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opposite the last, and one less than halfway out on fold. A few white scales near 

 apex. Hind wing dark fuscous. 15 mm. 



May. 



New Jersey ( Benjamin ) to Colorado, south to Florida. 



3. G. argentipunctella Ely. Purple-black; antennae with a yellow ring at end 

 of scape, second joint of palpus flecked with white, and white in front; third joint 

 white at base and tip. Thorax with a white posterior tuft; fore wing with a 

 white costal spot two-thirds way out with black before it; two black, white-shaded, 

 discal spots, and a third before them in the fold. Abdomen dark, legs with yellow 

 annulations. Hind wing with fringe and hind tibial tuft yellowish; a large yellow 

 pencil on hind wing of male. 17 mm. 



July. 



East River, Connecticut. 



4. 6. trialbamaculella Chambers. Black-brown. Second segment of palpus and 

 face yellow. Fore wing with small white spots opposite each other two-thirds 

 way out, and several minute white points, mostly in cell and fold. Hind wing 

 light fuscous. 15 mm. 



Caterpillar on many shrubs (locust, oak, Comptonia, Epigtea, Vaccinium) in a 

 nest between two leaves, forming a frass tube, open at both ends, and skeletonizing 

 the leaves. Caterpillar dirty yellow, with head, cervical shield and six longitudinal 

 stripes darker yellow. Moth emerging in late July and early August. 



I have specimens from Virginia in May and Massachusetts in June, indicating 

 an early brood. 



Maine to Virginia and Missouri. New York: ( Beutenmiiller ) . 



4%. G. psiloptera Barnes and Busck. Black-brown, the head and thorax with 

 a purplish sheen, and fore wings with contrasting yellow scale-bases visible under 

 a lens. Second segment of palpus yellow, dusted with black; third segment black 

 with a few yellow scales. Fore wing with ordinary spots black; almost invisible; 

 fringe blackish fuscous. Hind wing blackish fuscous with somewhat paler fringe. 

 16-17 mm. 



Meach Lake, Laurentians, Quebec. New York: Peru (variety). 



5. G. confusella Chambers. Similar, face whitish below only; palpus dark, 

 lightly dusted with white; fore wing with postmedial dot in fold. 15-18 mm. 

 (persicceetta Murtfeldt). 



Larva on peach. 

 Michigan. 



6. G. bimaculella Chambers. Dark purplish brown or black; extreme tip of 

 palpus yellowish white; a white spot 'beyond middle of wing and a bar from base 

 of costal fringe, not reaching inner margin. 12 mm. (ternariella Zeller, sylvceco- 

 lella Chambers). 



Locally common. 



New Jersey; Kentucky; and Texas. 



7. G. continuella Zeller. Blackish gray, dusted with white, the white tending 

 to form a couple of oblique bands; the large black discal dots more or less ringed 

 with white or with the space between them white ; normally with a white spot in 

 fold beyond the first fascia, costal and dorsal ones opposite each other at beginning 

 of fringe, a small spot at apex, and a couple on margin below. Hind wing with 

 R and M,, M, and Cu, stalked. 18-19 mm. (trimaculella Packard, albomaculella 

 Chambers) . 



July. 



Labrador; Europe. New York: Lake Tear (Mt. Marcy), Ithaca. 



8. G. lugubrella Fabricius. Black, face and second segment of palpus white. 

 Fore wing with an antemedial white fascia, running to fold, and a postmedial 

 fascia crossing the wing, less oblique than outer margin, and more or less con- 

 stricted at middle. 15 mm. 



June. 



