226 Teneina of the United States. 



Teneina of the United States. By V. T. Chambers, Covington, Ky. 



In the July number, 1874, of this Journal, I have published a 

 review of a paper by Prof. Frey and Mr. J. Boll, on some American 

 Teneina. It was hastily, and somewhat carelessly written, it having 

 been my intention to remodel it before offering it for publication. It 

 was, however, published without having been read over after it was 

 first written, and, as I had no opportunity to correct the proof, it 

 appears full of verbal inaccuracies and misprints, most of which, how- 

 ever, are evidently typographical errors. Most of these were corrected 

 in the next number of the Journal, but a few others were detected 

 after the corrections were made. The paper also contains some per- 

 sonal allusions, which had, perhaps, better been omitted (as being 

 out of place in scientific controversy, although, unfortunately, that is 

 usually the place where they are found), and would, no doubt, have been 

 eliminated if I had bestowed more attention upon getting the paper in 

 proper condition for publication. How these things came about, it is not 

 necessary to dwell upon. And, if my criticisms upon Prof. Frey's 

 work were too severe, I can only plead the strength of the temptation 

 in extenuation ; for certainly, I have never seen an entomological 

 paper so provocative of criticism, and so full of errors, mistakes and 

 confusion. It betrays (or, at least, I was at first inclined to think so) 

 unmistakable evidences of the grossest carelessness in ascertaining 

 whether his species had not been before made known, and in identify- 

 ing them so far as tliey were known, combined with complaints of the 

 defective character of the work of American laborers in the same field. 

 But, after most thorough and careful study of the Professor's papers, 

 I am convinced that his errors and mistakes arise more from a defective 

 knowledge of the English language, than from carelessness. And 

 now, after another careful study of the Professor's paper, I wish to 

 offer the following remarks on some of his species. Many of the 

 Professor's errors, I am satisfied, could not have been committed had 

 he given to the papers of Dr. Clemens, and the writer the same, 

 amount of careful study, with a competent knowledge of the Euglisli 

 language that I have given to his pamphlet. 



GracUaria superhifrontella — (Clem. ) 



This species, is no doubt, rightly identified by Prof. Frey; but, 

 almost certainly, Mr. Boll gave him incorrect information as to the 

 food-plant of the larva. Mr. B. thought the larva fed on oak leaves, 



