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It is the same species which Chambers, judging from Stainton's fig- 

 ure of that species, persistentl}^ ])ut wrongfully identified as liermanella 

 Fahricius, although he himself noticed several difi'erences from this 

 European species, both in the larva and in the imago. 



The similar life mode and the common food plant of these two spe- 

 cies, together with the great resemblance in coloration, made this mis- 

 take very natural. 



Frey, who was acquainted with the European hennanella in nature, 

 distinguished between the two and descrilied the American species as 

 Gclechta armenleUa., not recognizing that it had already been described 

 by Clemens, a fact which Chambers afterwards realized and broug-ht 

 out in his index, still, however, clinging to his belief that it was noth- 

 ing but a variety of hermanella. 



Chambers, writing on this species, said that he first found the true 

 hermanella at Lake Michigan, and afterwards what he called the variety 

 in Kentucky. This may be possible, but all evidence indicates that 

 he was mistaken in his first determination, and that it was Chrysojyora 

 Ungulacella bred from Chenopodimn alhwin. His notes on differences 

 in larva and imago from Stainton's figure of hermanella indicate this. 



In all events, I have examined all existing specimens, determined by 

 Chambers in the United States National Museum, in the Museum of 

 Comparative Zoology in Cambridge, and in Professor Fernald's collec- 

 tion. The}^ are all alike and represent Clemens's species. 



Food plant. — Chen opodium and Atriple.i'. 



IlaVdat. — Michigan, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Pennsylvania, 

 District of Columbia. 



CHRYSOPORA HERMANELLA Fabricius. 



xinea hermanella Fabkicius, Species Insectornm, II, 17S1, ]>. 509. 

 C7ir7/sopora/(e)-»ja»,e^/aSTAUDiNGER and Rebel, Cat. Le]^. Eur., II, No. 2890, 1901. — 

 BuscK, Dyar's Li.st Amer. Lep., No. 5573, 1908. 



1 have seen only a single specimen of this species from America; 

 the one sent me for determination from Laval University, Quel)ec, 

 Canada. The U. S. National Museum contains a fine series of Euro- 

 pean specimens. 



LEUCE Chanabers. 

 Plate XXIX, fig. 10. 



Nsera Chambers, Can. Ent., VII, 1875, p. 9. 

 Leuce Chambers, Can. Ent., VII, 1875, p. 51. 



Labial palpi rather short, second joint thickened with large tuft 

 beneath; terminal joint shorter than second, thickened with appressed 

 scales, blunt. Forewings elongate, ovate, pointed; 12 veins, 7 and 8 

 stalked, 3 and -i connate from corner of cell, 2 distant, long; with tufts 

 of raised scales. Hindwing less than I trapezoidal, apex produced. 



