The Palmer-AYorm. Ill 



one in the literature, and no other illustrations of the insect appeared 

 until 1900. 

 Fitch, A. Third Kept, on Insects of N. Y., 344, 384. Brief account. 



1863. Clemens, B. Proc. Ent. Soc. Phila., II., 123. Moth described as 



paucigutiellus. 



1864. Clemens, B. Proc. Ent. Soc. Phila., II., 429. Moth described as flavivit- 



iellus from Va. (equals Fitch's var. coniubernaldluh). 



1872. Chambers, V. T. Can. Ent., IV., 222. Moth described as reedella. and 



as quercipomonella ; larvae of latter described, from " oak apple" gall. 



1873. Zeller, P. C. Verb. z.-b. Ges. W?en, 283-285. Detailed desc. of moth 



and varieties as T. 2'>ouciguttelhtf<, but suggests that it is probably the 

 same as Harris' pometellus. 

 1878. Chambers, V. T. Index to Tineina (Bull. U. S. Geol. Surv. IV., 166-167). 

 Synonomy and references. 



1881. Packard, A. S. Half Hours with Insects, 183-186. Good account com- 



piled from Fitch. 



1882. Walsingh- m, Lord. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, X., 186-88. Discussion of 



synonomy and variations. 



Liutner, J. A. First Kept., 329. Listed as an apple depredator. 

 Also included in similar list i.: 11th Kept. (1896). 



1883. Saunders, W. Insects Injurious to Fruits, 102-105. Good account com- 



plied from Fitch. Same in 1892 edition. 



1890. Riley, C. V. Packard's Forest Insects, 202. Larva and pupa described 



as queicipomonella. Folds leaves of black oak. Descriptions apply 

 fairly well to some of our siDccimens oi pometellus. 



Smith, J. B. Cat. of Insects of N. J., 357. Common on apple, pear, 

 plum, etc. 



1891. Biley, C. V. Smith's List, of Lep,, Tineina, 103. Li.its a ntuhernalellus 



as distinct species, and flavivitellus as a variety of pometellus. 

 1894. Bruner, L. Nebr. State Hort. Kept, for 1894, 159. L'sted as an enemy 

 of apple. Also included in similar list in Kept, of Hort. Soc. for 1899, 

 p. 126. 



1899. Lugger, O. Fourth Kept, of Ent., 252-53. Brief account compiled 



from Fitch. Calls var. contubernalellus tlie " Comrade Plum Worm." 



1900. Smith, J. B. Insects of N. J., 475. Common; larva on apple, pear and 



plum. 



Lowe, V. H. Rural Xew Yorker, July 14th, p. 477. Good detailed 

 account of outbreak in N. Y., with five photo pictures of larvae, pupae, 

 and the insect's work. We fail to verify reference of an account by 

 Glover. 



SYNONOMY. 



1 Dicliomeris ligulella. 1818. Hiibner, Zutriige. p. 70. figs, 143 and 144. Fer- 

 nald writes us that he believes Fitch's contuberiKilellus to be this Hlibnerian 

 insect. "I have had Hubner's figures in my mind for years and this is the only 



