NO. 1304. iw: 1 7,S70.V OF A MERICAN GELECHIID MO TIIS—B USL K. 781 



As remarked by Lord Walsiiigham, it is evident that Chaiiil)ers, 

 when he amended and elaborated his first description had more than 

 one species before him, and some of his statements are in direct con- 

 tiadiction to the original description. 



I believe, from careful comparison with all the material at my dis- 

 posal, that he had specimens of magiiella, Busck and dietzlella lUisck 

 mixed up with his original species. 



The only authentic type from Chaml)ers in existence is the one 

 mentioned by Lord Walsingham (but not known to him) in Miss 

 Murtfeldt's collection. That is now in Professor Fernald's possession, 

 and I have had the opportunity to examine it. 



It is a plain looking, grayish yellow species with white-tipped 

 scales, similar to those of siniiUeUaX^hiiuxhQVf^ (plsci-pdlis Zeller, p. 7T!») 

 and toplic'Ua Walsingham., very near to the latter, but smaller, and 

 of a lighter, more yellowish ground color. 



I have recognized an identical specimen in the U. 8. National Museum 

 and in Dr. Dietz's collection from Colorado. 



This type specimen bears Chambers' lal)el and agrees well with his 

 original rather meager description, but does not agree with his later 

 detailed description of the supposed same insect. It is obviously, 

 under the circumstances, proper to disregard these latter amendments 

 which evidently applied to one or more distinct species, and to retain 

 the nrnjiQ palUdella for the pale, nearly unmarked species represented 

 by the unique type in Professor Fernald's collection. 



Veins 6 and 7 of hindwing are closely approximated. 



PALTODORA MODESTA Walsingham. 



Cleodora modesla Walsingham, Insect Life, I, 1888, p. 82. — Riley, Smith's List 



Lep. Bor. Am., No. 5517, 1891. 

 Paltodora modesta Busck, Dyar's List Amer. Lep., No. 5551, 1903. 



Cotypes and other specimens of this small inconspicuous species 

 from Los Angeles, California, are in the U. S. National Museum. 

 Hindwings with veins G and 7 connate. 



SITOTROGA Heinemann. 



Plate XXVIII, tig. 8. 



Sitolwtja Heinemann, Schniett. Deutscliland und Schweiz, 1870, p. 287. 



Basal joint of antenna' with long pecten. Labial palpi with second 

 joints rough beneath; terminal joint longer than second, slender, 

 pointed. Forewings ver}^ long, narrow, pointed, with 12 veins, 7 and 

 8 out of 6. Hindwings narrower than fore wing, elongate trapezoidal, 

 apex much produced, termen emarginate; 8 veins, (> and 7 stalked; 2, 

 3, 4, and 5 remote parallel. Only the one cosmopolitan species is 

 known. 



