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Show 312 LORD WALSINGHAM ON [¥eb. 15, genus. Of these, eleven species described by Mr. Chambers have been removed by himself to other genera; and he has suggested that three more of his species should probablv also be transferred to Gelechia. One species is found to be identical with a known European form, leaving twelve species on the list. To these must be added three others described by Mr. Walker, of which Mr. Chambers makes no mention. Depressaria georgiella, Walk. Cat. Lep. Het. B. M. xxxv. p. 1827, belongs to the genus Trichotaphe (Clem.) ; but I am unable at present to determine the species. It should more properly be included in the genus Gelechia than in Depressaria. Depressaria clausella, Walk. Cat. Lep. Het. B. M . xxix. p. 564, is evidently D. cinereocostella (Clem.), which is well figured in the Annals of the Lyceum of Nat. Hist. N e w York, vol. ix. The preface to the volume of Mr. Walker's Catalogue in which his description appears is dated March 7, 1864. The paper in which Dr. Clemens described it was also published at some time during the month of March in the same year. Full references are given by Mr. Chambers to the several published notices of this species, with the exception of that by Mr. Walker. Depressaria confertella, Walk. Cat. Lep. Het. B. M . xxix. p. 563, is a Cryptolechia, and is identical with Gryptolechia tentoriferella, originally described by Dr. Clemens as Machimia tentoriferella, Clem. (Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil. 1860, p. 212). It has also since been described by Mr. Chambers under the name Depressaria fer-naldella, which is contained in his list of the genus. I am assured by Prof. Fernald that he is well acquainted with the species, and that it agrees with a specimen of the true C. tentoriferella which I received from him for comparison with Mr. Walker's D. confertella; hut I am aware that Mr. Chambers himself (U.S. Geol. and Geogr. Surv.) still doubts their identity. Prof. Zeller (Verb. z.-b. Ges. Wien, 1873, p. 40) first pointed out that it should properly be included in the genus Cryptolechia. After eliminating this, we have thus eleven unquestioned species of the genus Depressaria recorded as occurring in North America:- 1D. atrodorsella, Clem. 1D. cinereocostella, Clem. D. clausella, Walk. ~D. eupatoriella, Cham. ]D. grotella, Robinson. 3_D. heracliana, De G. 2 D. hilarella, Zell. lD. lecontella, Clem. D. nebulosa, Zell. XD. pulvipumella, Clem. D. robiniella, Packard. D. scabrella, Zell. Doubtfully referred to Gelechia by Mr. Chambers (Bull. U.S. Geol. and Geogr. Surv. Vol. p. 138) :- D.2pallidochrella, Cham. D.I rileyella, Cham. D.I versicolorella, Cham. x These are figured in the Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History, New York, vol. ix. 3 ?/these I liave seen sPe c i m e ns in Mr. Stainton's collection. Also European. |