepidoptera^are containedintheSmithsonian Report^for 1858, and

may

^{behad on}application to theSecretary^oftheInstitution.

Coleofhora Zeller.

Stalk of antennaclothed witherect scalestothemiddle.

C.

coruscipennella

^{. Labial}palpiand head_bronzygreen. Antenna?, [Jan.

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basal halfbronzygreen, with a reddishviolet reflection; terminalhalf white, annulated with brown. Fore wings uniform, bronzygreen, with the _apical portionreddish_violet,or ofa reddish,coppery hue. Hind_wingsdarkbrown;

ciliathe same.

Stalksomewhat_thickened, withscalesnoterected.

C.

laticornella

. Labial palpiand head brownishochreous. Antenna?

pale brownishochreous towards _{the base,} becoming^{white with} anochreous tingetoward the_tip,andannulatedwithdarkbrownthroughout. Fore wings rather deep, uniform brown, with^awhitish ochreous streak along the^costa, from the base to the costo-apical ^cilia, narrowing behind, and not reaching beyondthe subcostalnervure. Hind_wingsratherdarkbrown;ciliathesame.

Antennalitalicsimp

J

e; basaljo'ntthickened withscales.

C.

coenosipennella

^. Labial palpi and headwhite. Antennae _white, annulated withdarkbrown;basal joint white. Fore wingsdull yellow,with a white streak along the^basal portion^of inner margin, one along the costa, and_{one along}the subcostal nervure, separated from the former by^anarrow

lineof the generalhue; an_oblique, whitestreakalongthe disk,andinclined tothe inner_angle, andonein the_fold, withthree ratherfaint, oblicpze, white streaksbetweenthe terminalportions of thecostalanddiscalstreaks. Hind wings^ratherdark_gray;ciliafulvous.

C.

infuscatella

^. Labial palpibrownish_gray.

Head

_paleleaden_gray, whitishonthe sidesandabove_{the eyes.} Antennae_gray,annulatedwithdark brown. Fore wings grayish brown, with^awhitestreak along the^costatothe tip, andone along the inner margin^{; a}white streak along thefold, andone parallel to^italong the middle^ofthewing,andsomewhatdilated ontheinner margin^{; cilia}grayish brown. Hind_{wings gray}; ciliathesame.

C.c retatieostella. Labial _palpi white.

Head

white, tinged with yellowish. Antennas white, annulatedwith brownish. Fore wings shining yellow, withrather abroad whitestreak along the costa, extended_nearlyto the_tip;somewhatstreakedwith ochreous,andthe_tiprather deep ochreous. The innermargin^{of the}wing^iswhitish. Hindwings ochreousbrown; ciliathe same.

Incuevakia Haworth.

I.

russatella

.

Head

ochreous. Antenna?darkbrown, ochreous^at the base, and annulated with ochreous. Thorax _purplish brown. _{Fore wings} deepfuscous, witha beautiful purple reflection. Nearthebaseofthewing

isavery paleyellow band, broadest on the inner margin, and a costaland dorsal spot ofthesame hueopposite eachother, alittlebeyond^{the middleof} the wing. Hind_wingspalefuscous tinged with purplish red^{; cilia}palebrown.

The wing structure ofthe following speciesdeparts fromthat ofthe genus.

Both wingsare pointed,theforewings with ^asinglediscal nervure, given^off totheinnermargin and ^the hind_{wings with} twodiscal nervules branching from a

common

stalk.

I.

Acerif

oliella. Ornix Acerifoliella Fitch, Reports, ¹ and_{2, p.} 269.

Head

reddish ochreous. Generalhueafinemetallicgreen^{; fore}wings without markings. ^I

am

indebtedtothekindnessof Dr.Fitchforaspecimen^{of this} insect.

Plutblla Schrank.

P.

vigilaciella

^.

Head

_white, with fuscousbeforeandbehind the_eyes.

Labial_palpiwhite;exterior of secondjoint fuscous. Antennae ochreous, an- nulated withwhite, especiallytowardsthe _tips. Thoraxwhite; teguhedark I860.]

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fuscous. Fore wingswhite,streaked withochreous,withadark ochreousstreak atthe haseof the_fold, margined on the inner sidewith dark brown. The inner_border, fromnearthebasetothe_tipofthe wing, ^iscloselydotted with dark brown;and onthecosta,toward the_tip,areafewdots ofthesame_hue, andinthe middleofthe wing an elongateddark browndot; ciliawhiteand dark brownintermixed. Hind_wings dark_gray.

Abdomen

dark_gray.

P.

limbipennel

^la.

Head

pale ochreous. Labial_palpiwhitish^:tuftdark brown. Antenna? brown, slightly annulated with white. Thorax_yellowish white; tegulre dark brown. Fore wings cinereous brown, dusted with dark brown, ^{witli a}dark brown sinuatedstreakalong the fold,andthe innermar- ginal portion of thewingpaleyellowishwhite,withthreeroundedprojections toward thefold. Hind _wings brown, with a purplish hue; cilia brownish

ochreous.

Abdomen

darkbrown.

P.

mollip edella

^.

Head

^{and thorax pale brownish ochrecus. Fore}

wingspale brownish _ochreous, somewhat _paler along the costa, and dotted withdarkbrown, with a fuscous, sinuated streakinthe_fold, narrowly edged with ochreous gray. The inner marginal portion^of thewing palebrownish ochreous, with three projections toward the_fold,and theinner border dotted withdarkbroiontothe_tipofthe wing. Hind_wings dark_gray;ciliabrownish ochreous.

