96 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



This insect was received from the late Mr. Elliott, who bred it at his 

 home in New York, but on what plant I did not learn. 

 Alucita eupatorii, Fern. 



In 1855, Dr. Asa Fitch, in his first report as Entomologist of New 

 York, published the description of his Pterophorus cretidactylus. In 1874, 

 Prof. P. C. Zeller, in his " Lepidoptera der Westkuste Amerika's," des- 

 cribed what he supposed to be Fitch's cretidactylus, under the generic 

 name (Edematophorus, and it was again referred to by Lord Walsingham 

 in his " Pterophoridae of California and Oregon," who sent specimens to 

 Zeller for determination, and also kindly gave me specimens of this as 

 well as of nearly all of the species he described. 



Mr. Charles Fish took up the study of our Pterophorida; and described 

 several species in this journal, and later purchased the types of Dr. Fitch, 

 when he discovered that the species that had been so well described by 

 Prof. Zeller was not Fitch's species. Finally I purchased Mr. Fish's 

 collection, including not only his own types but also those of Dr. Fitch. 

 I was then able to verify the determination of Mr. Fish, and with him to 

 discover that Lord Walsingham had redescribed the true cretidactylus, 

 Fitch, under the name of (Edematophorus occidentalis. The cretidactylus 

 of Zeller not being the true cretidactylus of Fitch, must have a new name, 

 and as it has been bred from Eupatorium purpureum by Mr. Elliott, I 

 have given it the specific name of eupatorii, as above. 

 Coriscium cicculipennellum, Hb. 



I have received this species from Mr. M. V. Slingerland, of Cornell 

 University, who bred it from ash at Ithaca, N.Y. This European species 

 has not been observed in this country before, and is probably a recent 

 importation. I am under obligations to Lord Walsingham, who compared 

 it with the European species, and determined it specifically for me. 



Mr. Slingerland also sent me what I believe to be a new species of 

 Carposina, which he bred on currant. He wrote me as follows: — "The 

 egg is laid on or within the berry, and the larva feeds upon the pulp, and 

 sometimes the seeds, confining its work to a single berry. The fruit soon 

 dropped, and the larva left the berry, went into the ground and there 

 pupated. The adults appeared in the spring about the time the currants 

 were turning red. There was only one brood during the season." 



The specimens received from Mr. Slingerland were in very poor 

 condition, and I have decided not to describe the species till better 

 specimens are obtained. 



The genus Carposina has been placed among the Tineids, but it 

 should be placed near Conchy lis among the Tortricids. 



