58 Traistsactions of the Kansas 



LoxoT^NiA Stephens. 



479. rosaceana Harris. — Yellowish brown, with darker bands; expands 1.15 

 inches. Common; destroys the tender leaves of the apple. 



Cakpocapsa Treitsch. 



480. pomonellalAnn. The Codling Moth. — Brown, crossed by many gray and 

 brown lines; a large dark brown spot with copper edge on lower half of tip of 

 front wings. Common; is the cause of "wormy apples," the larva burrowing 

 into the fruit from the " blossom end," and generally causing it to fall to the 

 ground before ripening. 



Penthina Treitsch. 



481. vitivorana Pack. The Grape Codling. — Light bluish, with a brown band 

 and one or two brown spots upon each front wing; expands 0.40 inch. Not com- 

 mon; feeds upon the pulp of the grape. 



Grapiiolitiia Lederer. 



482. Grtip/ioUtha sp. — An undetermined species; brown, with a yellowish white 

 spot on lower half of the outer margin of front wings; expands 0.80 inch. Common. 



PcECiLocHROM.\ Clemens. 



483. dorsisignatum Clemens. — Ash color, with black spot at centre of inner 

 margin of each front wing; expands 0.85 to 0.95 inch. 



CoNCHYLis Treits 



484. b-maculana Robinson. — Brown, with five white spots upon each front 

 wing; expands f inch. Rare. 



FAMILY XVL 



TINEID^. THE TINEIDS. 



The members of this family have the wings long and narrow, with long fringes; 

 from their diminutive size they have been called " micro-lepidoptera.'" 



Tinea Fabricius. 



485. flavifrontella Linn. The Clothes Moth. — YellowLsh white; expands \ inch. 

 Common; very destructive to woolens and furs. 



Q5ta Grote. 



486. comptn Clemens. The Ailanthus Moth. — Front wings bright orange yellow, 

 with transverse rows of pale yellowi.sh spots; hind wings dusk)'; expands 0.85 inch. 

 Rare; feeds upon the ailanthus tree. 



Hyponomeuta Zeller. 



487. muUipnnctella Clemens. The Wahoo Moth. — Snowy white with longitudinal 

 rows of black dots upon the front wings; female with hind wings blackish graj', 

 and basal portion of anterior edge of front wings black; expands 0.90 inch. Not 

 common. Bred from the wahoo {EitonymuH atropzij-pureus), by G. F. Gaumer, who 

 has described this insect in all its stages. 



PiiONUBA Riley. 



488. yuccasella miey. The Yucca Moth. — Front wings pure white; hind wings 

 grayish brown; expands 0.95 to 1.10 of an inch. Taken in Western Kansas, b)' 

 H. A. Brous; feeds upon the wild species of Yucca, being essential to the "fertili- 

 zation" of that genus of plants, as discovered by Mr. Riley. 



FAMILY XVII. 

 pterophorid.e. plume moths. 

 PTEROPiroiirs Geoffr. 

 The members of this genus have the front wings cleft, and the hind wings parted 

 into three divisions. 



