Tineidse 
Annual Report of the State Entomologist of Missouri,” and in the 
fourth and fifth volumes of “Insect Life.” 
Genus ACROLOPHUS Poey 
(i) Acrolophus plumifrontellus Clemens, Plate XLVIII, 
Fig- 43 > $ ■ 
Syn. bombycina Zeller. 
As a representative of this well-marked genus, quite a number 
of species of which are found in our fauna, we have selected the 
species which is most common in the Appalachian subregion. 
The other species are mainly Southern and Western. 
Genus ANAPHORA Clemens 
(i) Anaphora popeanella Clemens, Plate XLVIII, Fig. 42, $ . 
Syn. agrotipennella Grote; scardina Zeller. 
The insect ranges from the Atlantic States to the Rocky Moun¬ 
tains. There are other species in the genus, which are found in 
the South and the West. 
FAMILY HEPIALIDAE 
This family is composed of large or moderately large insects. 
They are very peculiar in their structure, and are now by syste- 
matists generally accorded a position of inferiority at the bottom 
of the series of lepidopterous families, being regarded as repre¬ 
senting an ancestral stock. Some go even so far as to deny that 
they are lepidoptera at all. This is, however, an untenable 
position. 
Genus STHENOPIS Packard 
(1) Sthenopis argenteomaculatus Harris, Plate XLI, Fig. 
14, $ . (The Silver-spotted Ghost-moth.) 
Syn. argentata Packard; a Ini Kellicott. 
The larvae feed at'first upon the roots of the alder, and then 
enter the stems. The insect is found in the northern portions of 
the United States and Canada. The moths have the habit of 
dancing in the air at sunset, and perform very peculiar gyrations 
over the spot where oviposition is to take place. 
(2) Sthenopis quadriguttatus Grote, Plate XLI, Fig. 13, $, 
Syn. seiniauratus Neumoegen & Dyar. 
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