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the collection of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadel- 

 phia, and in the U. S. National Museum. 



The moths appear in the latter half of April. Very young 

 larvae were collected feeding within the unopened seed-pods 

 of the chickweed in the middle of May. Even at .this time, the 

 flowering stems are wilted down and lying on the ground. The 

 first silken cases were ohserved on May 25 ; this silken case is 

 attached to the outside of the pod and the larva feeds on the 

 seeds within. When the valves of the pod begin to curl open, 

 a smooth sheet of silk is spun across, which prevents the seeds 

 from dropping out. To this sheet of silk the case is now usu- 

 ally attached. The larvae feed for about ten days after spin- 

 ning the silken case. Case short cylindrical, 6 mm. long, with' 

 strongly deflexed mouth, three-valved at apex ; yellowish white 

 at first, grayish when mature, and decorated with numerous 

 dark reddish granules. 



Coleophora borea n. sp. 



Face and mid-dorsal line of head brownish ocherous, sides of the 

 head whitish, palpi white above, brownish ocherous or fuscous be- 

 neath, second segment with a pointed tuft projecting more than half 

 the length of the third segment ; antennae white, annulate with brown- 

 ish ocherous or fuscous, basal segment and four or five succeeding 

 segments somewhat thickened with scales. 



Fore wings brownish ocherous or fuscous with the veins except the 

 base of the upper margin of the cell distinctly outlined in white; 

 dorsal margin white; interspaces between the costal veins shading to 

 dark brown at the base of the costal cilia; the dark brown usually 

 forms a streak below vein 7, extending into the apical cilia ; a broad 

 streak sometimes dark brown, sometimes scarcely deeper than the 

 ground color, extends the length of the cell and ends in a dark brown 

 spot, which is most conspicuous in the paler specimens. Cilia brownish 

 ocherous intermixed with white scales, which form a line at the base 

 of the cilia along the termen. Hind wings and cilia fuscous. Legs 

 whitish ocherous, first two pair fuscous outwardly, posterior pair with 

 a fuscous line along the outside. Alar expanse: 15-16 mm. 



Tvf>e ( $ ) and 25 paratypes reared from larvae mining into 

 seeds of the climbing false buckwheat (Polyyonnui scandals] ; 

 Cincinnati, Ohio. 



Type and paratypes in the writer's collection ; paratypr^ m 

 the collection of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadel- 

 phia and in the U. S. National Museum. 



