THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



with tltte Pacific coast Barid fauna in general. It now seems probable 

 that, \ike\CystroJ>us Californicus, of Horn, the Centrinus lineelluSjO{ Le 

 Conte, is aifsadventitious importation from Central AjjueftcttT-wTiIch should 

 be removed fnam the list of our native CoU 



The genus y^/<?^/;£7Wtf^/V5, Csy. (L„je<VlII., p. 829), is a synonym of 

 Sternechus, Sch., Previously sup^losed to be entirely tropical, and the 

 genus Copiurodes, G^sy. {\.jeriX., p. 669), is a synonym of Cylindrocop- 

 turus, published by HeU^ two years before. 



COLEOPHORA TILI/EFOLIELLA, CLEM. 



BY W. D. KEARFOTT, MONTCLAIR, N. J. 



This species was named by Clemens* from the larval habit and food- 

 plant only. He did not publish a description of the moth, nor, so far as 

 I am aware, has any one else bred it, until very recently Mr. Arthur 

 Gibson rediscovered the larvse on basswood. 



The case is of the so-called pistol-shape, of about same size and 

 hardly differing from the well-known pistol-case on applef, excepting that 

 the side wings are less expanded or more closely appressed. 



The following is a description of the moth : 



Head, thorax and antennae-basal brushes very light brown or pale 

 fawn, face and under side of head whitish ; a collar of nearly white scales 

 between head and thorax. Palpi whitish at base and beneath, gradually 

 becoming pale brown at tips. Antennae annulated with white and light 

 brown. 



Fore wing : Ground-colour at base and inner fourth of costa same 

 shade as thorax, beyond and gradually increasing in intensity, overlaid 

 with darker brown, becoming smoky black at apex. A line of white scales 

 along middle of costa, and parallel, beneath a shorter white line, below 

 this a few scattered white scales. Another narrow white line on costa, 

 before apex. Continuing around outer margin to about the middle of the 

 long dorsal cilia, the white scales of this marginal line project into the 

 cilia. Cilia brown, gradually becoming smoky-black at apex. The tips 

 of costa-cilial scales white. 



Hind wing, cilia and under side of both wings dark smoky fuscous. 

 Abdomen above dark shining fuscous, anal tuft, under side and legs 

 whitish. 



Exp., 14 mm. One V specimen bred by Mr. Arthur Gibson, 

 Ottawa, Canada. Larval case collected on basswood, June 21, 1904; 

 issued June 30, 1904. 



*Proc. Ento. Soc. Phila.. Vol. I., p. 80, 1861, 



tC tna/tvore/la, Riley. 

 November, 1904. 



