Tineidae 



Annual Report of the State Entomologist of Missouri," and in the 

 fourth and fifth volumes of "Insect Life." 



Genus ACROLOPHUS Poey 



(i) Acrolophus plumifrontellus Clemens, Plate XLVIII, 

 Fig. 43, $ . 



Syn. bombycina Zeller. 



As a representative of this well-marked genus, quite a number 

 of species of which are found in our fauna, we have selected the 

 species which is most common in the Appalachian subregion. 

 The other species are mainly Southern and Western. 



Genus ANAPHORA Clemens 

 (i) Anaphora popeanella Clemens, Plate XLVIII, Fig. 42, . 



Syn. agrotipennella Grote ; scardina Zeller. 



The insect ranges from the Atlantic States to the Rocky Moun- 

 tains. There are other species in the genus, which are found in 

 the South and the West. 



FAMILY HEPIALID^E 



This family is composed of large or moderately large insects. 

 They are very peculiar in their structure, and are now by syste- 

 matists generally accorded a position of inferiority at the bottom 

 of the series of lepidopterous families, being regarded as repre- 

 senting an ancestral stock. Some go even so far as to deny that 

 they are lepidoptera at all. This is, however, an untenable 

 position. 



Genus STHENOPIS Packard 



(1) Sthenopis argenteomaculatus Harris, Plate XLI, Fig. 

 14, $ . (The Silver-spotted Ghost-moth.) 



Syn. argentata Packard ; alni Kellicott. 



The larvce feed at first upon the roots of the alder, and then 

 enter the stems. The insect is found in the northern portions of 

 the United States and Canada. The moths have the habit of 

 dancing in the air at sunset, and perform very peculiar gyrations 

 over the spot where oviposition is to take place. 



(2) Sthenopis quadriguttatus Grote, Plate XLI, Fig. 13, 6 . 



Syn. semianrat/cs Neumcegen & Dyar. 



443 



