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of the cell to the costa (the connecting links of this series are sometimes wanting, leaving the costal 
and dorsal spots alone conspicuous); on the middle of the costa is a smaller spot, and around the apex 
and termen are sometimes a few dots of the same colour, but far less conspicuous; cilia whitish 
ochreous, Exp. al. 13-18 mm. Hindwings and cilia dirty brownish white. Abdomen very pale 
ochreous. Legs pale ochreous. 
Type 2 (1847:9) BM. ; Ott. (66862-4) Mus. Wlsm. (Godm-Salv. Coll.) BM. [Hiét. (66870-4) US. Nat. 
Mus.] 
Hab. AMERICA, C-S. Central America—Costa Rica: Volean de Irazu, 6000- 
7000 ft. (4. Rogers); Rio Sucio (H. Rogers). South America’— VENEzvELA (D. Dyson, 
1846)'. 
Walker’s Type is wrongly described asa ¢—it isa 2 with divided frenulum. 
XYLESTHIA Clms. 
=+Xyrzzstra Dyar, Krft. 
. Type: Xylesthia pruniramiella Clms. (Clms. 1859). 
XyuestHia Clms. Pr. Ac. Nat-Se. Phil. 11:1859 259-60, 262 (1859): Clms-Stn. Tin. N-Am. 
pp. vii, 87, 39, 538-5 tf. 60°5 (1872); Z. Verh. ZB. Ges. Wien 28:1873 Abh. 217-19 
(1873); Chmb. Bull. US. GG. Surv. 4 166 (1878): Jr. Cin. Soc. NH. 2 198 tf. 201°2 
(1880); Wlsm. Pr. Z. Soc. Lond. 1897 166 no. 102 sp. 274 (1897). +Xyzesrra Dyar Bull. 
US. Nat. Mus. 52 569 sp. 6476 (1902) ; Krft., Smith’s Check-List Lp. Bor. Am. 122 sp. 7014: 
(1903). Xynesrura Busck Pr. Ent. Soc. Wash. 5 186 (1903) ; Dietz Tr. Am. Ent, Soc. 31 
22, 28-9, 92 Pf. 1-°7 (1905) ; Busck Can. Ent. 38 347-8 (1906). 
1. Xylesthia pruniramiella Clms. 
- =clemensella Chmb.® ; =congeminatella Z.°; =kearfottella Dietz”. 
Xylesthia pruniramiella Clms. Pr. Ac. Nat-Se. Phil. 11: 1859 259-60, 262 (1859) *: Clms-Stn. 
Tin. N-Am. pp. vii, 37, 39, 538-5 tf. 60°5 (1872) 2, Xylesthia clemensella Chmb. Can. Ent. 5 
174 (1873)*. Xylesthia congeminatella Z. Verh. ZB. Ges. Wien 23: 1873 Abh. 218-9 (1878) *. 
Xylesthia clemenseila Chmb. Can. Ent. 9 208 (1877) °: Bull. US. GG. Surv. 4 166 (1878) °: 
Jr. Cin. Soc. NH. 2 198 tf. 201° 2 (1880)". +Xylestia pruniramiella Dyar Bull. US. Nat. 
Mus. 52 569 sp. 6476 (1902) *. Xylesthia pruniramiella Busck Pr. Ent. Soe. Wash. 5 186 
(1903)° ; Dietz Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. 31 28-9, 92 (1905) °. Xylesthia kearfottella Dietz Tr. 
Am. Ent. Soc. 31 28, 29, 92 Pf.1°7 (1905)". Xylesthia pruniramiella Busck Can. Ent. 38 
347-8 (1906) ”. 
Hab. AMERICA, N-C. United States’~’—Ariantic Status * “—MassacHUsErts *: 
10-23. VIL ‘—New Jersey “—Pewnsyivania *": @in excrescences on branches of 
Plum, Aib.—V., ex. VI**—DIstRicr oF Cotumpia*°—NortaH Carouina, 1884 (H. x. 
Morrison) —Kentucxy * * °. @®in dead Locust timber, ex. m.VI — b. VIII °—Mussorri * 
—Kansas—Arizona™. Central America—Mexico: sonora, 1883 (Hf. K. Morrison). 
