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feeding on the " Shepherd's purse " (Bursa) which was growing 

 in waste places. 



Hemerophila dyari Busck. I have given my notes on this 

 larva accompanying Mr. Busck's original description. (Journ. 

 N. Y. Ent. Soc., VIII, 243, 1901.) It feeds on Ficus spp. 



Atteva gemmata Grote (floridana Neum.). Larvae in webs 

 on Simaruba glauca in 1890 ; none seen in 1900, but the moths 

 began to appear late in February. (Description in Journ. N. Y. 

 Ent. Soc., V, 48.) 



ELACHISTID.E. 



Coleophora sp. Two examples of a curious case were found 

 on Eugenia sp., corresponding to C. octagonella Wals., but no 

 moths were bred. The case was long and pointed at one end, 

 resembling a thorn, roundedly lo-sided, overlaid with elongated 

 pieces of frass laid on regularly ; at the open end a group of loose 

 frass fastened in webby silk. 



Homaledra heptathalama Busck. The larva occurred soli 

 tarily in peculiar nests on the leaves of the palmetto trees {Sabal 

 palmetto}. The nest consists of a thick felted mass in the angle 

 of the leaf on the under side, composed of silk and comminuted 

 frass (palmetto fibre) arranged in eight rounded chambers, slightly 

 overlapping and connected, successively larger, the first about .5 

 mm., the last 8 to 10 mm. in diameter. At the end an irregular 

 mass of loose fibre and the whole overspread by a loose, distant 

 net of fine silk, covering also the area where the larva feeds. The 

 pupa is formed in the last large chamber. 



Head round, slightly bilobed, clypeus not reaching over half way to 

 vertex, depressed at apex; free from joint 2 ; pale testaceous, jaws brown, 

 ocelli small, black; width 1.6 mm. Body flattened a little ventrally, in- 

 cisures well marked, of uniform width ; segments smooth, subventral fold 

 moderate ; joints 2 to 4 rather folded. Cervical shield very slight, luteous, 

 nearly membranous. Opaquely whitish, dotted with transparent specks. 

 Tubercles minute, except iii, which is large and pale luteous. i dorsad to 

 ii, iv -(- v. Joints 12 and 13 smaller, 13 strongly folded anteriorly; anal 

 flap conical, membranous, concolorous. Dorsal vessel dark. Setas fine, 

 brownish ; feet short, normal. 



Homaledra sabalella Chambers. The larvae occurred grega 

 riously on the back of the leaf of the Sabal palmetto. They eat 

 a wide irregular patch over the leaf, covered with a mat of loose 

 web and comminuted frass, reaching down into a point of the 

 leaf, which becomes dead, curled and filled with the small, webby 

 cocoons. At maturity the larval head measures i.o mm. A little 

 larva with the head .3 mm. wide had head and cervical shield jet 

 black, the rest of joint 2 in front pale vinous. Skin transparent, 



