The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1880-11-17

tip. The antenn@ are minutely
pectinated and microscopially pubes.
cent, ochreous, dotted with fuscous
on the upper surface, and with the
upper surface of the basal joint fus-
cous. Abdomen ochreous dotted
with fuscous. Legs stained with
iuscous on their anterior surfaces.
Al. exp. eleven sixteenth inch III to
20mm., J. FL. C.).
"NoTE.-Since the above descrip-
tion Of ". citritolie1la was prepared,
l have received a note from Mr..
Stanton, in which he states that The
Nothris from leaf buds Of orange
trees is something quite unknown to
me. Your sketch of the tore wing is
quite quite in the style of ", 3'~dham-
eIIa.'"
(Coleotechaites citriel1a, Chambers
[new speciesl)
Order LEpIDoPrERA family TINE
IDAE.<
At Manatee, Florida, in the latter
part OF April, | found upon the trunk
of an orange tree the case of Tlned
larva. This case was rather slender,
IL nm, .43 inch) long, and rather
pointed at the hinder extremity. 1t
was dark gray in color, resembling
the bark Oh which it was found,
and was apparently composed OF
small bits of lichens and excremental
pellets, with much gray silk. The
moth issued March 6, and upon being
referred to Mr.. Chambers proved to
be new species representing new
genus. The following are Mr.. Cham.
ber's descriptions:
"CoLEOTECHNITEs Chambers (new
genus.-Fore wings lanceolaie; the
cell closed the sq5costal gives off
branch about its middle and then
others near TO its tip, the last one
= :,
becomes iurcate with one branch to
each margin, media two branched and
the discal sends branch to the dorsal
margin Submedian turcate at the
base. Hind wings about as wide as
fore wings cell indistinctly closed;
subcostal with branch to each mar.
gin before the tip; median then
branches, single discal branch;
sub-median and internal veins indis.
tinct; two folds through the discal
cell; hind margin somewhat exca.
waited beneath the tip.
"Head depressed; forehead obtuse;
tongue moderately long; no max
Hilary palpi; labial palpia perfected,
the second joint with a tutt which
spreads both above and below the
apex; third joint detlexed, shorter
than the second; antenn@ simple,
more than Ealt as long as the tore
wings.
&c. CITR1ELLA Chambers IN. sp. -
Pale sordid ochreous; there is tus-
coas spot near the top OF the third
palpal joint; antenn@ pale sordid
ochreous annulate with tuscous tore
wings pale sordid ochreous irrorate
with LUSCIOUS Especially SO along the
disc) but paler on the dorsal margin.
There are three dark brown of black
ish oblique costal streaks reaching
the middle and then produced back
wards, the last one produced back to
the apex. The first OF these streaks
is near the base of the wing, and ex-
tends along the costa to the base, the
second before the middle, and the
third at about the aplcal third Of the
wing length. The apical part OF the
wing is darker than the remainder.
Abdomen and legs pale sordid OCH
reous, the latter annulate with fus-
cous and the first and second pairs
dark LUSCIOUS on their anterior sur
faces. Al. ex. not quite half an
inch.-From Florida.
Professor Comstock informs me
that the larva lives in case, OF which
he sent me an example, and that it
feeds upon the orange. The case IS
an oblong cone of silk lined exter-
nall1 with fragrments OF frass and
other debris.
BLAsToBASIs CLTRICoLELEA Cham
bers (new species.)
Order LEPIDoPTERA; family TINE
IDAE.
From a drv orange which was