12 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



A NEW BUTTERFLY FROM UTAH. 



BY HENRY SKINNER, PH ILADELI'HIA, PA. 



MELiT.^iA Maria, n. sp. — Male: Expands i)4 inches. Upper side. 

 Primaries. The outer marghi of the wing has along its edge about eight 

 brick-red spots ; internal to these is another row of yellow spots, sepa- 

 rated from the former by a very small space. Next comes a row of 

 yellow spots, the first four having an outward curve, and the lower 

 three an inward curve. There then comes a row of quadrate brick-red 

 spots, nearly parallel to the preceding yellow row. At the end of the cell 

 are three yellow quadrate spots. The cell has in it two comparatively 

 large red spots, outlined with black, and having a yellow patch between 

 them and another toward the base. There is also a quadrate yellow spot 

 with concave sides in the space below the third median nerve. The 

 secondaries are marked in a similar manner. 



Under side. Primaries. These are light brick- red, with two spots 

 in the cell of the same colour encircled with a black line ; beyond 

 the cell are three oblong yellow spots ; still further toward the tip are 

 two rows of yellow spots edged with black. The lower half of the 

 wing is immaculate, with the exception of a yellow dot below each 

 median nerve. On the secondaries are about six rows of spots, the 

 rows being alternately red and yellow, narrowly edged by black. The 

 female is somewhat larger and darker in colour, having less yellow on 

 it. This species belongs to the Anicia group, but is lighter in colour 

 than the other species, haviifg more yellow spots. The wings are also 

 narrower. The under side is light in colour, similar to Acastus. 

 Described from a number of specimens taken at Park City, Utah, 

 June 26th, 1895, ^y P''of^ ^- J- Snyder, and named in honour of his 

 wife, who is an ardent collector and student of the Lepidoptera. 



A SERIOUS ATTACK ON THE APPLE FRUIT BY ARGY- 

 RESTHIA CONJUGELLA (Zell.) IN EUROPE. 



BY ENRIO REUTER, HELSINGFORS, FINLAND. 



In the annual reports of the Canadian Experimental Farms for 1896 

 and 1897, D''- James Fletcher describes a new apple-fruit pest in British 

 Columbia, caused by the attacks of small caterpillars, viz., the larvae of a 

 little lineid moth, Argyresthia conjiigeila, Zell. The injuries done by 

 this new enemy, called by Mr. Fletcher " the apple-fruit miner," closely 

 resemble those caused by the apple maggot, Trypeta povwuella, Walsh, 