Gtkacilaria Zeller.

G.

superbifrontella

^{. LaMal}palpi yellow,tipped with brownish. An- tenna? dull yellow, with very ^faint brownish rings.

Head

stramineous, tinged with reddish^violetontheforehead. Thoraxstramineous, withtegula?

externallystriped with reddishviolet. Fore wings ^beautiful reddishviolet, withashining stramineous patchonthe innermargin^atthebas'e,and_{a large} costal triangle ofthesamehue, reaching almost^acrossthe wing,and_extending along the^costafromthe basal_third, nearly^to the apex. Hind_wings^black- ishgray^{; cilia}darkfuscous.

Thisinsect

must

approach verycloselytheEuropean

Swederella.

Thelarva

may

be found,ⁱⁿ the middleof July, in cones, onthe leaves of Hamamelis

Virginica

(Witch Hazel), and the imago appears early in August. The head of the larva is pale green^; body pale green, darker colored by ^the ingesta,with the tenth ring whitish, and the cervical shield palebrown.

Gr.fu1gⁱde1 1a^.

Head

andantenna? yellowish^white. Fore wingswhite, with _{a silvery}lustre, withadark brown blotch near the base, notextended across the wing. Rather beyond ^{the middleof the} wing ^{is a broad,} dark brownband, withthe exteriormargindarkest,and_sharplyangulatcdjust above the innermargin. The _{apical portion}^ofthewing ^containstworather broad, dark brown costal streaks,somewhat confluent in the middleof the wing, withawhite costal spot between them. The extreme apex^{of the}wing^is darkbrown, with^awhitecostal streak beforeit, and_oppositethecostalwhite spot^isanother,^atthe interior angle,sometimes twonotdistinctly separated.

Hind_wingsdarkfuscous; ciliathesame.

Gr.

venustella .Labialpalpi white,with a blackishspotnearthemid- dle, and one near the tip. Antenna? dark brownish. Head silvery white.

Fore wings darkcinereous,withapurplish hue,andwhite along^theinnermar- ginfrom"thebaseto the middle. At the basal third of thewing ^{isa small,} whitecostal spot^; three oblique, equidistant, slenderwhite bands,dark mar- ginedon both sides, the_first about the middleof the wing,^{the second} and thirdconverging^atthe inner margin, with a white ^{spot at}theextremeapex, dark-marginedon both^sides by^{short streaks; cilia cinereous}andwhite^in- termixed. Hindwings blackish gray^{; cilia}rather paler.

[Jan.

NATURAL SCIENCES OP PHILADELPHIA. i

Or.

strigifinitella

^{. Labial palpi yellowish white,}dotted with dark brown,andwith two dark brown_rings before the _tip.

Head

and antennae dull yellow. Fore wings brownish _graysuffusedwith dark brown, with ^the inner margin,fromnear the base to the middle, varied with whiteand dark brown; onthe middleofcostaa white _streak,and afewsmall,costal, dark brownblotches. Near the _tip, onthe inner margin, a slender, very oblique white_streak, dark margined on^bothsides,whichcrossesan_obliquestreak of thesame hue fromthecosta, likewisedark-marginedonbothsidesabovethe streakfrom the inner margin,and curved beneath, forming^awhitehinder- marginal^lineinthe cilia, beneath the_tip, and extending nearly^totheapex ofthe wing. Beyondthese, towardthe_{base, in}theapical third of thewing, aretwo_oblique, dark brown costal streaks,witha short, white one between them, ^thefirstirregularandsomewhatdiffused, the secondmargined^behind withbrownish_yellow. Apicalportion ofthewing dark^brown. Hind_wings darkbrown; ciliasomewhatpaler.

G violacella. Head and face pale yellowish, tinged with reddish violet. Labial palpi yellowish white, annulated at the tip with brownish.

Fore wings with the ^{external half}pale, shining, cream yellow, interior half suffusedwitha pale violet iridescence. About the middleof thecosta are a few separated blackishbrowndots, andin the middleof thewing^ablackish brown

comma

spot,andnear the_tipanatomofthesamehue. The_posterior part of the foldsomewhatsuffusedwithfuscous;ciliareddishfuscous. Hind wingsdark_gray,withareddish_tinge; ciliareddishfuscous.

Argyresthia Hubner.

A.or

ease

11a. Labial _palpi silvery white.

Head

silvery white; fore-

head andfacefaintlytinged withpalegolden brown. Antennaesilvery,annu- latedwithdarkbrown. Fore wings silvery white,witha pale goldenbrown streakatthe baseofthecosta. Aboutthemiddleof thewing^isan _oblique, dark_golden brownband, broadeston the inner margin, and_taperingtothe costa, beyond which^isanarrower, obliquebandofthesame hue producedⁱⁿ themiddle, ^asa rather broad,somewhatcurvedstreaktowardthe_tip,behind whichitisarrested; cilia pale golden brown, with^adarker hinder-marginal line; hindwings dark gray^{; cilia}thesame.

Another_specimen, on the middleof the inner margin, hasa rectangular, goldenbrown_patch, not extendedto the _costa, with an irregular, obliquely placed patch^{of the}same hue onthe inner margin, near^thetip,and_slightly connectedwithasmallcostal patch placed

midway

^betweenthe patches,on theinnermargin. The_tipof thewing^is golden brown, andisscarcely con- nectedWith the second patchbya posteriorlyproducedportion.

