228 Ins, 
LKPIDOPTERA. 
Argyresthia^ sp. destructive to the black spruce (^Ahies nigra) \ Hagen, 
Rep. E. Soc. Ont. 1880, p. 35. 
Gracilaria siigmatella, Pabr. Transformations described ; Chambers, 
Canad. Ent. xiii. pp. 25-28. 
ColeopJiora : note on the case of an undetermined Russian species ; 
Ragonot, Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. (6) i. pp. xiv. &xv. C. apicella: irregularity 
of its appearance connected with the growth of its food-plant ; Stainton, 
1. c. xviii. p. 141. C. ccespitiella (P), noticed ; Sandahl, Ent. Tidskr. ii. 
pp. 6 & 56. C. medio-strigata, Frey (?), noticed; Wocke, JB. schles. Gres. 
Iviii. p. 204. C. olivaceella, Staint., noticed ; Threlfall, Ent. xiv. p. 136. 
Elachista humiliella, Herr.-Schaff., perhaps = perplexella^ Staint., 
id. 1. c. p. 137. 
Tischeria and Lithocolletis. Larvae extracted from their mines by small 
birds (?) ; Fletcher & Stainton, Ent. M. M. xviii. p. 143. 
Lithocolletis alpina^ Frey, noticed ; Wocke, JB. schles. Ges. Iviii. 
pp. 204 & 205. L. pastorella^ Zell., var. (?) noticed; Rossler, JB. nass. 
Ver. xxxiii. & xxxiv. p. 331. L. harnadryadella and fitchella, Clem.: 
life-histories; the former is figured : Comstock, Z. c. 1879, pp. 226-233, 
pi. iv. fig. 4. 
Cemiostoma umilesella, Staint., bred from galls of Cynips hollari ; 
Fletcher, Ent. xiv. p, 21. 
Nepticula sericopeza noticed ; Warren, Ent. M. M. xviii. pp. 142 & 143. 
Prodoxidoe, fam. nov. ; Riley, P. Am. Ass. 1880, p. 637. Allied to the 
Tineidce \ head rough, labial palpi of moderate size, curved upwards; 
maxillary palpi long, elbowed, 5-jointed, the basal joint either protuber- 
ant or modified into a prehensile tentacle ; anal joint of $ compressed 
from the sides, bare and horny, ovipositor extensile, terminal joint in one 
piece, and adapted to piercing and sawing ; egg very soft, elongate, and 
fiexible ; larva either without prolegs or entirely apodous ; pupa with a 
strong thorn on the head. To include the genera Pronuha and Prodoxus, 
Riley. 
New genera and species : — 
7scAno/?sZs, Walsingham, Tr. E. Soc. 1881, p. 236. Allied to Tiquadra; 
type, I. angustella, sp. n., Z. c. p. 237, pi. x. fig. 11, South Africa. 
Phryganeopsis, id. P. Z. S. 1881, p. 301. Allied to Incurvaria (?) ; type, 
P. hrunnea, sp. n., Z. c. p. 302, pi. xxxv. figs. 1 & la-lc, California. 
ColeoiechniteSy Chambers, Rep. Dep. Agric. 1879, p. 206. Affinities 
not stated ; type, C. citriella, sp. n., Z. c., Florida. 
Arceolepia, Walsingham, Z. c. p. 303. Allied to Plutella and Plutello- 
ptera ; type, A. subfasciella, sp. n., Z. c. pi. xxxv. figs. 3 & 3a, Oregon. 
Siganorosis, Wallengren, Ent. Tidskr. ii. p. 94. Allied to Depressaria, 
to include D. olerella and chcerophylli^ Zell., weirella, Staint., alhipunc- 
tella, depressella, pimpinella^ and badiella, Hiibn., nervosa, Haw., and 
heracliana, Deg. 
Exoteleia, id. Z. c. p. 94. Allied to Gelechia ; type. Tinea dodecella, 
Linn. 
Syneunetis, id. Z. c. p. 95. Allied to Gelechia ; type, G. inopella, Zell. 
Teratopsis, Walsingham, Tr. E. Soc. 1881, p. 259. Allied to Crypto- 
