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an inch, and may be found in colonies containing a few large, white larvae 

 with numerous smaller, yellowish individuals, though the latter appear 

 more common at the present time. Early spring, with its abundance of 

 moist bark, appears to be the most favorable season for finding the larvae. 

 The writer would welcome the cooperation of entomologists and others in 

 searching for these forms in different parts of the country. He will be 

 pleased to determine specimens found under various conditions, make 

 rearings therefrom if possible, and thus add to our knowledge of the sub- 

 family Heteropeziuc^, a group which should be fairly abundant in North 

 America, and one deserving careful study.— [E. P. Felt, Albany, N.Y. 



GNORIMOSCHEMA GALL^DIPLOPAPPI FYLES AND 

 -GNORIMOSCHEMA GALL^ASTERELLA KELLICOTT. 



BY REV. THOMAS W. FYLES, HULL, P. Q. 



In the report of the Entomological Society of Ontario for the year 

 1890, on page i8, and in a paper entitled "A Day in the Woods," I 

 described a Gelechian which produced galls on Diplopappiis umbellattis 

 (Torrey and Gray) ; and I said of the species : "These moths differ con- 

 siderably from those figured and described by Mr. Kellicott in Vol. X, 

 Can. Ent., p. 201, and from those described by Mr. Riley in the First 

 Missouri Report, p. 172. I would suggest for them the name Gekchia 

 gallcEiiiplopappi. " 



After 20 years, through the favour of Mr. A. Cosens, of Toronto, I 

 have the pleasure and satisfaction of beholding,/^;- the fit' st time, a speci- 

 men of Kellicoti's moih — of the species certified to be such by Mr. Busck, 

 of Washington. 



I find that Kellicoti's description of his moth is very accurate, and 

 that the drawing he gives conveys a fair idea of it. 



I now re-assert, with all confidence, "These moths (those of G. 

 galladiplopappi) differ considerably from those figured and described by 

 Mr. Ktllicoit in Vol. X, Can. Ent., p. 201," etc. And I maintain that 

 the name I suggested for the species I discovered is, in all fairness, 

 entitled to stand, and should not be relegated to a synonymy. 



I am not alone in this opinion. On December 24th, 1907, Mr. W. 

 D. Kearfott wrote to me : "Your package with the two moths, also letter 

 and drawings, were safely received Saturday. There is no question that 

 your species is most distinctly different from Kellicoti's." 



Ap.il. 1911 



