REVISION OF PEORIINAE AND ANERASTIINAE 5 



Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University; Dr. John G. 

 Franclemont, personal collection; Mr. Murray O. Glenn, personal 

 collection; the late Dr. Harold J. Grant, Jr., Philadelphia Academy 

 of Natural Sciences; Mr. Charles P. Kimball, personal collection; 

 Mr. Norman Marston, Kansas State University; Mr. Lloyd M. 

 Martin, Los Angeles County Museum; Mr. Bryant Mather, personal 

 collection; Dr. Eugene Munroe, Canadian National collection; Dr. 

 L. L. Pechuman, Cornell University; Dr. Jerry Powell, University of 

 California, Berkeley; Dr. Frederick H. Rindge, American Museum of 

 Natural History; Mr. George B. Sleesman, Pennsylvania State Biu-eau 

 of Plant Industry; Dr. Frederick W. Stehr (now at Michigan State 

 University), University of Minnesota; Mr. Paul E. S. Whalley, 

 British Museum (Natural History); and Mr. Alex Wyatt, Chicago 

 Natural History Museum. 



Review of the Literature 



The genus Anerastia Hiibner [1826] originally comprised four 

 species; three of these were transferred to Hypochalcia Hiibner by 

 Zeller (1848), and the one remaining species, lotella Hiibner [1810- 

 1813], was assumed to be the type of the genus although it was not 

 explicitly designated as such until 1886 by Moore. In the original 

 publication of lotella, Hiibner gives only a watercolor figure, no 

 description. Genitalia of both sexes were figured and described briefly 

 by Pierce (1938). 



Walker (1866) originally described approodmella, the same species 

 later being named haematica by Zeller (1872), and roseatella by 

 Packard (1873). ZeUer's paper included descriptions of three other 

 new species of North American Anerastiinae. 



In 1886 Ragonot established the family Phycitidae, based on 

 Phycita Curtis, and divided it into the subfamilies Phycitinae and 

 Anerastiinae based upon the "absence, or nearly so, of the tongue" 

 in the latter group. He states his intention to prepare a monograph 

 of the Phycitidae and Galleridae of the world and gives a review of 

 previous works on these insects. 



The publication of Hulst's "Descriptions of New Pyralidae" (1886) 

 prompted Ragonot to publish new species of his own in advance of 

 the projected monograph. The appearance of the Hulst papers at 

 this time was in some respects unfortunate, for in the next several 

 years both men published many new specific and generic names 

 without seeing each other's types, thereby creating many synonyms. 

 During 1887-89 Ragonot published 16 species and 15 genera, and 

 Hulst published 7 species and 4 genera listed as new for the North 

 American Anerastiinae. 