Taken onwing, June,July.

Ornix Zeller.

0.

trepidella

^. Labial palpiyellowishwhite,annulated withdarkbrown nearthe_tip.

Head

dark brown. Antennae dark _{brown,slightly}annulated withwhitish. Fore wingsdark_purplish,dusted withdarkbrown. Along^the costa are several short, oblique, obscure yellowish streaks,with darkbrown streaksbetween, extendingfromthemiddleofthe wing^{to the}tip, obliquely placed^tillnear the apex. Hind_wingsdark_gray; ciliathesame.

0.

festinella.

Labial palpi silvery gray, with the second_{joint at}the apexannulated with dark brownish.

Head

dull brownish _gray. Antenna?

dark brown, annulated withwhitish. Fore wingsgrayish,somewhat suffused with brownish from the base to the middle, with the ^{costa at} base dark brown.

From

the middle to the _tip freelydusted with dark brown, with several whitish, rather obscure costal streaks, becomingplainernearthe_tip, and twoor threeonthe inner margin, near thetip. Atthe _tipareafewdark

I860.]

THE ACADEMY OF

brown_scales,with the ciliaof extreme apex^{white; cilia}grayish, with dark brown_tipped scales intermixed. Hind_wingspale

gray^{; cilia similar.} Ab-

domen

_blackish,tipped with yellowish ochreous.

0. C ratfegif oliella. ^Labial palpi whitish.

Head

dark brown and gray intermixed. Antennae dark _{brown, faintly} annulated with whitish.

Fore wings dark brown, with^apurplish hue. Along the inner margin, from thebase tothe anal angle, whitish,dustedwithdarkbrownish. Inthefold atthebaseisadark brown _streak,anda small blotch of the same huebe- yondthe middle, nearly reaching^tothe inner margin. Towardthetip are a fewwhitish, costal streaks, andattheapexa small, round, darkbrown_spot, ina whitish_patch, with a _circular, dark brown apical linebehindit; cilia blackish _gray. Hind _wings blackish gray^{; cilia} rather paler.

Abdomen

blackish, tippedwithdullyellow.

Thelarvaminesthe leaves of Crataegus

tomentosa

(Black Thorn), in September, and becomesa

pupa

early in October, weaving ^areddishbrown cocoonin aturned

down

_edgeofthe leaf. The pupa ^{case isthrust}fromthe end^of* the cocoonatmaturity, theimagoappearingearly in May. ^There is,

doubtless, a

summer

_brood, but^I have _{not sought} for it. The head of the larvaisbrown; thebodygreenishwhite,with thedorsumreddishbrown.

Hyponomeuta Zeller.

H.

multipunc

^tella. Labial palpi,head, antennae andthorax, white.

Thoraxwithablack_spotonthefrontof _tegulae, anda few_{spots of} the same hue onthedisk. Fore wingswhite, with thecosta atthebase _blackish, and longitudinalrows of distinct blackdots; twoof which, one along the inner margin andone along^thefold, areveryplain. Hindwings blackishgray.

Bedellia? Stainton.

This genus^isrepresentedbya single species, inEurope. ^Itwas, therefore, a surprise to myself,

when

Ifound the _speciesdescribed_below, corresponded totheEuropeannot only^{in structure}butⁱⁿornamentation. There_is,how- ever, a slight difference intheneurationof the_posteriorwings^ofthetwoin- sects

when

_comparedwith Mr. Stainton's delineation,and henceIgive a^full generic diagnosis of theAmerican_species.

Theanteriorwings^arenarrowand_pointed, and the _posteriorvery narrow, almostsetiform. Thediscoidalcell oftheanteriorisacute behind, with^three subcosto-marginal nervules, the lastof whicharises attheapex^{of the}cell, togetherwith the_{apical nervule,} whichsends_off, at about its middle,^{a ner-} vulet to theinner margin, andisfurcatenear thetipofthewing. The median nervure sends onlya singlebranchtothe inner margin. Both thecostal and sub-median nervures are short. The _posteriorwings without^{discoidalcell;} the costal nervure isvery^short; the sub-costal runs through the middle^of thewing, andsendsabranchtothe inner margin, ^ratherbeyondthe middle, andisfurcate atitsextremity,the lower branch _proceedingtothe_tip,along the inner margin. Abovethesubcostal nervure^{isa rather}indistinct, paral- lelfold. The mediannervureislong, wellmarked, andsimple^; placed near the innermargin^{of the}wing.

Head

_roughabove,and in_front, between the_antenna?, almosttufted; face smooth, moderately broad, and rounded. Ocelli none. Eyes moderately prominent, round, and_partiallycovered withhairsfrom above. Antennaeas long^astheanteriorwings,filiform, simple^; basal jointsquamose.

No max-

illarypalpi. Labial palpiveryshort,pointed, andrather porrected,withtwo jointsonlydistinguishable. Tongue naked and^short.

B.?

Staintoniella

^. Labial_palpi and head ochreous, the^lattersome- what reddish ochreous above. Antennae oclu-eous. Fore wings ochreous, dusted withdarkfuscouSjbut leaving a streak of the generalhue_{along the} [Jan.

NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA. 9

inner margin. Hind_wingsdark_gray; ciliaratherdarkochreous.

Abdomen

darkbrown andochreous mixed.

Cosmiotes.

