NO. 1301. REVISION OF AMERICAN GELEOHIID MOTIhS—BUSCK. 911 



Gelechin juncidella Chamberh, Bull. U. S. Geol. Surv., IV, 187S, ]>. 144. 

 Gelechia [Trichotaphe) juncidella AValsingham, Trans. Am. Eiit. Sue. I'liila., X, 



1SS2, p. 18.S. 

 <;drrhiu pn//;palj,!.'^ Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. Brit. Mus., XXIX, 18(U, p. 5i»(). 

 Deprc^mria/ (bihitella Chambers, Can. Ent., IV, 1872, pj). 90, 91, 92, 128. 

 Oelechia dubitella Chambers, Can. Ent., IV, 1872, p. 147; Bull U. R. CJeol. Surv., 



•IV, 1878, p. 11(5. 

 Gelechia {Crijptolechia) dubitella Chambers, Bull. U. 8. Geol. 8urv., IV, 1878, 



p. 143. ' 

 Depressaria {Gelechia) dubitella MvKYVKhiiT, Can. Ent., VI, 1874, p. 221. 

 Gelechia hallipalpis Riley, Smith's List Lep. Bor. Am., No. 5394, 1891. 



Lord WaLsing-hiun is responsible for the synonymy which seems 

 probabk^ from the descriptions. What caused Riley to give Walker's 

 name [misspelled] precedence in his list I do not know, but the species 

 ought to be known n,s juncidella Clemens, as shown by Lord Walsing- 

 ham. 



It is one of the most common Geleciiiid;e in the vicinity of Wash- 

 ington, Miss Murtfeldt has recorded its food plant as Amhrosla arti- 

 rn is! folia; I have reared large series from this plant, and also from A. 

 ii'ipldii^ and from Sol/dago and Aster. The larva, which is well de- 

 scribed by Miss Murtfeldt, folds the edge of the leaf and pupates 

 within the fold. There are at least two generations in the locality of 

 \\ iishington Cit3^ 



Chambers described his species from Kentucky; Miss Murtfeldt's 

 specimen came from Missouri, and Clemens' specimen presumably 

 from Pennsj^lvania. In the National Museum are specimens from the 

 following localities: Canada, Kansas, Maine, District of Columbia, 

 Virginia, Maryland, Maine. 



TRICHOTAPHE MELANTHERELLA Busck. 



Trichotaphe melantherella Busck, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XXIIl, 1900, p. 232, \A. 

 I, fig. 2; Dyar's List Amer. Lep., No. 5663, 1902.— Dyar, Proc. Ent. Soc. 

 Wash., IV, 1901, p. 472. 



%;e.-No. 4939, U.S.N.M. 



Food plant. — Melanthrnxv deltoidea. 



Rabitat. — Palm Beach, Florida. 



TRICHOTAPHE SETOSELLA Clemens. 



TricliotapJu' netosella Clemens, Pror. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1860, p. 166; Stainton 

 Ed. N. Am. Tin., 1872, p. 121.— Zeller, Verh. k. k. zool.-bot. Gesell. Wien, 

 XXIII, 1873, p. 282.— Busck:, Dyar's List Amer. Lep., No. 5664, 1902. 



Gelechia setosella Chambers, Bull. U. S. Geol. Surv., IV, 1878, p. 147. 



Begoe costolutella Ciiambers, Can. Ent., IV, 1872, p. 209; Can. Ent, IX, 1877, p. 24. 



Gelechia {Malacotricha) bilobelln Zeller, Verh. k. k. zool.-bot. Gesell. Wien, 

 XXIII, 1873, p. 280, pi. IV, fig. 28, a, b.— Walsingham, Trans. Am Ent. 

 Soc. Phila!, X, 1882, p. 185. 



Gelechia bilobella Rtley, Smith's List Lep. Bor. Am., No. 5325, 1891. 



The great similarity in coloration and size between the two species, 

 Trichotaphe setosella Clemens = Begoe costolutella Chambers = Malaco- 



