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but that i.s superfluous after such an authoritative determination. Some 

 of the American species have a tendenc}' for veins 3 and 4 in hindwing 

 to become short-stalked instead of connate and have the discal vein 

 nearl}^ obsolete. Some of the species present a character, which is 

 noteworthy and which I do not know whether it is found in the 

 European forms — at least, it is not noted by Mr. Meyrick in his gen- 

 eric s3mopsis — namely, the long-stalked veins 6 and 7 in the hind wing, 

 which both go to the costal edge, not. as might l)e expected, inclosing 

 the apex. 



I am acquainted with the following species, which may be separated 

 thu ; 



Forewings with black dash at tornus 4 .mbsiiueUa, p. 819 



Forewings without such dash 1 



1. Entire wing overlaid with dark scales 2 



Wing light with dark spots 3 



2. Forewings with transverse markings gaUagenitella, p. 819 



Forewings without such f<i/loicolelfa, p. 818 



3. Ground color whitish gray attributellu, p. 817 



Ground color yellowish 4 



4. Apical part of forewings light hirostomaculella, p. 817 



Apical i^art of forewings dark mundersdln, p. 819 



EPITHECTIS ATTRIBUTELLA Walker. 



Geledua attriJaitalhi Walker, Cat. Lep. Brit. Mus., XXIX, 1864, ]>. 593.— Wal- 



sixGHAM, Trans. Anier. P"nt. Soc, Phila., X, 1882, p. 182. — Riley, Smith's 



List Lep. Bor. Am., No. 5315, 1891. 

 Eragora <////7>(7(V?/(( Chambers, Can. Ent., IV, 1872, p. 65. 

 Gelerhia diffiriliseUa Chambers, Can. Ent., IV, 1872, p. 192; V, 1873, pp. 187-188; 



Bull. il. S. Geol. Surv., IV, 1878, p. 142. 

 Taygete diffidlisella Chambers, Can. YA\i., V, 1873, p. 231; VII, 1875, ]>p. 105, 



106; Cinn. Quart. Journ. Sci., II, 1875, p. 289; Can. Ent., VIII, 1876, p. 19. 

 Epithectis attributeUa Busck, Dyar's List Amer. Lep., No. 5608, 1903. 



Two of Chambers's tj^pes of Gthjelun dlfficill sella (type no. 444) 

 and specimens thus deternimed by Lord Walsingham are in the U. S. 

 National Museum. They agree well with Chamliers' description and 

 were found identical with Chambers' types in the museum in Cambridge. 



Lord Walsingham established the synonymy with Walker's species. 



It is a very common species, collected by the writer in numbers on 

 trunks of trees in Washington, Di.strict of Columbia. 



Other specimens in the U. S. National Mu.seum bear the following 

 locality labels: Virginia, Maryland, Pcmisylvania, and New York; the 

 types came from Kentucky. 



EPITHECTIS BICOSTOMACULELLA Chambers. 



Geledda bicoslomaculella Cha.mber.s, Bull. C IS. (Jcol. Nurv., Ill, 1877, p. 127; 



IV, 1878, p. 141.— Riley, Smith's List Lep. Bor. Am., No. 5322, 1891. 

 Epithedis bicostomaculeUa Busck, Dyar's List Amer. Lep., No. 5609, 1903, 



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