Fore wings^rather narrowlyovate-lanceolate,with the discoidal cell closed acutely. Thesub-costalnervureisattenuatedtowardbaseof the wing, and subdivides into three marginal branches, the ^firstof which arisesatabout

its middle, and sends from the angle ^{of the} disk a _{trijid branch,} which is eitherforked on thecosta by an exceeding ^short branch beforethe_tip, and gives^riseatabout^its middle^toa branch to the inner margin,^oristrifidat

itsextreme_tip. The median is two or three-branched near itsend. The sub-median is simple. Hind _wings are without a discoidal cell; and the costal nervure is moderatelylong. The sub-costal runs through _the^mid- dle of the wing, (is central), and is furcate near the _tip. The median ^is well indicated, withtwo orthreeshort,approximatedbranches about themid- dle of theinner margin.

Sizevery^small.

Head

smooth. Withoutocelli. Forehead ratherelevated and rounded; facerounded, and nearly equally ^broad. Eyes very small, oval,and somewhat sunken, scarcely visible in front. Labial _palpi-mode- ratelylongand_{slender, smooth,pointed,} andsomewhat^recurved;the second jointslightlycompressed laterally.

No

_maxillarypalpi. Antennae inserted laterally; basal joint shortand rather thick, with a fewcilia atthe basebe- fore; stalk simple, slender, andscarcely aslong^asthe body. Tonguenaked, andaboutaslong^asthe labial palpi.

Medianveinof hindivingstwo-branched. Apical^{veintrifidat thetip.}

C. illectella. Labial_palpiand head _yellowishbrown. Anteunse^fus- cous. Fore wingsfuscous, dusted withdarkbrown, with^{a broad,}transverse silverywhitebandnear the middleof the wing, ^a spot of the same hue on thecostanear thetip, and anopposite oneonthe inner margin, nearlyjoin- ing^itinthemiddleof thewing. The extreme apex^ofthewing^{has a}silvery streak in the_cilia,marginedbehind with arowofdark brown atoms ontheir ends. Hindwings grayish^{fuscous; cilia}thesame.

Medianveinofhind_icingthree-branched. Apical^veinforked^{onthe costa,} withanervulettotheinner margin.

C.

maculoscella.

Labial palpi dull yellowish.

Head

dark brownish.

Antenna? fuscous. Fore wings shining silvery grayish, suffused with dark golden brown, with a^rather obscure _silveryband in the middleof thewing anda silvery spotonthecosta just before the_tip. The extremeapical por- tion ofthewing^isblackishbrown; ciliagrayish brown. Hind_{wingsgrayish,} dusted withdarkbrown; ciliagrayish brown.

Medio-posterior and central veins opposite thespace between^thesecond and thirdsub-costomarginals.

C.

madarella

^.

Head

dark_silverygray. Antennaedarkbrown, yellow- ishwhite at the _tips. Fore wings dark golden brown,silvery gray^at the base, with an _{oblique, pale golden} band near the middleof the wing, the costal portionbeing ^nearest the base.

On

the _costa, near the_tip, isa pale goldenspot,witha spot of the same hue _oppositeontheinner margin, and oneinthe middleof thewing ^{before the} tip; cilia pale brown, dotted with darkbrown. Hindwings grayishbrown; ciliarather darker.

Cosmoptekyx? Hiibner.

Theanteriorwings^arerather narrow, andslenderly caudate. Thediscoidal cell is elongate and very narrow, and closed acutely behindwith threesub- costo-marginalnervules,thefirstarising about the middleofthe wing. The mediansendsybwr nervules^totheinner margin, the^first arising

midway

^be- 1860.]

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tween thefirstandsecondsubcostal branches, and the lastfromtheapex^of the discoidal cell,together withan_{apicalbranch,} which almost immediately sendsoffanervulettothe inner margin, whilstthe _apicalproceedsthrough themiddleofthe slender, acicularcaudate extremity^toitstip. Atthe basal thirdofthe wing, the sub-costalnervure becomes attenuated. The costalis

nearlycoincident withthemargin^;thesub-medianfurcateatthe base. The posterior wings ^are narrow, almost setiform, and without a discoidal cell.

The sub-median is central, simple, andfaintly indicated until near the_tip,

when

itbecomesfurcate. The_median, whichisbetter defined, runs near the inner margin, and subdivides into threebranchesto the inner margin. The costaliscoincidentwith the marginal.

Head

_perfectlysmooth, advanced, long,andflattenedabove;forehead very convex and _globose; face _full, rounded, and somewhat retreating. Ocelli none. Eyes flattened, scarcely visible in front, oval. Antenna? nearly^as longasthe anteriorwings^; basal joint long, slender, andclavate; stalk seta- ceousand_{simple. Maxillary}palpi extremelyshort,scarcelyperceptible. Labial palpiverylong, slender,

much

_recurved,and_pointed;the second_jointsome- whatcompressed toward theend, shorterthan the third. Tonguescaled, as long^asthethorax beneath.

