NORTH AMERICAN ACROLOPHIDAE — HASBROUCK 557 



In 1903, the combination, guadripunctellus Dyar, appeared as a 

 synonym of H. morti'pennellus in Dyar's checklist. Since that date, 

 quadripunctellus has consistently appeared in the literature as a 

 synonym of mortipennellus. 



There is no indication that Beutenmiiller actually did publish a 

 description of quadripunctellus. He invariably described his new spe- 

 cies in this group under Acrolophus, and the combination, A. quadri- 

 punctellus Beutenmiiller, is not listed in the Zoological Record between 

 the years 1891, when it first appeared in Smith's checldist, and 1886, 

 when Beutenmiiller 's name first appeared as an author in the Zoologi- 

 cal Record. 



The type 6^ is in the U.S. National Museum main collection and is 

 labeled "type no. 406, Texas, Beutenmueller Collection." The type 

 specimen now lacks the abdomen and hindwings, but its characteristic 

 labial palpi and coloration of the forewings unquestionably identify it 

 as an example of mortipennellus. Thus, quadripunctellus (Dyar) 

 should be considered an old synonym of mortipennellus (Grote) with 

 Dyar receiving the credit for its placement. 



Meyrick described A. carphologa as a new species in 1919 on the 

 basis of a single cf specimen from Iowa. Since that time, carphologa 

 has appeared in the literature as a distinct species. 



The type cf is at the British Museum (Natural History). Two 

 photographs labeled "carphologa Meyr." from Tams very clearly re- 

 veal, through a dorsal view of the moth and a lateroventral view of its 

 entire genital capsule, that carphologa is a typical example oi mortipen- 

 nellus. In addition, Meyrick's description of carphologa can be quite 

 easily recognized as a description of mortipennellus. 



Thus, carphologus Meyrick should be considered a new synonym of 

 mortipennellus (Grote), the change in spelling bringing grammatical 

 agreement between species and genus. 



Two photographs from Tams labeled "Caenogenes zeella Fernald 

 (MS), Illinois" represent an unpublished species which, at the present 

 time, is based only upon Fernald's manuscript species name (chiro- 

 nym) and the type cf specimen (chirotype) it designates. The photo- 

 graphs of Fernald's zeella, showing a dorsal view of the pinned moth 

 and a lateroventral view of its genitalia, clearly reveal that it is a typ- 

 ical example of mortipennellus, a species occurring frequently in 

 Illinois. Therefore, I propose to validate Fernald's manuscript spe- 

 cies, zeella, by placing it as a new synonym of A. mortipennellus (Grote). 

 The name is spelled zeellus to agree grammatically with the present 

 generic name. 



