N". 1304. REVISION OF AMERICAN GELECIIIID MOTHS— BUSCK. 797 



(Jcle.chia jJudibundeUa CB.AyiBEBS,'Bnl\. U. S. Geol. Surv., IV, 1878, p. 146. — Riley, 



Smith's List Lep. Bor. Am., No. 5454, 1891. 

 Gelechia iniermediella Chambers, Bull. U. S. Geol. Surv., IV, 1878, pp. 89, 144.— 



Walsingham, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, X., 1882, p. 180. — Muktfeldt, Bull. 



U. S. Dept. Agri. Div. Ent., 23, 1871, p. 53.— Riley, Smith's List Lep. Bor. 



Am., No. 5392, 1891. 

 Arislotelia pud^bunddIa^y ALf^i'SGHAM, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1897, ]:>. 66. — Busck, 



Proc. U. 8. Nat. Mus., XXIII, 1900, p. 226; Dyar's List Amer. Lep., No. 



5576, 1903. 

 Ansiotelia intermediella Dietz, Smith's List Ins., N. Jersey, 1900, p. 475. 



Of this species I have examined Zeller's types in Cambridge and in 

 the U. S. National Museum, which are alike; also a large series of 

 moths bred from apple by Miss Murtfeldt (as Intermediella'i) and at 

 the U. S. Department of Agriculture. 



Whether Miss Murtfeldt was right in her determination of her spe- 

 cies bred from apple as intermediella Chambers, and consequently 

 Lord Walsingham's conclusion that intermediella is synonymous with 

 Zeller's species, is not apparent to me. A specimen in the National 

 Museum determined by Lord Walsingham as intermediella does not 

 strengthen the theory. I believe there arc several more species than 

 now recognized, all very similar, and that differences in the larvte will 

 show this, when suiEcient breeding has been done. I have several 

 closely similar specimens, bred and collected, which T feel confident 

 are new species, but I shall not attempt further description until full 

 life histories have been worked out, as it would only make this group 

 still more intricate. At present at least it will be necessary and con- 

 venient to relegate Chambers's poorly defined sj^ecies as a synonym, 

 according to Lord Walsingham. 



PudiJmndella is as widel}^ distributed and nearly as common as roseo- 

 suffusella. It is a somewhat smaller and darker species. Both spe- 

 cies come freely to light. 



Food ])lant. — Apple. 



ARISTOTELIA MOLESTELLA Zeller. 



Gdechia {Ergatis) moleMcUa Zeller, A'erh. k. k. zool. -hot. Gesell. Wien, XXIII, 



1873, p. 274. 

 Gelechia niolestella Riley, Smith's List Lep. Bor. Am., No. 5412, 1891. 

 Aristotelia molesiella Busck, Dyar's List Amer. Lep., No. 5577, 1903. 



The unique type of this species is in Lord Walsingham's collection 

 and 1 have not examined it; but the species can without question be 

 referred to the present genus from Zeller's description, and Mr. J. H. 

 Durrant has kindly substantiated this for me in a letter after exam- 

 ining the type. 



1 have identified without hesitation a single female specimen in fine 

 condition, collected in the District of Columbia (Busck), as this species, 

 from Zeller's careful description, which tallies m every detail with my 

 specimen. 



The type came from Texas (Belfrage). 



