NORTH AMERICAN ACROLOPHIDAE — HASBROUCK 559 



p. 191, no. 8180. — McDunuough, 1939, Check List Lep. Can. & U.S. Amer., 



p. 103, no. 9566. 



Acrolophus popeaneUus Barnes & McDunnough, 1917, Check List Lep. Bor. 



Amer., p. 191, no. 8184.— Forbes, 1923, Lep. New York, pp. 25, 120-122, 



figs. 19, 95.— Comstock, 1924, Intro, to Ent., p. 611.— Eyer, 1924, Ann. Ent. 



Soc. Amer., vol. 17, no. 3, p. 315, pi. 35, fig. 2 (mislabeled). — McDunnough, 



1939, Check List Lep. Can. & U.S. Amer., p. 103, no. 9570. 



Acrolophus popeanella Meyrick, 1919, Exotic Microlep., vol. 2, no. 9, p. 279. 



Acrolophus scardina Barnes & McDunnough, 1917, Check List Lep. Bor. Amer., 



p. 191, no. 8184 (syn.). — Forbes, 1923, Lep. New York, p. 121 (syn.). — 



McDunnough, 1939, Check List Lep. Can. & U.S. Amer., p. 103, no. 9570 



(syn.). 



Clemens' original description of popeanelliLS, which probably did 



not actually appear in print until sometime in 1860, is as follows: 



Anaphora Popeanella — Labial palpi dark brownish, whitish? at the tip in the 9 . 



Thorax dull brownish in the cf, with the tegulae tipped behind with gray; whitish? 



tinged with brown in the ? . Fore wings brownish luteous or dull reddish brown, 



with luteous or yellow along the fold and inner margin, a spot on the disc and one 



on the middle of the nervules of the same hue, with a dark brown spot between 



them; a dark brown spot on the fold beneath median vein, most frequently 



semicircular, with a short, dark brown streak at the base on the submedian 



vein and another parallel to it beneath the median. The anterior margin 



striated from the costa with dark brown, with a subterminal row of dark brown 



spots above ike branches of the median vein, and the ends of the nervules dotted 



with the same hue; cilia pale yellowish brown. Hind wings brownish yellow, 



cilia the same. Exp. al. 12 to 18 hnes [about 25.5 to 38 mm.]. Male and female 



alike. From Smithsonian Institution. Capt. Pope's collection in Texas. 



Clemens mentioned elsewhere in his paper that the labial palpi in the 

 cf were "greatly developed, ascending and thi'own back on the dorsum 

 of the thorax, which they equal in length." He also mentioned that 

 the antennae of the cf were "distinctly serrated beneath." Clemens' 

 figm-e for popeaneUus, an engraving of the head of the 9, was sub- 

 sequently published by Stainton (1872, p. 60, fig. 4) in his collected 

 edition of the late Dr. Clemens' A\Titings on North American Tineina. 



Walsingham (1887, p. 162) made the following comments on Clem- 

 ens' original description of popeaneUus: 



Now, so far as the antennae and palpi are concerned, Clemens' observation 

 "male and female alike" is certainly misleading. The antennae of the male are 

 stout and deeply serrated, "with the ends of the articles finely ciliated," as de- 

 scribed by him. Those of the female are simple. The lateral claspers are elon- 

 gate, spoon-shaped, scarcely dilated, and evenly rounded. The uncus double, 

 angulated above, and bent over at right angles, with a conspicuous thickening at 

 the angle. 



At the same time, Walsingham (1887, pi. 8, figs. 11-llc) furnished a 

 number of illustrations for this species. These consisted of: (fig. 11) 

 adult cf, dorsal aspect (in color); (fig. 11a) head of cf, lateral aspect; 

 (fig. lib) head of 9, lateral aspect; and, (fig. lie) cT genitaha — uncus 

 and cucullus of hai"pe, dorsal and lateral aspects. 



