220 GEO. D. HULST. 



This is almost certainly Salebria contatella Grt. Dr. Clemens' 

 types are lost, and it will be impossible, probably, to determine all 

 his species from the descriptions. The tufted maxillary palpi of this 

 and the next species narrow their possibilities to only four or five 

 species. I have very little doubt that this and the next are forms 

 of contcdeUa. 



Penipelia subcsesiella Clem., 1. c. p. 206. — Male pale bluish eray. dusted 

 with fuscous : fore wings with a reddish luteons hand at base, broadest on inner 

 margin, and a rather broad, dark fuscous band on the basal third. The subter- 

 minal line is pale grayish, edged behind with dark fuscous. Hind wings pale 

 brownish. Labial palpi erect; maxillary palpi pencil tufted, tongue long. 



Pennsylvania. 



Epliei^tia ostrinella Clem., I. c. p. 206.— Reddish purple, varied with 

 blackish ; fore wings with the basal third and the apical portion reddish purple, 

 with a broad blackish band in the middle, edged internally by a straight whitish 

 line, and an exterior costal patch of the same hue containing two black dots ou 

 a short streak ; the subterminal line is pale grayish. Hind wings pale brownish 

 gray. 



" The larva lives in the fruit heads of the Sumach, pa.ssing the 

 Winter in the larval state. It is dark reddish brown, head brown, 

 cervical and terminal shields blackish brown. The body is supplied 

 with a few isolated hairs, and one or two rows of obscure, dark brown, 

 subdorsal spots. 



" The larvaj make galleries through the fruit heads and desert them 

 in the Spring to form their cocoons, which are slight silken webs, and 

 they appear as imagos about the middle of April." 



This will in time be determined by the larvre in connection with 

 the description of the imago. I have never been able as yet to find 

 the larvre myself, though I have sought them often. 



Ephestia ficidella Barn, will jirobably be taken in this country. It 

 looks like E. ehdella, has the same larval habits, is said to be as 

 widely spread by commerce. It differs in having but one tuft of 

 hairs above on hind wing of S . I have never seen a specimen 

 taken in America. 



Catalogue of Undetermined Species. 



1. Nephopteryx rubig-inella Wlk. 0. Pempelia subcsesiella Clem. 



•2. " transitella Wlk. 7. Ephestia ostrinella Clem. 



3. " seminivella Wlk. 8. Stantira varieg-ata Walk. 



4. Eurhodope approximella Wlk. 9. Cutina albopunctella Walk. 



5. Pempelia virg-atella Clem. 10. Subrita abrostella Walk. 

 Some of these may not be Pliycitidie. 



