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before the spiracle. Segments very obscurely 3-annulate; skin minutely 

 spinulose. 



The larvae pupated in a folded leaf. 



Epiblemaperplexana Fern. Not uncommon at light ; seven 

 examples furnished Prof. Fernald's types. 



GELECHIID^E. 



[The following notes on the Tineid larvae are seldom com 

 plete, as it was impossible to fully examine the slender material 

 collected without destroying some larvae, which would have en 

 dangered successful breeding. Mr. August Busck has determined 

 all the species.] 



Aristotelia ivce Busck. My notes are as follows : They do 

 not seem to agree with what Mr. Busck has published (Proc. 

 U. S. Nat. Mus., XXIII, 226), but it is probable that my larvae 

 were immature. All the material was sent to Mr. Busck and I 

 did not breed this species myself. 



Larva. In a soft web among the terminal leaves of Iva frutescens rest 

 ing in the web. Head rounded, held out flat, vertex scarcely under joint 

 2; green, brownish shaded over the apices of the lobes, ocelli black ; width 

 .6 mm. Body slightly flattened, subventral fold prominent, segments 

 obscurely 2-annulate; green, venter entirely so, dorsal half thickly, faintly 

 mottled with sordid, leaving subdorsal lateral and stigmatal dotted lines 

 of the ground color. Tubercles small, dusky ; setae moderately long, i and ii 

 in line, iv and v approximate but separated by the diameter of a tubercle 

 or more, in line; vi on the green lower subventral fold. Legs very 

 slender, small, normal. Cervical shield greenish, not cornified, brown 

 marks before it; anal flap concolorous. Incisures distinct, slightly 

 folded. 



Aristotelia sp. Mr. Busck has so determined a single speci 

 men that came to light ; the species may be new, but the material 

 is too scant. 



Nealyda pisoniw Busck. The mines of this species were not 

 uncommon in the leaves of Pisonia aculeata. They are on the 

 upper side of the leaf, starting at the midrib, gradually and ir 

 regularly widening to form a large trumpet-shaped blotch, the 

 larval frass contained. The larva escapes by a hole. The head 

 is small, flat, partly retracted. Body flat, segments moniliform, 

 joints 2 and 3 large, 4 to 1 1 almost alike, then gradually smaller, 

 tapering posteriorly. Translucent testaceous, edges of the seg 

 ments darker, brownish ; food green ; no spots. Thoracic feet 

 short, normal, projecting, colorless, the basal piece slightly in- 

 fuscated. Abdominal ones on joints 7 to 10 long, slender, taper 

 ing from a slightly large base, the tips swollen and bearing a few 



