SUPPLEMENT TO THE REVISION OF AMERIC^AN 

 GELECHIID.E. 



It is not surprising in a group of insects lilve the American Tlndna 

 that additions and corrections should become necessary soon after the 

 publication of any paper on the subject. The reason for this is that, 

 after many years of quiet in this group of little-known insects, active 

 collecting and study is now being done by several workers. Each 

 month brings much new material and many contributions to our 

 knowledge, Avhich shed light oyer hitherto obscure facts and permits 

 a fuller compi'ehension of alread}^ described but imperfectly known 

 species. At the same time, large numbers of new forms are discovered. 



But these have not been the reasons that have led me to correct my 

 paper before its publication. A very unexpected source of infor- 

 mation has come to light in the discovery of the types of the late 

 Brackenridge Clemens, in the Acadenw of Natural Sciences in Phila- 

 delphia. These types had been given up as lost, but were found a short 

 time ago in an old-fashioned box, which had been put away in some 

 out-of-the-wa}" corner and forgotten. My delight in unearthing this 

 gold mine for the student of American Tlneina quite overshadowed 

 my first very natural chagrin over the changes necessitated in my 

 work. 



In another paper 1 have given particulars of all the other types, but 

 for the purposes of the present paper I shall use only the information 

 gained about the Gelecldidx. 



Fortunately, as a whole, the new evidence substantiates my conclu- 

 sions about Clemens' species. With one exception the onh' correc- 

 tions made necessary concern those species, which were left by me as 

 unrecognized, in the genus GeltcJi/a. 



TELPHUSA LONGIFASCIELLA Clemens. 

 Telphus'i l<m<jifasciella BrscK, Proc. U. 8. Nat. .AIus., XXV, p. 785. 

 Clemens' type No. 192 of Gelechla longifctsciella, which is easily 

 recognized, though lacking the head, proves the synonymy with 

 Cham})ers' species and the generic position to have been correctly 

 determined. 



TELPHUSA FUSCOPUNCTELLA Clemens. 



(relechia fuscopundella Busck, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XXV, p. 895. 



The type of Gehchia fuscojnmctella^ Clemens' No. 185, was found 



in good condition, though, like very many of his t3'pes. lacking the 



wings on the left side. 



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