Elachistidae 
FAMILY ELACHISTID/E 
This is a large family of moths, many of which are almost 
microscopic in size, but all are very beautiful. One of the larger 
species we have se¬ 
lected for illustra¬ 
tion. It lives in 
the galls which its 
presence produces 
in the stems of the 
Falselndigo(y 4 wor- 
pha fruticosa). It 
belongs to the genus 
Walshia, and was 
described under the 
specific name amor- 
phella by Clemens. 
In its habits it re¬ 
minds us somewhat of the moth with the frightful name which 
lives in the galls of the (jolden-rod, about which something has 
already been said. The accompanying cut, which has been taken 
from Professor Riley’s “Second Missouri Report,” shows at a a 
figure of the female moth enlarged. The larva, which is a soft 
white little affair, is delineated at b, and the figures c and d show 
the galls as they appear. The insect is found in the Appalachian 
subregion. 
FAMILY TINEID/E 
“Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth 
corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: but lay up for yourselves trea¬ 
sures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do 
not break through nor steal.” Matthew.— vi, 19, 20. 
The Tineidce are a very great family of moths, some of which 
are of moderate size, but most of which are very minute. Among 
them there are many insects which are exceedingly beautiful, 
although they are so small, while many of them have great 
economic importance, being destructive or beneficial. Of a few 
of these we shall take opportunity to speak briefly. 
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