Two new American species of the genus Ethmia

OF WASHINGTON, VOLUME

XII, 1910.

53

TWO NEW AMERICAN SPECIES OF THE GENUS ETHMIA.

[Lepidoptera, Ethmiidas]

BY AUGUST BUSCK.

Ethmia monachella, new

_species.

Labial palpi

weak:

second_joint clothed with spreading black hairs:

terminaljoint short,black. Face, head,andbasal_{joint of}antenna?deep black; antenna- dark fuscous.

Thorax

deep ^black. Forewings ^{with a} broad,longitudinal,straight-edged blackish

brown

streak from base to apex,above which a narrow, pale yellowish^costal edge and below which a broad, grayish yellow dorsal ^streak.

Around

_{the apical} edge^is a regu- larseries ofdeep ^black marginaldots,threeofwhich are above thecen- traldark_streak,two or three in _it,and sixorsevenbelowit. Inthe pale dorsal part^of the

wing

^{aretwo smallblack dots,one at}basal fourthand one on the middle of the wing.

Hindwings

semi-transparent, smoky, black, with _lighter yellowish dorsal cilia.

Abdomen

deep black, with brightorangetips to thesix posterior segments andwith bright orange genitalia. Anterior

and

middle _legs black, with narrowwhite tarsal an- nulations; posterior legsblack, with bright orange ^{tibial tuft} and with whitetarsal annulations.

Alarexpanse, 20

mm.

Habitat: Boulder, Colorado

_(S.

A. Rohwer,

coll.).

Type: ^Male, No.

_12883,

U.

S.

National Museum.

This

_species

_belongs

to

the group umbrimarginella Busck and

_allies,

but

is easily

recognized by ^the

light ^costal

edge above the

central

longitudinal dark

streak.

Ethmia _hammella, new

species.

Labial palpi white,smooth.

Face

and head white. Antenna?_yellow-

ish.

Thorax

and _patagia deep ^{bluish black with} light straw-yellow posterior tips. Forewings shining light straw-yellow, sprinkled with bluishblack scales and with deepbluish black markings; extreme base and a small costal spot near base bluish black: alarge quadrangular bluish black dorsal spot near base^; three round_spotsonthe disk of the

same

_color, twoofwhich are close together, nearly^confluent,near costa^: thethirdlower and farther outonthe middleof the wing.

The

apical and _especially the terminal edge ^{of the} wing broadlybluish black, with twosmall round dotspreceding;

beyond

^the upper^ofthese, justbefore apex,^is an ill-defined blotch of white scales. Ciliayellowish fuscous.

Abdomen

dark brown, each joint with conspicuouslight ochreous _pos- terioredge.

Hindwings

blackish fuscous, darkesttowards the _tip,with

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lighter ^cilia. Legs dark brown, with ochreous tarsi.

Hind

tibia also ochreous.

Alar_expanse, L'L'

mm.

Habitat:

_Tuis,

Costa

_Rica,

5,800

^{feet altitude}

(W. Schaus).

Type: No. _{12844, U.}

S.

National Museum.

A very

distinct species,

with remarkably broad wings.

TWO NEW SPECIES OF LAETILIA RAGONOT.

[Lepidoptera,Pyralidte, Phycitinae.]

BY HARRISON

G.

DYAR.

Laetilia

myersella; new

_species.

Gray, the scaling rather coarse, ^the palegray ^scales

somewhat

inter- mixed with black; basal line appearing^as two black spots ^atthe base of forewing; ^{inner line of}the ground-color rather broad, waved, edged narrowlywith black within and broadly so outwardly, theshadewiden- ing

somewhat

above inner margin^{; discal dots} large,conjoined ^{into a} rounded

mark

; outer line of the ground-colorslightly flexuous, edged with black on bothsides

; a

row

ofconfluent black spots^at thebaseof the_fringe.

Hind wing

pale fuscous, the fringe^whitish.

Expanse, ^{14 to 15}

mm.

Ten _specimens,

_Rockville,

Pennsylvania, May

27, 1909,

bred from

scale insects

on _pine

_(P.

R. Myers);

¹

specimen, Tryon, North Carolina (W.

^F.

Fiske).

Type: No.

^12827,

^U.

^S.

^National Museum.

Laetilia

eremiellaV new

species.

Fore

wing

pale gray,nearly white, shading

somewhat

darker along the innermargin^; baseofthe wing^{filledin with blackish scales; inner}

band

broad, black,onthe costalhalfofthewingonly^{; discal} dots round, black,separated^{; outer lineof} the ground-color, situated near themar- gin, crenulate,edged^{with black} on both sides narrowly, the outer edg- ing^faint; a

row

ofconfluent terminal dots.

Hind wing

whitish, semi- pellucid, tinged with fuscous on theveins and margin; fringe whitish.

Expanse, ¹⁸

mm.

One specimen, Stockton, Utah, August

^1,

¹⁹⁰⁷

(T.

Spald-

ing,

through

^Dr.

^G. W.

Dietz).

Type: No. ^{12828, U.}

^S.

^National Museum.

Actual

date

of

issue,

March

21, igio.