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described by both of us ; but of these I am not by any means certain. I 

 do not recognize Xylesthia Cleinensella Cham, in any of his descriptions, 

 nor do I find among them anything Hke the two species that I have 

 described under the generic name Polyhymno, while his Gracilaria is 

 certainly new. From the seeming abundance of the beautiful Gelechia 

 eleganteUa Cham., I had expected to find it among the Professors species, 

 but it is not there. Indeed, considering the large number of species 

 described from the same region (North, Middle Texas) by both Prof 

 Zeller and myself, it is a little singular that many more have not been 

 found common to both collections. 



Gelechia qumella Zell. 



This is the Texan variety of G. cercerisella Cham., vide ante v., pp. 230 

 and 231. Cercerisella has priority. 



G. leuconota Zell. 



This may be Phcetusa plufella Cham., and if so, leuconota has priority. 

 But Prof Zeller's figure represents a projection of the white of the dorsal 

 margin into the dark color of the costal half before the middle, which is 

 absent in my three specimens, or very faintly indicated, and the same may 

 be said of the narrow oblique white streak behind the middle, and of the 

 small black costal spot before the apex. But as none of my three speci- 

 mens is now in perfect condition, this may possibly account for the differ- 

 ence. If the insects are not the same, they resemble each other closely, 

 and both are allied to Evippe pruiiifoliella Cham. 



G. pudibu7idella Zell. 



I am not sure that I gather a correct idea of this species from Prof 

 Zellefs description ; but if I do, I think it will prove to be the species 

 previously described by me as G. riihensclla, the larva of which has been 

 bred and described by Miss Murtfeldt. I have taken it in Kentucky and 

 received it from Missouri and Texas. 



Nothris dolabella Zell. 



Has been previously described by me as Ypsolophus eiipatoriella. If 

 Prof Zeller is right in referring it to Nothris. it is N. eiipatoriella, which 

 has not only priority, but tells the food plant. I have bred and captured 

 it here, and have received it from Mr. Belfrage, collected in Texas. It is 

 widely different from N. ^wtr/A? Cham., also received from Texas. I 