C.?

gem mif erella. Labial palpi dark greenish brown, witha silvery stripeon the front of the third joint,andanother behind, continued tothe secondjoint. Face, head,andthorax, dark greenish brown, withanarrow, central, silverylinecontinuedto the thorax, andoneof thesame hueabove the eyesoneachside. Antennaedark greenish brown, withtwosilvery lines onthebasaljoint,thestalkannulated withsilvery,anda broad, silvery ring before thetip,whichis likewise silvery. Fore wingsdark greenishbrownto the middle,andfrom theapical thirdtothetip, withanorange-colored patch ratherbeyondthemiddleof the wing, extended acrossthe wing,andalittle

produced along the ^costa behind, having ^a large, transverse, oval, smooth patchof elevated, silvery scalessomewhatviolet-hued, on itsinternalmargin thepatch extending nearly ^across the wing^; another smaller and similar, nearlyroundonebehindit, on the inner margin, and another small oneon the_costa, behindtheproducedportion, with awhitecostalstreak aboveitin the cilia. Allthesepatches^are somewhatblack-margined. Nearthebaseof thewing^arethree short, silvery streaks, one nearlyon_{the disk,}one near the foldbeneathit, and anoblique one aboveit, near the costa. Theciliaofthe extreme apex ^is silvery white, black-margined above, with a violet silvery scale in themiddleofthe wing,^{before the}tip. Theinner margin,^atthe base ofthe wing, ^issilvery. Hind_wings darkbrown;ciliasomewhatpaler.

Theornamentationof this insectisveryelegant. Taken on wingⁱⁿJune, July.

EUDARCIA.

Head andface rough. Without ocelli. Eyes small, hemispherical quite prominent, with a naked _space above? Labial _palpi short, rathersmooth, and_separated; the third joint somewhat less thick than the _second, and nearlyas long. Maxillary palpi long, folded, andfive or six-jointed. An- tennae, basal _joint moderately long,approximated on ^the front, simple,and

fullaslong^astheanterior wings. Tongue naked andveryshort, scarcely as long^asthe labial palpi, andnot reachingbeyond^{the front.}

Fore wings withthe subcostalnervure attenuated^atthe base; atthe basal third arises along marginal branch,and about its middlea furcatebranch, andthence the subcostal ^isfaintly indicated ^to the discal nervure,beyond whichitreappearsas a furcatebranch^to the costabehindthe_tip. Thedis- coidal cellisclosed, and sends _{a single} branch to the inner margin behind the_tip. The mediansubdivides into threeapproximate branches. Thesub- median is furcate at the base. In the hind wing ^{the costal nervure is} [Jan.

NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA. 11

ratherlong anddistinct; subcostal _simple, and obsoletefrom the middleto the base; discoidalcellunclosed, withan independentdiscal nervule, faintly indicatedfromthe base,and_furcateatthe apical third. The median_strongly indicatedandbifidratherbeyond^themiddleofthe inner margin.

E.^s

imu

1atricella^.

Head

brownish ochreous. Antennae ochreous, annulated withdarkbrown. Fore wings dark brownish, with ^awhiteband aboutthebasalthird ofthewing, ^awhite_spotonthe_costa, near the middle, andoneonthe inner margin, a^littlebehindit, andawhite transversestreak nearthe_tip. Hind_wingsdarkbrown; ciliathesame.

Thisinsect has considerable resemblancetoanIncurvaria. Itsneuration, however, places^itinavery^distinctgroup.

Antispila Herrich-Schaffer,Frey.

A.

Ny

^{saef o1iella.}

Head

^{above dark brown.} Face, ^labialpalpi, and forefeetshining yellowish ochreous. Antennaedark brown;basal jointyellowish ochreous. Fore wingsdark brown, with a greenish reflection, andthe base with_{a bright}coppery hue. Nearthe base is a rather broad,bright golden band, broadest on the inner margin, where it is nearest the_base, andcon- stricted at the foldof^the wing; a spot of the

same

hue on the_costa,atthe apical third of the wing, andoneon the inner margin,

midway

^betweenthis andtheband;ciliasomewhat_coppery, andrathergrayish^attheinner_angle.

Hindwings purplebrown; ciliagrayish ochreous.

Thelarvaminestheleaves of Nysa

multiflorain

_September. The head

isdarkbrown;firstsegment dark brownish^; bodyverypalegreen withdark atoms_{along the}dorsum;ventral surfacewithalineoftwoblack_spots. After the lastmolting the^first segment ^is black, and the dorsal spots becomea black, vascularline.

When

full fed, the larvaweaves anovalcocoon within themine, and_cutting the two skinsof the leaf into acorrespondentform, permits^ittofallto the ground. There is thus left an oval holein thede- sertedmine. Theimagos appear during thefollowingMay.

A. cornifoliella^. _{Head, face,} labialpalpi, and_{fore feet} darkbrown.

Antennaedark brown; basal joint somewhat ochreous. fore_wings ^rather dulldarkbrown, with a coppery hue. Near the base is a rather narrow, golden band, ^not constricted on the fold,and rather indistincttoward_{the costa,} whereitissomewhatsuffusedwithacoppery hue,andnearest thebaseonthe inner margin. Atthe _apical third of thewing ^{is a} small goldenspot, and nearly opposite, on the inner margin, another of the same hue, with the hinder portion^ofthewing tinged with a bright reddish copperyhue; cilia

dark_grayish. Hindwings purplishbrown;ciliasomewhatpaler, with a_cop- pery hue.

Thelarvamines the leaves ofCornus florida, ⁱⁿSeptember. It'maypos- siblybea variation of

Nysaefoliella.

The ^larvaeof theinsects arevery likeeachother,butIdon't

know

whetherthat

ofCornifoliella

_undergoes

thesame change^ofcoloration afterthelast molting^{as that of}

Nysaefoli-

ella. The head and shield dark brown; body nearlywhite, with seven minute, black points along the dorsum, and _eight on theventral surface, somewhat _larger, and more distinct. Its

mode

of preparing^for pupation^is thesameasthe previousspecies,butwhilstthe individuals of

Nysaefoli-

e1 1aon a single tree arealmost innumerable, those

ofCornifoliella

are not abundant.

