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specimen that we had compared with Zeller’s specimen in Berlin. We 
have several $’s from South Pines, N. C., which we consider to be 
subcanalis Wlk.; these all show the dark secondaries. The maculation 
of the primaries in subcanalis and melanogrammos is extremely sim- 
ilar and the two names may apply to but one species; in view of the 
fact that the secondaries of the ¢’s show a color difference and that 
little is known of the life-history, we prefer to keep the names sep- 
arate for the present. Querciella B. & McD. is considerably smaller 
but in markings is also very close to subcanalis Wlk.; in this instance 
we would concur with Dr. Dyar in his synonymy; we should how- 
ever like to point out that the “sorry pile of synonymy” he accuses us 
of creating has dwindled down to three sure synonyms and one still 
doubtful one (Homoeosoma differtella) ; one of these (Aresia parva) 
would have taken priority over ydatodes Dyar if we had not delayed 
publication for over three months in a vain endeavor to induce Mr. 
Kearfott to publish descriptions of several species of Pyralids from 
Mr. Grossbeck’s material so that we might use the names. Dr. Dyar’s 
criticism therefore (Ins. Ins. Menst. I, 102) recoils on his own head 
and it is evident that in his haste to point out our gross ignorance 
“many subjects have not been carefully considered” by himself. 
Dr. Dyar’s synonymy of melanogrammos Zell. (Proc. Ent. Soc. 
Wash. VII, 30) shows the same hasty judgment as he displayed in 
his treatment of militella Zell; he lists euphemella Hulst, tiltella 
HIst. and speciosella Hulst as synonyms, none of which species are 
referable to this name at all; euphemella, the type of which we have 
seen in the Hulst Coll. is the same species as variella Rag. and has a 
month or two priority; concerning this latter species we examined 
carefully the types of both this and melanographella Rag. at Paris and 
could find nothing definite whereby to separate them; we consider the 
synonymy as it stands in our lists to be correct. 
Tiltella Hulst is a good species and close to fuscolotella Rag. 
being rather browner; we have a long and very constant series from 
Brownsville, Texas, which we compared with Hulst’s type from 
Blanco Co., Texas, and found to agree. 
Regarding speciosella Hulst we are in doubt, not having seen the 
type which we believe is in the National Museum. 
TETRALOPHA ROBUSTELLA Zell. (syn. diluculella Grt.) 
Hampson’s synonymy as quoted by Dyar is correct; Zeller’s types 
are in Berlin and Grote’s in the British Museum. 
