52 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [Feb., '09 



Synonomy of Certain Tortricidae. 



By W. D. KEARFOtff, Montclair, N. J. 



While collecting data for a review of this sub-family, I re- 

 cently read a series of papers by the late Chas. G. Barrett in the 

 "Entomologist's Monthly Magazine," entitled "Notes on Brit- 

 ish Tortrices ;" of particular interest were certain remarks on 

 pp. 35 and 36, Vol. xxiv, 1887, wherein Mr. Barrett calls at- 

 tention to four names that had been recently expunged from 

 the British lists, as representing North American species. 



These remarks may be quoted in full for the benefit of North 

 American students. 



"In Mr. Shepherd's collection are also several of the origi- 

 nal types, on the faith of which species were included in our 

 fauna, which were afterwards expunged as aliens. They all 

 appear in Stephens' British Museum Catalogue, but only as 

 reputed British species, and with the locality, "North Ameri- 

 ca?" These specimens are carefully labelled as follows: 

 "Peregrinana" 

 "Obliquana, Bent." 



''These names appear in Stephens' Catalogue, page 90, and 

 obliquana is figured very accurately by Mr. Humphreys (W. 

 and H., Vol. ii, pi. 80, fig. 8). I believe this species to be Pan- 

 dcmis albariana Walk., a native of North America. It agrees 

 very well with the figure in Lord Walsingham's work on North 

 American Tortricidae, plate 62, fig. 10." 



'Trilcncana. This is Ptycholoma pcrslcana. Fitch (blan- 

 dana Clemens, fragariana Packard), agreeing well with North 

 American specimens sent me some years ago by Professor 

 Fernald, of Maine State College. In Stephens' list, p. 90, 

 Croesia trileucana. 



" 'B insttil an a' (two specimens). This is figured in West- 

 wood and Humphreys' work (Vol. ii, pi. 80, fig. 10). Stephens 

 says of it that he has seen only two specimens, which he 

 believes came from the West of England. He might well have 

 said farther west. It is Ptycholoma inelaleucana Zeller, from 

 Virginia, Maine, Pennsylvania and Ohio. It is well figured 



