158 William T. M. Forbes 



on eye-caps and. very strong on the pale bands of the wing. Antennae annulate 

 in yellow and two shades of brown; vertex yellow-brown. Fore wing with costa 

 before middle, and a transverse median band yellow-brown, and some brown 

 farther out; fringe with black-tipped scales in basal half, without lines. 6 mm. 



Early spring. Larva on white oak. 



Pennsylvania. 



13. B. packardella Chambers. Head and eye-caps white; tip of vertical tuft 

 mixed pale golden and brownish; antennae pale yellow, brown -dotted; thorax 

 white, brown-dusted; basal half of fore wing white, necked with brown; a chrome- 

 orange streak on fold and one on costa, spreading into the chrome-orange outer 

 half of the wing, which is more or less brown-powdered on the costa; a faint 

 white streak from middle of wing to anal angle and one across apex beyond it ; 

 fringe yellow, with two lines. 6 mm. {trifasciella Clemens, ohscurofasciella 

 Chambers ) . 



Larva on chestnut, oak, and beech; moth in April. 



The name trifasciella will have priority if it really represents this form. 



Distribution general, extending west to California. 



14. B. coronatella Clemens. Head with tuft pale ochreous, face yellowish white ; 

 eye-caps mainly pale yellow, more orange behind. Fore wings pale orange chrome 

 with a whitish patch near the base over fold, one nearly opposite and joined to it 

 on inner margin, and one near middle of costa; near tip, a whitish, transverse 

 band to middle of dorsal fringe; extreme tip whitish; the tuft and a black 

 dot at apex and line in fringe being the only black marks. 6 mm. 



Larva on black birch. 



Pennsylvania to District of Columbia, and vicinity. 



15. B. quinquenc-tella Chambers. Pale straw color, the eye-caps palest, and 

 wings darkest. Vertex brown-tipped; thorax yellow -brown, with straw-yellow 

 edges and tegular; fore wing straw color, the ground nearly covered by a broad, 

 antemedial, yellow-brown fascia,, and confluent outer bands, leaving pale spots, 

 much as in canadensisella. Tuft with blackish scales followed by a chocolate 

 brown area; an oblique, pale gold subterminal streak from costa,. preceded by 

 chocolate brown; all the markings but the last and the tuft, very diffuse. 7 mm. 



This species has been bred from a ribbed cocoon on Ampelopsis. 



16. B. pomifoliella Clemens. Head and eye-cap cream white, the tuft centered 

 with brownish; antennas pale ochreous, dotted with dark fuscous; fore wings cream 

 white, dusted and shaded with brown; base with brown streaks on costa, fold, 

 and inner margin; patch on middle of margin large, oval; a streak from middle 

 of costa to anal angle, ending in a black dot, broadest on costa; a dark brown 

 apical spot, and a dark line in fringe across apex. 7 mm. {pomonella Packard. 

 curvilineatella Packard.) (H. p. 432 f. 251.) 



Larva on apple ia September; dark yellowish green with brown head, with dis- 

 tinct, dark hairs; with the usual habits; cocoon ribbed, on the twigs. The moth 

 flies mostly in June and is generally distributed; common everywhere in Xew 

 York. 



17. B. ambrosiaefoliella Chambers. Head white, with discolored tuft; antennae 

 annulated, dark brown and white; thorax ochreous yellow, faintly sprinkled with 

 brown (or with three yellow lines on a white ground) ; fore wings shaded, ochre- 

 ous and white; an oval, brown, scaled area on inner margin containing the tuft, 

 and edged with white; a short, brown, antemedial costal bar; a postmedial bar 

 edged with white at the costa, extending across the wing to the anal angle, and 

 along the outer margin to the apex; one slanting black line in dorsal fringe; 

 and some scales in dorsal fringe. 7 mm. 



Kentucky. 



I think I have recognized the species mixed with B. pomifoliella. It eats 

 Ambrosia, but is not the better-known Composite-feeder {agnellal) . 



18. B. canadensisella Chambers. Similar to B. pomifoliella, but darker; head 

 white; tuft centered with yellow-brown; thorax brown with a complete white 