Aspidisca.

Fore wings with nodiscoidal cell. The subcostal nervure traverses the middleofthewing, attenuated from the base^tothe basal_third,whereitgives origin^toa long, marginal branch, which reachesthecosta at theapical third ofthewing^{;near the}tip^itsubdividesintothreeshortbranches, one^ofwhich

isdeliveredtothecostabehind the _tip, oneto the_tip, without_attainingthe I860.]

ACADEMY OF

extreme_apes, and one to the inner margin,

somewhat

behind the second marginal branch. Themedian nervure iswanting. The sub-mediansimple.

Hind _{wings with} no discoidal cell. The subcostal nervure is central and attenuated towards the _base, and at about its apical third delivers a branchto the inner margin,and is bifid behind the _tipof the wing. The medianissimple. The submedianobsolete orwanting.

Size extremely ^small.

Head

and face smooth, covered with _closelyap- pressed ^scales. Face rather broad, and somewhat produced ^{beneath intoa} point. Forehead rounded. Ocelli none. Eyes extremelysmall, notvisible from_above, and _scarcely visible in front. Antennae held extended at the sides, veryshort, scarcelyone-half & long^astheanterior wings, rather thick, obtuse, and _rougheired with scales. Maxillary palpi none. Labial palpi none. Tongue^none.

A.

splendorif

^{er ella.}

Head

golden. Antennas _fuscous, tinged with golden. Fore wings,fromthebase tothe middle, leadengray, with_{a splen-} dent lustre, and from the middle to the _tip golden, with a broad, nearly straight, metallic, silvery streak, extending from the costa near the tip to the middleof the wing,and dark-margined on ^{both sides. This is}nearly joinedby^{adorsal streakof the} same hue, almost opposite ^toit, withcon- vergingdark_margins, andwitha blotch ofdarkbrownscalesadjoining^itbe- hind. Inthe costo-apical^{cilia is}a _short,blackish brown streak, parallel to thedark margin^ofthesilvery costal streak.

Atthe_tipisa black, apical spot, withmetallic, silvery scales in^itscentre, andafewsilvery scales intheciliaaboveand beneathit.

A

blackish

brown

hinder marginal^{line in} the _cilia, interrupted by^a silverystreakinthecilia

beneaththe apical spot, and the cilia yellowish brown. Hindwings leaden gray^{; cilia}yellowish brown.

Thelarvaminesthe leaves of Crataegus

tomentosa

early inSeptember.

The mineappears^atfirstasaverynarrow_line,andissubsequentlyexpanded intoa small, transparent ^blotch. At _maturity, the larva weaves a cocoon betweenthecuticles, andcutsa small ovaldisk. Thisis sometimescarried quite a distance,andis ultimately secured ^to some _objectby^{oneof itsends} tied

down

onalittlebuttonof white silk. It enters the

pupa

^{state toward} thelatterpart of September, and_appearsasan imago early in spring.

The

maturelarva has a head

much

smaller than thefirst ring,rounded above, andelliptical. The body^isflattened,and tapers posteriorlyfromthe anterior rings. The segments ^{are rather} deeply ^incised, the thoracic ob- tuselyroundedat the _sides, and the rest with a minute lateral noduleor mammilla. It iswithoutlegs or prolegs, butonthesecondandthird thoracic rings, onboth thedorsal andventral surfaces, are spots or cup-likedepres- sions, one,oneach_side, capable^of being contractedand _{expanded. So, like-} wise, from the sixth to the ninth _inclusive, on the ventral surface are transverselyplaced oval spots, similar ^to the _thoracic, andone oneach_seg- ment.

On

the segment^{next thelast is}a protuberance, both^dorsalandven- tral,with two _cup-like depressionson eachsurface. Thesearenot supplied with hooks, andiftheyare substitutesfor feet,

must

act likesuckers.

They

areallpalebrown. The headisdark brown;thebody brown, with blackish along the^dorsalandventralsurfaces.

"Whenthelarvaeareyoung,^{it is}extremely^difficulttodiscover theirmines, andthe transparent blotch^isnot

much

_largerthanthe cocoon,leaving^aspace inwhichthe ^''frass^{' '}iscollected.

Diachorisia.

Forewings pointed, narrowlyovate- lanceolate; discoidalcellclosedbehind

by

a veryfaintly indicated nervure, with a faintly indicated secondary^cell.

Thesubcostal nervure obscurely^indicatedfromthesecondary^{cellto the} base of the wing, with ^a long anddistinct marginal nervule from near^{the base,} [Jan.

NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA. 13 one fromthemiddleofthe secondarycell,andthreefromtheendofittothe costa. Three nervulesfromthediscal nervuretothe inner margin, heneath thetip. The medianwithout branches;beyondthediscal, itproceedstothe inner margin,as a 9ingle shortvein;perhapsitmaybebifid. The submedian

is simple. Hind _wings lanceolate, clothed with scales, with the discoidal cellclosedby^a veryfaintly indicated nervure. The costal nervureislong, andextends nearly to the _tip of the wing. The subcostal is simple, and.

wanting from ^{near the} origin of the discal nervure, whereitisslightlypro- duced inwardly, but^{well indicated} thence to near the_tip. Thediscalner- vure _gives rise to a discal branch which _quickly becomes bifid, and its brancheswell defined near to the _tip, above and beneath. The medianis well indicated, and is three-branched, the ^last very faintly connectedwith thesecond.

