Entomology. 365. 
of several American collections of these moths, many of the speci- 
mens being types of American species. On page 194, in speaking 
> of certain of these specimens, he says :— 
“I think these may be Ornix prunivorella Chamb., although 
that author does not record that the larva of that species feeds on: 
apple or pear. These specimens are not in good condition, and it 
is impossible in so difficult a genus as Ornia to be quite certain to 
what species they belong. i 
“ They are the types of Lithocolletis geminatella Packard, accòrd- 
ing to the label attached to the second specimen, but they undoubt-. 
edly belong to the genus Ornix.” 
From the statement just quoted, that Chambers doés not record) 
the apple-feeding habits of O. prunivorella it seems evident that 
Lord Walsingham had been misled by the omission in the list of 
food-plants noted above. 
accounted for on the supposition that Dr. Packard’s specimen was. 
immature, for, as Mr, Brunn has remarked, these larve are flesh- 
colored when young. 
In the light of these observations I believe that I am justified in 
ting these supposed species as the same, and, as Dr. Packard’s 
name has riority, in calling the insect Ornix geminatella (Pack.).— 
Clarence M. Weed. 
that it is not ible to abstract it in a short space. It should be ~ 
read by all peones in the biological side of entomology that 
1 Psyche, Vol. V., pp. 3-12. 
