THE CINCINNATI QUARTERLY 



JOURNAL OF SCIENCE. 



Vol. II. OCTOBER, 1875. No. 4. 



Tenehia of Colorado. By V. T. Chambers. 



Manitou, September 1, 1875. 



The following list comprises all the Teneina that I have met with in 

 Colorado since July 20th. The species do not appear to be numerous, 

 but the individuals of some of them swarm about the food plants of 

 the larvce. They Avere captured, or bred, along the course of Clear 

 Creek, and in Middle Park, and a few at this place; the altitudes 

 given are the highest at which the species were observed. The flora 

 of the mountains is, much of it, new to me, and in the absence of all 

 books, it has been impossible, sometimes, for me to determine the 

 species of plants ob which larvae feed : 



Gelechia — G. gallcesolidagiiiis (?) — Kiley. 



Bred from galls gathered on the banks of Grand River, m Middle 

 Park ; altitude, 8,500 feet. I have no specimens of G. gallccsolidaginn 

 here to compare with, nor any description, and I am not very certain 

 that my specimens belong to that species. If they do, they are like 

 their food plant, dwarfed by climatal conditions, and they are much 

 less distinctly marked, some of them being simply brown, with the 

 markings scarcely discernable, though others are more distinctly 

 marked. The gall, as it is described by Prof. Riley, and as I have 