No

submediannervure.

Sizevery^small.

Head

_{rough and} hairy above andinfront. Ocellinone.

Eyes ^ratherlarge, round, and_salient,not set ona nakedcircular portion of the head, nor with a naked space above the_eyes. Antennseabout one-half aslong^as the anterior wings, inserted laterally, and microscopicallypubes- cent beneath; basal joint moderately long, stalk roughened ^{with scales.}

Maxillary palpi rather long and folded. Labial _palpi moderate, slender, smooth,cylindrical, separated,and somewhat_drooping;thethird jointnearly as long ^as the _second, which has a few bristles at its end and beneath.

Tongue ^?.

D.

velatella

^. Labial_palpidarkbrownish.

Head

brownish_gray. An- tennse grayishfuscous, with the basal joint whitish,having a blackish, ex- ternal streak. Fore wings whitish, dusted with dark _fuscous,with afew dark fuscous _spots along the costa, and one of the same hue about the middleof the _disk, beneath which, on the _fold, isanotherofthe samehue.

Toward

the _{apex, in}themiddleofthewing, beneath the^lastcostal spot, ^isa small, darkfuscous _spot, sometimesconnectedtoward the base of thewing with a dusted streak of the

same

hue; ^ciliawhitish, somewhatdottedwith darkfuscous. Hindwings grayishbrown; ciliathe same.

Therelationship of^thisinsect

tolncurvaria

andits alliedgenera, espe- cially to Acerifoliellaand

toEudarcia,

^isvery obvious.

Bucculatrix? Hiibner.

Theanteriorwings^{lanceolate;the discalcellis} closed acutely behind,with the subcostalnervure_faintlyindicatedfromthemiddle of thewing^to the base, and sending/owr^{nervulestothe} costa,thefirst about the basal_third,andits originfrom the subcostal _faintlyindicated

; the three others arisingnearthe apical portion of thewing, withthe subcostalbetweenthesecondandlastrather faintlyindicated; the third nervule scarcely noticeable,and thelast branch arisingfromthe apexof the discoidalcell. The median is strongly indicated throughout, and sends off to the inner margin ^{at its} posterior end, a very faintlyindicatedbranch, whilst the apical branch,which _appearstobea con- tinuationof it,becomes bifid behind the _tipof thewing. Theposterior are narrowlylanceolate,without discoidalcell. Thesubcostal nervureiscentral,

andsubdividesbeyond^themiddleof thewing into three branches,twotothe innermargin,and_{one along}the exterior margin ^tothetip. The medianner- vureissimple.

Sizeextremely^small. Headrough,^tuftedinthe middle. Facesmoothand retreating. Eyes salient, visible in front. Antennse with a spreading, basal eye-cap, expanded ^{above the} eyes^; stalk veryslender, simple, scarcelymore than one-half so long ^{as the} body.

No

labial or maxillary palpi. Tongue naked, veryshort, notone-halfaslong^asthe anteriorcoxae.

B.?

coronatella.

Face yellowish-white. The head withthetuftpale orangechrome;theeye-capspale yellow,touched behind with orange chrome.

Antennse _yellow, dotted above with dark brown. Fore wings pale orange I860.]

ACADEMY OF

chrome, withawhitish patch near ^the base above the_fold,one_nearlyoppo-

site, onthe innermargin,andone aboutthemiddleof the wing, on ^{the costa.}

Nearthe_tipof thewing^{isa rather}indistinct, narrow,^whitishband,becoming somewhatdiffuseonthe innermargin, aboutthe middleof thecilia; extreme apex^{of the}wingwhitish,mixedwith scalesof the generalhue: ciliagrayish fulvous. Hind_{wings dark gray}; ciliafulvous gray.

Abdomen

_paleorange chrome, with ^adark brownish_stripealong^the dorsum,^variedwithfulvous.

PYRAL1DINA.

Fam.

HERMINID^E.

Epipaschia.

Anterior wings withtwo approximated, subcosto-marginal nervules arising near_tb^eendof the disk,with a short nervulettothe _costa,from near the_tip ofthe subcosto-apicalnervule

;the origin of the post apical^is

midway

^between

the discaland _marginalnervulet; the subcosto-inferioranddiscalhave coinci- dent_origins. The discal is nearly circularly curved,andiscontinuedtothe disco-central nervulewhich anastomoses by^contactwith the medio-superior.

Median three-branched. Submedian furcate at the base. In the posterior wings^{the discal}nervure islong,withasweepingcurve,and, asⁱⁿ the anterior wings,^iscontinuedto the disco-central nervule,anastomosingby^contactwith themedio-superior.

Headwith ocelli. Eyes round, ^rather large and salient. Maxillarypalpi short,scaly and_porrected. Labial palpismooth, recurved,butnotexceeding the vertex, cylindrical and _pointed; third joint rather short,andindistinctly marked. Tonguescaled at the base,and_{nearly aslong}asthethoraxbeneath.

Antennae with an arlicitlatedappendagearisingfrom^thebasaljoint, throicnback- wards, and_{as long}as the thorax, andclothedwith scalesandspreading hairs^atits tip; the stalkis exterior to it,slender,^its jointsroughened^with scales,and

finely ciliatedbeneath.

