as all its habits so strongly indicated, in reality belongs to the 

 TiNEiDiE, the family which includes the clothes moths and other 

 species which subsist upon fur, grease, and various other articles 

 of household stuff, and which make cylindrical burrows through 

 the substances on which they feed, and have other habits, in the 

 main very unlike those of this apple tree worm. The winged 

 moths whicli this apple tree worm produces, belong to the genus 

 named CiMtochilus, by Stephens and Westwood, Rhinnsia, by 

 Treitschke, Ypsolnphus, by Curtis, and Jl/ieychia, (probably) by 

 Hubner. Which of these several names was first published, and 

 therefore has the right to be retained for our insect, I have not at 

 hand the means for ascertaining ; the name of Treitschke, how- 

 ever, must be rejected, Mr. Kirby having long since given the 

 name Rhinosia, to a genus of weevils. The insects of this genus 

 are chiefly distinguished by having their feelers clothed at base 

 with very long scales, which project horizontally forward from 

 the head, resembling a beak, and from the middle of the upper 

 side of these scales, the last joint of the feelers is protruded up- 

 wards like a spur. 



I had prepared a description of this moth, to be appended to 

 the account which I had already given, but have to-day received 

 from Dr. Harris a slip of a newspaper communication, dated the 

 19th inst., in which he names aud describes it, from specimens 

 which he has recently reared from some of the worms sent to 

 hira. He names it Rhinosia pometella (from the Latin po7netum, 

 a synonym of pometarium) or "The little Rhinosia of the or- 

 chard." But, for the reason above stated, I think we must adopt 

 Mr. Stephens's generic name, and call our insect ChcBlochilus po- 

 metellus. Dr. Harris describes the species, as follows : " Fore- 

 wings ash-gray, sprinkled with blackish dots, three of which, 

 larger than the rest, are placed tiiangularly near the middle , a 

 dusky, transverse band near the tips, and a curved row of seven 

 black dots at the origin of the terminal fringe. Hind-wiugs, dus- 

 ky, with a leaden lustre, black veins, and very long black fringes. 

 Body and legs beneath, yellowish-white, with the lustre of satin. 

 Expansion of the wings, five-eighths of an inch." 



