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albilorella (Zeller). Synonym: trifaS' 



cicUa (Chambers). 

 ftdginea (Meyrick). 

 himaculeUa (Chambers). Synonyms: 



sylvaecolclla (Chambers), ternariella 



(Zeller). 

 arlzonclla (Busck). 

 clarkrlla Bupck, new name for albi- 



fcmarella (Clarke) preoccupied by 



G. alhifcnioreUa Hoffman. 

 biforella (Busck). 

 gilvomncnlella (Clemens). Synonym: 



biminimaculella (Chambers) . 

 miuiniarulclla (Chambers) . 

 puUifimbriella (Clemens). 

 obncii rooccllcUa (Chambers). 

 dcpuratella (Busck). 

 promonitrix ( Meyrick) . 

 h emicrossa ( Meyrick ) . 

 rotacrossa (Meyrick). 



monopa ( Meyrick ) . 



attleae (Clarke). 



pravinominella (Chambers. Syno- 

 nym: quadrimaculella (Chambers). 



normifera ( Meyrick ) . 



xanthuris (Meyrick). 



Icpidotae (Clarke). 



demissae (Keifer). 



saliciphaga ( Keifer ) . 



vionotaeniella (Bottimer). 



striatella (Busck). 



ochreosuffu sella (Chambers). Syno- 

 nym: dcpressostrigella (Chambers). 



rivulata (Meyrick). 



isocrossa (Meyrick). 



gomphopis (Meyrick). 



inquilineUa (Busck). 



bigella (Busck). New synonym: spilo- 

 sella (Barnes and Busck). 



neotrophella (Heinrich). 



natalis (Heinrich). 



All the above species are transferred to this genus from Oelerhia. 



8. Genus BRYOTROPHA Heinemann 

 Plate 60, Figure 10; Plate 67, Figube 45 



Bryotropha Hkinkmann, Schnietterliiige Dentschlands und der Schwelz, vol. 2, 

 p. 2.33, 1870. (Genotype, Tinea tcrrella SchifTermiiller. ) 



Basal joint of antenna with a single bristle (remnant of pecten). 

 Labial palpus with well-developed, furrowed brush on under side of 

 second joint; terminal joint as long as or longer than second, smooth, 

 acutely pointed. 



Fore wing with veins 2 to 6 nearly equidistant, subparallel ; 7 ani 8 

 stalked. Hind wing with apex produced ; veins 6 and 7 stalked ; veins 

 3 and 4 connate or short-stalked. 



Male genitalia with uncus large, hood-shaped; socii .small but dis- 

 tinctly developed, with a few long bristles; gnathos very large, 

 bulbous, terminating in a strong curved hook. Posterior branches 

 of the harpes small with spiny apices; anterior branches larger, spiny, 

 sometimes with a short branch from near base. Aedeagus long, 

 slender, curved, with bulbous base and apex soft, whiplike. Vincu- 

 lum well developed, with pointed tip. 



Female genitalia with ductus bursae of medium length, straight; 

 bursa oval, without spines; signum, in the typical species, two paral- 

 lel, transverse, heavy ridges comiected by and surrounded with scobi- 

 nations; in some Eiu-opean species a rectangular plate with spines in 

 the corners, approaching the signum in Aroga; for the latter group 



