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boring in an apple. It is not certain that this name is correctly applied to this 

 species, but there seems to be no other available. 



New York: Rock City (Cattaraugus County), Ithaca, Trenton Falls, Big Indian 

 Valley, Fort Montgomery. 



3. S. humilis Zeller. Cu, and Cu 2 stalked in fore wing; M 3 and Cu, long stalked 

 in hind wing (fig. 153). Xo metallic tuft on thorax. Fore wing ash-gray, dusted 

 and shaded with white. Three diffuse blackish spots on costa and two transverse 

 fasciae resting on inner margin, the inner starting from a black dot in fold. 

 Three dark dots in cell, the middle one not so intense. A faint curved dark sub- 

 terminal line and a series of terminal dots. Hind wing browner than fore wing. 

 15 mm. (canusella Chambers). 



March to May ; July and August. 



Southern New Jersey, Missouri, and southward. 



4. S. vestalis Zeller. White, with a few yellowish or black scales forming 

 a slight discal dot. Hind wing and under side slightly yellowish. 18 mm. 

 ( albella Chambers ) . 



This moth is well known in the Southern States but may not exist in our 

 territory. 



5. S. unipunctella Clemens. Straw color, dusted heavily and evenly with pale 

 yellow-brown, producing an effect of deep ochre; the dusting gathering to form 

 a dark discal dot. Cu, and Cu, stalked. Hind wing yellowish white. M 3 and Cu, 

 connate. 20 mm. (lithosina Zeller). 



Maryland to Illinois, Missouri and southward. Larva on laurel oak. 



6. S. decorosella Busck. Rich brown, rather like S. unipunctella, but more 

 deeply" colored. Palpi brownish ochreous, with tip of second segment and base 

 of third whitish. Head paler, in some lights yellowish white; antennae and 

 thorax light brown. Fore wing deep brown, silky; costal edge often showing 

 the yellowish-white under side. Discal dot darker. Hind wing whitish fuscous; 

 fringe yellowish. 22-24 mm. 



Xew Jersey; Xorth Carolina. 



7. S. querciella Busck. Anteryise as in 8. decorosella; palpi whitish, second 

 segment light gray on outer side. Thorax dark gray. Fore wing silky mouse- 

 gray, slightly darker on fold, with two obliquely placed dark discal dots. Hind 

 wing paler yellowish gray. 22-24 mm. 



Caterpillar on oak in July. 



New Jersey and Pennsylvania to Texas. 



8. S. mistrella Busck. Fore wing dull light yellow-brown, slightly powdery, 

 with obscure dark discal dot and antemedial spot in fold, and obscure terminal 

 dots. Hind wing dark gray with light brown fringe. R 4 and R 5 usually connate 

 or slightly stalked, RS running to outer margin; hind wing with M 3 and Cl^ per- 

 ceptibly separate. 18 mm. 



Larva on timothy. Moth in July and September. 

 Western Pennsylvania to northern Illinois and Missouri. 



2. SETIOSTOMA Zeller 



Antennae -heavily ciliate; palpi very slightly thickened with rough scales, upturned 

 beyond vertex, with third joint a little longer than second; no pecten. Legs dis- 

 tinctly tufted at spurs. Fore wing but little longer than wide, with Cu, arising 

 well before end of cell; Cu 2 at two-thirds way out on the cell; Re in some 

 specimens running to costa. Hind wing not large; M 3 stalked, rarely united 

 with Cu,. 



This genus was formerly placed in the Glyphipterygidae, but is obviously Stenomid. 



1. S. xanthobasis Zeller. Basal third of fore wing lemon yellow, with black 

 costa and inner margin; the rest iridescent black, bounded by an iridescent blue 

 fascia. Hind wing black. 12 mm. 



