OF WASHINGTON. Ill 



are remarkable because of their peculiar mouthparts, which 

 are so fused as to be almost indistinguishable. They bore in 

 the decaying wood of oak, sycamore, and yellow poplar. Some 

 photographs, taken by Mr. Barber, of the larvae, were also 

 exhibited. 



Mr. Webster reported the finding of the clover root-borer 

 (Hylastinus obscurus Marsham) on the Pacific Coast, Mr. 

 Geo. I. Reeves having recently sent it from Vancouver, Wash., 

 where it was seriously injuring red clover. 



Mr. Webster also reported the finding by Mr. Ainslie of 

 both males and egg-laying females of the spring grain-aphis 

 (Toxoptera graminum Rond.) in April of the present year. 

 The material from which the insects probably originated was 

 sent by Mr. E. O. G. Kelly from Leavenworth, Kans., late in 

 February ; the insects were kept on wheat in the office and con- 

 tinued to give birth to their young as usual. Some time late 

 in April Mr. Ainslie, on looking over the breeding jars, came 

 across eggs stuck on the inside of the glass with which the 

 infested wheat was covered. Almost immediately after, he 

 found the male and sexual female, some of the latter con- 

 taining both eggs and embryos within their abdomens. The 

 finding of the sexes in spring and the males continue to 

 appear up to date, May 6 is without a precedent, so far as he 

 was able to learn. These forms always occur in the fall, and 

 their presence, as here shown, indicates that they may thus 

 occur in the fields in spring in the far South. 



The following papers were presented for publication : 



TWO NEW STENOMID MOTHS FROM THE EASTERN 



UNITED STATES. 



By AUGUST BUSCK. 



Brachyloma decorosella, n. sp. 



Labial palpi brownish ochreous; tip of second joint and base of 

 terminal joint whitish. Face, head, and tongue whitish ochreous. 

 Antennae light brown, as in the following species ciliated in the male 

 (i) ; simple in the female. Thorax light brown. Fore wings rich 

 deer brown, with a strong silky lustre; the entire costal edge narrowly 



