NO. 1301. REVISION OF AMERICAN GELECHIID MOTHS— BUSCK. 785 



TELPHUSA LONGIFASCIELLA Clemens. 



Gelechia longifasciella Clemens, Proc. Ent. 8oc. Phila., II, 1863, pp. 12, 121; 



Stainton, Tin. N. A., 1872, pp. 219, 223.— Chambers, Can. Ent., IV, 1872, 



p. 174; Bull. IT. S. Geol. Surv., IV, 1878, p. 144.— Riley, Smith's List Lep. 



Bor. Am., No. 5402, 1891. 

 Telphusa curvistrigella Chambers, Can. Ent., IV, 1872, p. 133. 

 Oelechia ohliqulfasdeUa Chambers, Journ. Cinn. Soc. Nat. Hist., II, 1879, p. 182. — 



Riley, Smith's List Lep. Bor. Am., No. 5421, 1891. 

 Telphusa longifasciella Busck, Dyar's List Amer. Lep., No. 5554, 1902. 



Chambers dropped carvistrigella as a synonym of Clemens\s longi- 



In the Museum of Comparative Zoology in Cambridge are types 

 of curvlstrigella and uhTiqnifasciella with Cliambers's handwriting. 

 They are identical, as the description would indicate, and Chambers 

 has here again evidently been a victim of his own carelessness with 

 his types. 



I have met with no other specimens. 



IlaHtat.—Tiixnii^ Kentucky. 



TELPHUSA QUINQUECRISTATELLA Chambers. 



(rclecJiia quinquecristaielld Chambers, Bull. U. S. Geol. Surv., IV, 1878, pp. 88, 



146.— Riley, Smith's List Lep. Bor. Am., No. 5465, 1891. 

 Telphusa quinquecristatella Busck, Dyar's List Amer. Lep., No. 5555, 1903. 



The specimens in the U. S. National Museum, determined by Lord 

 Walsingham as Gelechia quinquecristatella Chambers, agree with 

 Chambers's description and undoubtedly represent this species. 



I am unable to distinguish it from authentic specimens (unfortunately 

 poor) of the European {Xeiiolechia) setMops Westwood, and I sent 

 specimens to Dr. E. Meyrick, who also identified it as this species. 



However, the European food-plant of xtliiops^ M'ica cinerea^ does 

 not grow wild in this country, and until the species has been bred 

 here there is a possibility that it is another, closely related species, and 

 it will be safer to retain it as such until then; but the imagos are surely 

 very similar. 



JIahitat. — Eastern United States. 



TELPHUSA LATIFASCIELLA Chambers. 



Gelechia latifaseiella C^iiambers, Cinn. Quart. Jour., II, 1875, p. 251; Bull. U. S. 



Geol. Surv., IV, 1878, p. 144.— Riley, Smith's List Lep. Bor. Am., No. 5399, 



1891. 

 Telphusa latifasciella Busck, Dyar's List Amer. Lep., No. 5556, 1903. 



1 have examined types in Professor Fernald's collection and in the 



Museum of Comparative Zoology in Cambridge. In the National 



Museum are specimens received from Miss Murtf eldt, who writes that 



she has Ined both the light and the dark forms from similar larvae 



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