Gelechiidae 



The insect is found in the Appalachian subregion, but more 

 particularly in the southeastern portions thereof. 



Genus ATTEVA Walker 

 (i) Atteva aurea Fitch, Plate XLVIII, Fig. ^d, 6 . 



Syn. compta Clemens. 



The insect is common in the southern portions of our region, 

 being distributed from the Gulf States southward and westward 

 in o Mexico and lands still farther South. 



(2) Atteva gemmata Grote, Plate XLVllI, Fig. 37, 6 . 



Syn. fastnosa Zeller ; floridana Neumoegen. 



The moth is found in the warmer parts of Florida. 



FAMILY GELECHIID/E 



" He buildeth his house as a moth." Job. — xxvii, i8. 



This is a very extensive family of small moths which possess 

 habits of considerable interest to students. Many of them are 



Fig. 243.—/". operculella. a, section of tuber showing eye and eggs deposited 

 about it, natural size ; b, egg, dorsal view ; c, egg, lateral view, greatly enlarged ; 

 d, k, mines of larva in potato ; j, pupa at end of mine, seen through skin of potato, 

 somewhat reduced ; t\ larva, dorsal view ; /, larva, lateral view ; g, larva, third ab- 

 dominal segment, iat&ral view ; h, do., dorsal view, still more enlarged; /, pupa; 

 /, moth, enlarged. (After Riley, " Insect Life," Vol. IV, p. 239.) 



424 



