AMERICAN LEPIDOPTKRA. 



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determined effort is made to secure them by breeding. It is rather 

 notable that almost no flown specimens are to be found in any of 

 the large collections. I have two taken at Anglesea, N. J., May 

 25th at light. The moths are qu.ite small and obscure looking, and 

 it is probable they are not easily disturbed in the daytime, hence 

 their apparent rarity, but they can be bred with very little effort, 

 and I believe will eventually be found to be very common and 

 widely distributed. 



At the present time (October 15) J have in pupae most of the 

 above species as well as others that I believe to belong to this genus 

 from a number of food plants. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATES. 



PLATE XIX. 



Fig. 1-2. — Polychrosis botrana Schiff. 



3. ■' rhoifructana Kearf. 



4. " slingerlandana Kearf. 



5. ■' viteana Clem. 



6. " liriodendrana Kearf. 



PLATE XX. 



Fig. 7-8. —Venation, Polychrosis botrana Schiff. 

 9. " '' viteana Cleru. 



•' 10. " " liriodendrana Kearf. 



" 11. " " slingerlandana Kearf. 



" 12. " " rhoifructana Kearf. 



TRANS. AM. ENT. 80C. XXX. NOVEMBER. 1904. 



