N...1304. REVISION OF AMERICAN GELECHIID MOTHS— BUSCK. 923 



YPSOLOPHUS BIPUNCTELLUS Walsingham. 



YjimlopJms bipuncieHiis Walsingham, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. Phila., X, 1886, p. 

 186.— Riley, Smith's List Lep. Bor. Am., No. 5523, 1891.— Busck, Dyar's 

 List Amer. Lep., No. 5681, 1902. 

 The type of this species is in Professor FernaUrs collection, where 

 1 have examined it; identical specimen from Nantucket Island, Massa- 

 chusetts, is in the U. S. National Museum. (Ac. No. 34727.) 



YPSOLOPHUS TRINOTELLUS Coquillett. 



Nothris trinoteUa Coquillett, Papilio, III, 1883, p. 81. — Packard, Rep. U. S. 



Ent. Comm., V, 1890, p. 640. 

 Ypsolophus irinotellm Busck, Dyar's List Amer. Lep., No. 5682, 1902. 



Type of this very distinct species is in Professor Fernald's collection 

 in ver}^ poor condition, consisting- of head, thorax, and one forewing-. 

 The species is, however, different from all others described, and easily 

 r(»cognized from the description. 



Food plant. — Hazel. 



/T^/Z-;/.' A— Illinois. 



YPSOLOPHUS CITRIFOLIELLUS Chambers. 



Nolhns citrifoUella Cha.\ibeks, .Tourn. Cinn. Sue. Nat. Hist., II, 1880, p. 184.— 

 Co>fsTocK, Rep. U. S. Dept. of Agr., 1880, p. 205. — Riley, Smith's List Lep. 

 Bor. Am., No. 5536, 1891. 



Ypsolophus citrifoliellus Busck, Dyar's List Amer. Lep., No. 5683, 1902. 



The original bred series from which Chambers described this species 

 is still in U. S. National Museum in line condition. 

 It is a very distinct, easih' recognized species. 

 Food plant. — Orange. 

 IIaUtat.—Y\ox\^i\. 



YPSOLOPHUS CARY^FOLIELLUS, Chambers. 



Ypsoloplms caryxjolidla (^\\K^\\iVAv^,C-Ar\. Ent., IV, 1872, j). 224; Bull. U.S. Geol. 



Surv., IV, 1878, p. 166. 

 Ypsolophus caryxfoliellus Riley, Smith's List Lep. Bor. Am., No. 5524, 1891. — 

 Busck, Dyar's List Amer. Lep., No. 5684, 1902. 

 A specimen in the U. 8. National Museum determined by Lord 

 Walsingham agrees well with Chambers' description (except that its 

 alar expanse is 23 mm,, not as Chaml)ers' type, 21 mm.), and undou])t- 

 edl}' represents this species; it is from Miss Murtfeldt, Missouri. 

 There is also a specimen from Texas (Beutenmiiller). The species was 

 described from Kentuck3^ 



According to Chambers the larva is green, with six narrow, longi- 

 tudinal, interrupted white lines; head ferruginous, first thoracic 

 segment brown, thoracic feet black. At maturity it becomes white, 

 suffused with pink, and with the longitudinal lines doep pink. 

 Food plant . — Carya alba. 



