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list and subsequently. This is an error ; ferruginella is inter 

 mediate between the two American species, dorsistrigella 

 Clemens and the present species, and it is quite as near the for 

 mer as the latter. Crocicapitella is very distinct and shows no 

 variation towards the European form, differing in the lighter and 

 dulfer, more brownish ground color, in the darker head and 

 thorax, and especially in the absence of white scaling on the 

 costal edge above the transparent discal spot. It also lacks the 

 small, sharp, light costal streaks found towards the apex in 

 fe r r ugin ell a . 



Tinea carnariella Clemens. 



One type, the wings on left side absent ; otherwise in good con 

 dition. Clemens' No. 4; alar exp., 18 mm. 



From the description of this species, or probably more from 

 the habits of the larva, Stainton surmised that it might be the 

 cosmopolitan Tinea pellionella Linn.* But several discrepan 

 cies in the description intimated that he was wrong in this assump 

 tion, and Clemens' type now proves that it is quite a different 

 species. It is a true Tinea. No other specimen exactly like the 

 type is at present known to the writer. 



The condition of this specimen lacking the wings on one 

 side is characteristic of many of Clemens' types and is explained 

 by the note in his letter of June 23, 1860, to Stainton, published 

 by the latter in his edition of Clemens' papers (p. 36) : " I cannot 

 promise, however, to send specimens of all the Tineina I have 

 described, for frequently the descriptions have been drawn from 

 a single specimen, which has been deprived of one pair of wings " 

 [evidently for the purpose of structural studies]. 



Tinea lanariella Clemens. 



One type in good condition, Clemens' No. 5 ; alar exp., 14 mm. 

 As determined by Stainton, who received four specimens of this 

 species from Clemens, it is the same as the cosmopolitan Tineola 

 biselliella Hummel, and must be known under that name. Com 

 pared specimens are in the U. S. National Museum. 



Tinea nubilipennella Clemens. 



One type, somewhat rubbed but easily recognizable, Clemens' 

 No. 6 ; alar exp., 15 mm. 



As determined by Stainton, this species is identical with the 

 European Tinea fuscipunctella Haworth. I have examined 

 the types of CRcophorafrigidella Packard, from Labrador, now 

 in the Museum of Comparative Zoology in Cambridge, Mass., 

 and concur with Lord Walsingham's opinion that they represent 



*Tin. N. Am., p. 51, 1872. 



