june,i902] Busck: North American Tineina. 93 



possibly in tlie seed pods. It is likely that both species will be found 

 to have a common food plant. 



In J. B. Smith's list of Lepidoptera of Boreal America, Professor 

 Riley placed tallidochrella as a synonym oi glandiferella Zeller = sella 

 Chambers (No. 5302) at the same time repeating pallidochrella as a 

 separate species under No. 5439- 



There is no apparent reason for this synonymy from the entirely 

 different descriptions, the less so, as Chambers, when he pronounced 

 sella Chambers a synonym oi glandiferella Zeller (Can. Ent., IX, 14) 

 right below gives some notes on pallidochrella, without mentioning 

 the resemblance. That there is a slight general resemblance is true, 

 but that is all, and the two are generically different. 



This is also remarked upon by Lord Walsingham (Proc. Zoo. Soc. 

 Lond., 72, 1897), and there he adds : 



"Although it is obvious that pallidochrella is closely allied to glandiferella, I 

 am not quite convinced, that it is synonymous with it." 



It is evident that Lord Walsingham must have had some additional 

 knowledge of Helice Chambers at this time, as the statement is in 

 direct contradiction to his earlier opinion quoted above. 



Cacelice, gen. nov. (Elachistidse.) 



Type : pennolestella Busck. Antenna four-t^fths, rather stout, simple ; labial 

 palpi long, smooth, recurved, pointed, terminal joint as long as second. 



Fore wings elongate ovate, pointed ; 10 veins, 3 and 4 stalked, 5 absent, 6 and 7 

 stalked, embracing apex, 8 absent, i* furcate at base. Hind wings narrow, lanceo- 

 late, pointed ; 6 veins, S and 6 absent, cell open between 7 and the stalked veins 3 and 

 4, 7 subobsolete towards base Posterior tibire with sparse, long hairs above. 



Cacelice permolestella, sp. nov. (PI. XII, Fig. 2.) 



Helice pallidochrella^^ K\.'i\y.G\i>.^\, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. Phil., X, l88, 1882. 



Antennce dark purplish-brown, nearly black, with a longitudinal line of silvery 

 white dots in front, one on each joint ; first joint long purplish-white.* Labial 

 palpi purplish-white, dusted with dark fuscous. Head, thorax and fore wings light 

 reddish-gray, minutely dusted with dark purplish fuscous scales. Near base is an 

 inconspicuous, small, dark, bronzy brown, costal dot.f At basal third is a large 

 transverse dark bronzy-brown costal spot, reaching down across the fold ; j at about 

 the apical third is a smaller concolorous costal spot and the tip of the wing has the 

 dark scales collected into ill-defined transverse spots or streaks. Cilia reddish-gray, 



* This same ornamention is found in Helice pallidochrella. 

 t Also found in Helice pallidochrella, but not mentioned by Chambers 

 X This spot is narrower and more pointed than the corresponding costal spot in 

 Helice pallidochrella. 



