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basis carycc. Mr. Ely has two specimens taken near Wash- 

 ington, D. C., by himself. 



Type. No. 11549, U. S. National Museum. 



The Riley notes, preserved at the Department of Agri- 

 culture, contain under the number 2504 two entries, Kirkwood, 

 Mo. (Miss Murtfeldt) and Virginia (Pergande), the larvae 

 on hickory in both instances. 



Acrobasis normella, n. sp. 



The pattern and colors are the same as in the allied species, but the 

 orange-red space beyond the scale ridge is narow and there is an 

 oblique white shade from beyond the end of the scale ridge to the 

 costa at inception of the outer line, relieving the small, separate discal 

 dots strongly. The male has no sexual markings beneath. Expanse, 

 19 mm. 



One male and one female, East River, Conn., August 2, 

 1907 (Chas. R. Ely). 

 Type. No. 11550, U. S. National Museum. 



Acrobasis rubrifasciella Packard. 



I have several specimens under this label, but am not cer- 

 tain of any of them, as none is bred. The food plant is alder. 

 Specimens not bred can not be distinguished from the follow- 

 ing species: 



Acrobasis comptoniella Hulst. 



I have a series of specimens bred from sweet fern at Center 

 Harbor, N. H. (H. G. Dyar). The larvae have the head dark 

 red, black in the sutures ; cervical shield pale reddish, con- 

 trasting; body blackish, with broad diffuse dorsal and lateral 

 pale reddish bands ; feet black. The tubercles are minute and 

 inconspicuous. Mr. Ely has a large series captured at East 

 River, Conn. He says that the sweet fern is abundant at that 

 locality. 



Acrobasis caryae Grote. 



Ten specimens are before me, bred from pecan at the In- 

 sectary of the Department of Agriculture under the number 

 5023, from Summerton, S. C., and three others somewhat 

 doubtfully referred, as the food plants are not known. With- 

 out the food plant, this species is indistinguishable from the 

 following. The larval habits of the two seem different enough, 

 for while caryc? eats into the young buds of hickory, bctulella 

 feeds on the leaves of birch later in the season, forming a 

 hard ball of excrement surrounded by a loose web. 



