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of the less-known character of the insects themselves. No complete 

 monograph of the American species has appeared, but some genera have 

 received treatment as cited below : 

 1868. Geo. H. Horn. New sj^ecies of Coleoptera from the Pacific 



District of the U. S. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, II., p. 136 (Table 



of Cononotus.). 

 1879. J. L. Leconte. New Coleoptera. North Am. Ento., Vol. I, p. 4 



(Table of RhinosiiiiKS.). 

 1888. Geo. H. Horn. Miscellaneous Coleopterous Studies. Trans. Am. 



Ent. Soc, XV., p. 45 (Table of Pytho.). 



ON THE LARV.-E OF NORTH AMERICAN NOLID/E, WITH 

 DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW SPECIES. 



BV H.ARRISON G. DYAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. 



Genus Roeseli.\, Hiibner. 

 R. triquetrana, Fitch. 



The larva lives on witch haz^l. See Psyche, VI., no (tri?iotata). 

 R. iiiinna, Butler. 



The larva is unknown. 

 R. sorghiella, Riley. 



The larva lives in a web on sorghum. See Psyche VI., i lo. It is 

 pale yellowish, a red-brown band along warts i + ii, a paler waved band 

 below wart iii and another just above wart vi ; hair short, pale, a few 

 long ones. Feet of joint 7 wanting. 

 R melanopa, Zeller. 



The larva is unknown. 

 R. pHsttilata, Walker. 



The larva is unknown. 

 R. cilicoides, Grote. 



The larva is unknown. 



Genus Nola, Leach. 

 N. phylla, Dyar. 



Stage III. — Similar to the next ; body all pale yellowish, a tiny dot 

 on joint 7 ; head .4 mm. Previous stages not observed. 



Stage IV. — Head pale testaceous, width .8 mm. Body flattened, 

 warts large, in three rows, the fourth concealed, abdominal feet on joints 

 8 to 10 and 13. Pale greenish, shaded witli white and brown, a dorsal 

 brown patch on joint 7 \ subdorsal region irregularly streaked with 

 brown. Hair short and bristly on the upper two warts, very long frorn 



