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the same species.* A large series compared with Clemens' type 

 is in the U. S. National Museum. 



The writer has bred this species repeatedly from the nests of 

 tame pigeons at Washington, D. C. 



Tinea variatella Clemens. 



One type in poor condition, with head and left fore wing miss 

 ing. Clemens' No. 7; alar exp., 12.5 mm. 



Probably the same as the European Tinea granella Linn, as 

 suggested by Stainton. 



Xylesthia pruniramiella Clemens. 



Two types, with head missing in both ; otherwise in good 

 condition. Clemens' No. 8; alar exp., 12 and 14.5 mm. I 

 have examined Chambers' type of Xylesthia clem ens ell a-\ in 

 the Museum of Comparative Zoology in Cambridge, and 

 Zeller's specimen of Xylesthia congeminatella,\ and I am con 

 vinced that these species are identical and the same as Clemens' 

 species. I have collected a large series around Washington, and 

 in Kentucky and Missouri. The differences which Zeller and 

 Chambers found in comparison with Clemens' description are 

 simply due to the different state of preservation of their speci 

 mens. The delicately loose-scaled fore wings of this species are 

 exceedingly easily injured by handling and then present quite a 

 changed appearance. 



Compared specimens are in U. S. National Museum. 



Amydria effrenatella Clemens. 



One type, the abdomen missing, otherwise perfect. Clemens' 

 No. 9; alar exp., 27 mm. 



This type agrees with our preconceived conception of the spe 

 cies derived from Clemens' description. Compared specimens 

 are in U. S. National Museum from the Atlantic Coast region. 

 Stainton, who had a specimen of this species from Clemens, sug 

 gested that the genus was the same as Euplocamus, Latreille ; 

 but, as pointed out by Clemens himself, it differs in possessing 

 well developed maxillary palpi. 



Anaphora plumifrontella Clemens. 



One somewhat rubbed type, Clemens' No. 10; alar exp., 33 

 mm. 



This type verifies the present conception of the species, as de 

 fined by Walsingham, with bombycina Zeller as synonym. It be 

 longs to the genus Acrolophus Poey. A large series, collected 



* Trans. Am. Ent. Soc.,x, p. 171, 1882. 



t Can. Ent., v, p. 174, 1873. 



J Verh. k. k., zool.-bot. Gesell. Wien., xxiii, p. 218, 1873. 



