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present; male antennae bipectinate, without pecten on scape. Larva a case- 

 bearer on evergreens, with six setae on prolegs; flattened, widest at first segment 

 of abdomen; setae iii of spiracle -bearing segments with a double annular tubercle, 

 apparently movable. Pupa in the cocoon. 



1. P. tsugensis Kearfott. Silvery white, veined with gray; with a narrow ter- 

 minal gray shade immediately preceded by a blackish line. Hind wing yellowish 

 white. 21-24 mm. 



Larva on Tsuga (Japanese hemlock) ; cream-white, speckled with pink, with 

 blackish head and cervical shield; in a case covered with needles and frass. 



New Jersey. Introduced from Japan ( ?) 



Family 21. GELECHIID^E 



Moderately small moths, sometimes minute. Head typically 

 smoothly scaled, clothed with long scales curving forward and down, 

 and sometimes ruffled. Labial palpi normally as described for the 

 superfamily; second joint often with a triangular tuft. The third 

 joint rudimentary in male of Anarsia only. Antennae as in (Ecophor- 

 ida?; very rarely with pecten (Sitotroga, Symmoca ?). Fore wing 

 narrow, with rounded, rarely caudate (fig. 158) outer margin. R 5 

 running to costa, stalked, or, rarely, completely fused with R 4 ; R 3 

 usually free ; M 1 from near upper angle of cell or stalked with R 5 ; Cu x 

 and Cu, often stalked, never very widely separated; the other veins 

 mostly free, and hardly ever with more than one vein lost. M 2 arising 

 nearer Cu-stem than R-stem. 1st A absent (except the extreme tip 

 in some exotic Symmocas) ; 2d A strongly forked at base. Hind 

 wing more or less trapezoidal, the outer margin more sharply bent 

 over M 3 and Cu x and often concave above, Or with projecting apex; 

 rarely bifid ; lanceolate in some Helices. Sc and R connected by a 

 well-developed R x near base ; R x and base of R s both lost in Helice ; 

 R and M x approximate at origin or stalked, except in a few genera 

 with markedly concave outer margin ; M 2 various ; M 3 and Cu x connate 

 or stalked, rarely separate. 1st A lost, and 3d A very weak. M lf or 

 M 2 , or both, sometimes disappearing in forms with concave outer 

 margin; and M 3 rarely fused with Cu^ 



Larva (fig. 174) typical of the superfamily, as a rule; coxa? often a 

 little separated, but by less than their width ; adf rontals reaching nearly 

 or quite to vertex; and front two-thirds as far, or ending in an attenu- 

 ated point ; prolegs almost always with biordinal hooks, either in an 

 ellipse or in two transverse bands ; in the latter case with two groups 

 on anals. Second, third, and fourth ocelli not distinctly grouped. Pro- 

 legs lost and true legs rudimentary in a few genera. Pupa with clypeal 

 suture complete and usually straight; labial palpi concealed, or show- 

 ing a small triangle next to labrum ; femora concealed. Antenna? con- 

 tiguous for some distance behind tongue, and then again diverging 

 before apex ; maxillary palpi present and usually large, reaching from 