E.

supera

^{talis. Head} yellowish. Labial palpi yellowish, dusted with dark ochreous, with a dark brown _spotatthebaseof the third _joint. An- tennasbrownish, annulated with yellow,^theantennalappendageyellow,dusted withblackishbrown, especially exteriorly. Fore wingspale yellowish, dusted with dark brownishto an_irregulardarkbrown_line,crossing the nervulesfrom the costato theinnermargin,beyond which ^{it isdull reddish}brown. About themiddleof the costaisa blackishbrown_spot,a smalloneof thesame hue onthe discalnervure;^aminute one atthe base,andthe baseof the_fold, with theinnermargin ^{at the} base tintedwith reddish brown.

On

the posterior margin^{of the}wing^isalineofdarkbrowndots. Hind_{wingsfuscous,}with a darkbrown round _spotnear the exterior marginof the base, andabrownish marginalline,with one ofthesamehueinthecilia.

From Edward

_Norton,of Farmington, Conn.

SPHINGINA.

Fam.

^GERIID.E.

Trochilium _Scopoli.

Iregard^thisgenus^assynonymous^{with the}

^Egeria

of Dr. Harris; ^itin- cludes, likewise, thegroup he hascharacterized by^thisname.

Both_wings transparent. Antennce little thickenedat the_tips. Abdomen_sessile,

tufted at thetip. Hindtarsivery^slenderandsmooth, as long as^thetibice.

T.

A

cer ni . Head andlabialpalpideepreddish orange, theformerwhite infrontof the eyes. Antennasbluish black, the basal joint reddish orangeⁱⁿ front. Thoraxochreous _yellow, with the tegulse ⁱⁿfronttouched with_pale bluish black.

Abdomen

bluish black, variedwith ochreous _yellow; terminal tuftdeepreddish orange. Fore wings with ^the marginsand median nervure bluish black, dustedwith yellowish ;a largediscal,bluishblack patch^;termi- nal).

NATURAL SCIENCES OP PHILADELPHIA. 15

nal portion of thewing ^ochreous yellow,with a blackish,subterminal band, andthenervules blackish; the hinder marginbluish black, andtheciliadeep fuscous. Hindwings with^ablackdiscalpatch; nervules blackish,and hinder margin^blackish. Under surface of the body^ochreous yellow, witha bluish blackpatch on each^{side of the}second abdominal segment. The middleand posterior tibiaannulated withbluish blackat their ends, the anterior blackish, with the coxae touched with reddish orange. All the tarsi touched with blackishabove. Thelarvaboresthetrunkof themaple.

Note. In the November number, 1859, the following correctionsshould be

made

^:

In thefirstlineof the note on_p.317, precedingshouldreadsucceeding.

In Divsion_II.,oftheTableof_species,on_p.318, an should readno.

On

_page327,for vitcgcnellareadvitigenella.

Appendix ^{to the} paper entitled

New

Genera and _{Species of} North American Tipulidaewith short palpi,&c.

BY

R.

OSTEN SACKEN.

Thefollowing are someadditionsandcorrectionsto

my

paper,suggested by the examinationof the entomological collections of the BritishMuseum,^the Jardin des Plantes,and the

Museum

of the University of Berlin, as well asof someprivate collections.

TheBritish

Museum

afforded

me

thedesired information about the

Lim-

n o biaedescribedby^Mr. Walkerinhis"ListofSpecimens,^etc."

L.

simulans

Walk, is

my

Dicranomyia

defuncta.

Mr. Walker,(1.c.

p.45) describes^thisspecies as "paleyellow, legs yellow, tipsofthe thighs,ofthe shanks,and_ofthe_feet,black,"

etc.;whereas,ⁱⁿ reality,thebody^is cinereous, the legsaredarkbrown, almostblack,witha whitish ring before thetipof the femora, etc. Mr.Walker's descriptionwas drawn froma single old and faded _speci-

men

; no wonder, therefore, that^itcould not be identified.

L.

badia

Walk, seems to be

my

Dicranomyia

humidicola.

The_only specimenⁱⁿ the British

Museum

iswithout _leg9. The characteristic

mark

of thespecies, the white ring^{at the}tip of^the tibice,was therefore not mentionedin the description. (Walker,^{1. c.}p. 46.)

Anisomera

longicornis

^Walk, appears ^to be the species which I have identified forit.

Not_having seen Mr.Saunders's collection,^Ihave notbeen able toidentify theLimnobias ignobilis,

prominens, biterminata,

^{and turpis de-}

scribedby^Mr.Walkerinthe DipteraSaundersiana.

In the

Museum

of Berlin I have found a considerable numberof undeter- mined

Limnobiae

and

Eriopterse

^from Georgia,mostofwhichIhave been abletoidentifywiththe speciesdescribedin

my

paper. Only^afewwere new

tome. Iwillgiveherealistofthesespecies,asanadditionto theknowledge of theirgeographical distribution.

Some

observations and correctionsto

my

descriptions,especially

when

_theywere drawnfroma limited number_{of speci-} mens,

may

^alsofindtheir place here.

Limnophila

adusta

intwo

(^

)specimens. The brownline inthemiddle of thethoraxwas _{hardlyapparent.} The_tipsofthefemorawere_distinctlyin- fuscated.

Limnophila

imbecilla(?) Asingletf* specimen,which had the neura- tionof thewings,thelongverticils,etc..of saidspecies,butthe coloring of the bodyof which was somewhatdifferent,namely,brownish ferruginous,shillingon I860.]