m.VM. REVrSTON OF AMERICAN GELECHIID MOTHS— BUSCK. 843 



Ildhiidf. - \(nv Jersey. 



Ti/pr. ^o. «i;;7(>, U.S.N.M. 



Cotvpc in collection of Mr. William D. Kcarfott, to whom the 

 National Musemii is indebted for the type of this striking sjxM-ies. 



It is in size and coloration nearest and very close to the (Ujr'nnonirlhi 

 oroup of the followini)^ u-enus, Anacamjp^h^ and it is oidy refei'ahle to 

 the pres(Mit ii'enus on account of the sinuate hindwinos. 



APROyEREMA NIGRATOMELLA Clemens. 



Gelerli'xi uigraiomflla Clemens, Proc. Ent. Sue. I'hila., If, l.SBo, ])p. 11, 121; 



III, 18t)4, p. 507; Stainton Ed. N. Am. Tin., 1872, pp. 217, 224, 2(50.— Cham- 



HEKs, Bull. r. S. Geol Surv., IV, 1878, p. 145.— Rilev, Siiiitli's List Lep. 



Bor. Am., No. 5416, 1891. 

 (lelerMa apicilinella Clemens, Proc. Ent. Soc Phila., If, ISfi,'!, j). 120; Stainton 



Ed. X. Am. Tin., 1872, pp. 223,224. 



(Irh'rhni aplrni, rlhi CHAMBERS, Bull. U. S. (Jeol. Surv., IV, 1878, p. 141.— RiLEY, 



Smitir.s List Lep. Bor. Am., No. 5312, 1891. 

 Parasia apicistrigella Chambers, Can. Ent., IV, 1872, p. 0(5. 

 Gelechiu apicistrigella Chambers, Can. Ent., IV, 1872, j). 175; Bull. V. R. Geol. 



Surv., IV, 1878, p. 141. 

 Aaacainpfiis apieistrigella Dietz, Smith's List Insects New Jersey, 1900, ji. 475. 

 Aproxrema nigratomdla Bisck, Dyar's List Amer. Lap., No. 5699, 1903. 



One of the few of Clemens' types, which is still in existence in the 

 Academy of Natural Sciences, is the type of the present species, which 

 was found in g'ood condition in Ma}^ 1900, during my visit there; it 

 bears Clemens's No. 63 on the label, corresponding to a list in his hand- 

 writing with nlgratomella var. for this specimen. 



Clemens described two varieties of this species, one with shining 

 white forewings, the other with ochreous white wings with costal 

 edge at base pure white; there is some slight variation in the speci- 

 mens 1 have seen. ])ut all have at least an ochreous tint. 



Cham])ers\s type of apicistrigella in the Museum of Comparative 

 Zoology in Caml)ridge is identical with Clemens' species, as the 

 descriptions would indicate. 



Rilev made this latter a synonym of (rdeclua apnvl/ndla Clemens; 

 the descriptions do not seem to support this synonomy and I doubt its 

 correctness, but as Clemens' type is lost it nuist stand for tln^ pi-(^s(Mit 

 on Riley's authority. 



This species is ver}' close to the following, rftnc/'/n/sclltt Chambers, 

 having the identical ornamentation, liut easily distinguishc^d ])y the 

 light groiuidcolor, while ('(mcinimella has the groundcolor of the f(n-e- 

 wing dark. Chambers says in his description of conrlinist lla : ' 



It may prove to be identical with (lelechia apicixlrigilla Chand)eis, l)ut I thiid< not. 



Lord Walsingham evidently was in doubt whether the twn) were 

 merely varieties of the same species or distinct species, as is proved 



lU. S. Geological Survey I'.ull.. 111. \^. 127. 



