280 WILLIAM T. M. FORBES 



rudimentary, concealed in the vestiture of the second. Fore wing normal; Ctt, and 

 Cu, remote, Mj out of base of stalk of R 4 and Rj,; hind wing trapezoidal, normal, R 

 and M, short stalked. The male on account of its rudimentary third joint of the 

 palpus might run to the Phaloniid Tortricids, but is distinguished by the neater 

 triangular palpal tuft, and stalked R, and R . 



1. A. lineatella Zeller (Peach bud moth). White, dusted and mottled with 

 gray; palpal tuft blackish on outer side. A couple of black spots on costa of 

 fore wing, and sometimes blackish streaks on disc on R, Cu, fold, and toward tip 

 of wing. 10-15 mm. Female larger (pruniella Chambers). 



Caterpillar chestnut brown with white incisures, head, cervical shield, and feet 

 black, anal plate black and whitish. It works in the buds and tips of the young 

 twigs of peach and plum in the spring, killing the twigs; the later broods bore in 

 the fruit and eat the stone. (H p. 426 f. 245-6.) 



General in distribution; injurious southward, and in many foreign countries; 

 probably introduced from the Old World, where there are several close relatives. 

 New York: Rochester, Lockport, Clifton, Jordan Station, Ithaca, Schoharie. 



8. TRICHOTAPHE Clemens 



(Begoe Chambers; Sagaritis Chambers [?]; Dichomeris; Brachmia; 



Nothris, in part) 



Like Dichomeris, but with second joint of palpus at most only moderately 

 thickened, and usually more strongly so above than below; without a triangular 

 tuft; the third segment apparently arising from its end; palpus sometimes evenly 

 curved as in Anacampsis; more often with the third joint set on at an angle. A 

 slight variant of Dichomeris (fig. 157). 



Key to the species 



1. Ground color nearly black. 



2. Head and costal edge cream color, contrasting. 



3. Costal cream-colored band sending a curved pointed process into the dark 



dorsal region 1. flavooostella. 



3. With a single broadly rounded process 2. inserrata. 



' 3. With two minute sharp processes 3. serrativittella. 



2. Costal edge not light. 

 3. With strong iridescence. 



4. A light ochreous dot at apical third of costa 4. alacella. 



4. No such dot. 



5. Antennae thickened, rough-scaled 6. nonstrigella. 



5. Antennae normal 5. purpureofusca. 



3. Not iridescent. 

 4. Palpi yellow. 



5. Three prominent yellow dots on fore wing 8. trinotella. 



5. Yellow dots minute or absent 7. juncidella. 



5. A single prominent yellow outer discal dot 7. leuconotella. 



4. Palpi blackish 9. levisella, washingtoniella. 



1. Ground gray, light clay color, or ochreous, without transverse markings. 

 2. No heavy black markings on disc. 

 3. Fore wing overlaid with dark scales. 



4. An obscure dark and pale postmedial fascia, no longitudinal streaking, 



terminal line broken into bars 11. inveraclta. 



4. No postmedial fascia, powdering gathering in streaks on veins, terminal 



line continuous, at least toward costa 10. chambersella. 



3. Fore wing at most lightly sprinkled with dark scales. 



