Gelechiidae 



The insect is found in the Appalachian subregion, but more 

 particularly in the southeastern portions thereof. 



Genus ATTEVA Walker 



(1) Atteva aurea Fitch, Plate XLVI11, Fig. 36, $ . 



Syn. compta Clemens. 



The insect is common in the southern portions of our region, 

 being distributed from the Gulf States southward and westward 

 in o Mexico and lands still farther South. 



(2) Atteva gemmata Grote, Plate XLVII1, Fig. 37, 6 . 



Syn. fastuosa Zeller ; floridana Neumoegen. 



The moth is found in the warmer parts of Florida. 



FAMILY GELECHIJD/E 



" He buildeth his house as a moth." JOB. xxvii, 18. 



This is a very extensive family of small moths which possess 

 habits of considerable interest to students. Many of them are 



FIG. 243. P. operculella. a, section of tuber showing eye and eggs deposited 

 about it, natural size ; b, egg, dorsal view ; c, egg, lateral view, greatly enlarged ; 

 d, k, mines of larva in potato ; j, pupa at end of mine, seen through skin of potato, 

 somewhat reduced ; e, larva, dorsal view ; f, larva, lateral view ; g, larva, third ab- 



dominal segment, lateral view; h, do., dorsal view, still more enlarged; 

 /, moth, enlarged. (After Riley, " Insect Life," Vol. IV, p. 239.) 



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pupa; 



