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Lozotaenia schreberiana Westwd., Br. Moths, II, 114, pi. 80, p. 20, 1844. 



Sericoris trileucana Doubleday, Zoologist, V, p. 1/29, 1847. 



Croesia (?) trileucana Stph., Cat. Br. Ins., X, 90, 1852. 



Croesia persicana Fitch., 3d Kept. Ins., N. Y., 357, 1856. 



Lozotaenia schreberiana Westwd., Br. Moths, 2d Ed., II, 114, pi. 80, 



P- 20, 1857- 



Ditula (?) blandana Clem., Pro. Ent. Soc. Ph., Ill, 515, 1864. 

 Lozotaenia fragariana Pack., Guide St. Ins., 335, 1869. 

 Tortr. (Argyrot} conigerana Zell., V. Z. b. Ges. Wien, XXV, 227, 



1875. 



Ptycholoma persicana Fern., Tr. A. E. S., X, 14, 1882. 

 Ptycholoma trileucana Barrett, Ent. Mo. Mag., XXIV, 35, 1887. 

 Archips persicana Fern., Bull. 52, U. S. N. M., No. 5379, 1902. 

 Archips persicana Kearf., Smith's List, Lep., No. Am., No. 5796, 1903. 



I feel considerable doubt of the correctness of the synon- 

 omy of this species. Stephens and the earlier authors give 

 earlier references in the works of Linne (Gmelin Ed. xiii), Pan- 

 zer (Fauna Insectorum Germaniae), etc., usually accompanied 

 by interrogation marks. Doubleday, in Zoologist, 1847, says 

 under heading of L. schreberiana. "This species bears no re- 

 semblance to the Tortri.r schreberiana (Linn.), except in having 

 a white costal spot : it is Sericoris trileucana (Gm.) , a common 

 American species." This remark is repeated in the second edi- 

 tion of Westwood's British Insects, but does not occur in the 

 first. I have carefully examined all of the available editions 

 of Linne, and find nothing that convinces me that either he or 

 Gmelin were acquainted with the American species, but that 

 all of their references were of the European species now 

 known as Olethreutes schreberiana L., Staudinger & Rebel 

 Cat. No. 1856. 



If this presumption is correct, Stephens is responsible for 

 the first notice and description of the American insect. West- 

 wood's figures, especially good in the first edition, are un- 

 doubted representations of our common persicana. 



Archips biustulana Stephens. 



Lozotaenia biustulana Stph., Cat. Br. Ins., II, 171, 1829. 

 Lozotaenia biustulana Stph., Ills. Br. Ent., Haus., IV, 78, 1834. 

 Lozotaenia biustulana Wood., Ind. Ent., No. 867, 1839. 

 Lozotaenia biustulana Bentley, Zoologist, III, p. roor, 1845. 



