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tacks Dendrobiums, Cattleyas and Laelias. The larvae feed 

 in the tissue of the pseudo-bulb and sometimes mine it so com- 

 pletely that only the outer skin is left, while the beetles attack 

 the foliage, pseudo-bulbs and roots. All stages, together with 

 injured orchids, are figured in the Gardeners' Chronicle 

 for July 24, 1897, by R. Stewart MacDougall. In the same 

 article, an allied species, Dia.vencs taylori, is also mentioned. 

 As far as I know neither of these species has been found in 

 New Jersey. 



EXPLANATION OF .PLATES. 



PLATE IV. 



Fig. i Galls of Paralcllodiplosis cattlcyac on orchid roots. 

 Fig. 2 Sepals of Cattlcya mossiac injured by Diorymcllns laevimar</o 



Champ. 

 Fig. 3 Leaf of Cattlcya sp. showing discoloration due to feeding of 



Tcnthccoris bicolor. 

 Fig. 4 Leaves of Oncidium oblongatum eaten at bases by Eucacto- 



phagus graphiptcrus. 



PLATE V. 



Fig. I Eucactophagus graphiptcrus Champ. 

 Fig. 2 Chains cattleyac Champ. 

 Fig. 3 Acypothcus orchivora Blackb. 

 Fig. 4 Dioryinellus laevimargo Champ. 



The Distribution and Synonymy of Autographa 

 vaccinii Hy. Edw. (Lep.) 



By RODRIGUES OTTOLENGUI, New York City. 

 By way of a foreword I desire to state that after a lapse 

 of fourteen years I am once more engaged in a study of Aiito- 

 grap]\.a and Allied Genera (see Journal New York Entomolog- 

 ical Society, June, 1902). I hope in the near future to pub- 

 lish another monograph, this time illustrated with colored 

 plates. To this end I already have colored drawings of all 

 North American types in the British Museum, obtained 

 through the courteous co-operation of Sir George Hampson. 

 Also, about thirty colored drawings from my own material 

 have thus far been completed by that wonderfully accurate 



