April, '09] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 177 



Crocidophora serratissimalis (Zeller). Common among the saw 

 grasses at the edge of a swamp. 



Nomophila noctuella (Denis & Schiffermuller). Common in hay 

 fields and pastures. Comes freely to light. 



Pyrausta acrimonalis (Walk.). One specimen taken. 



Pyrausta oxydaUs (Guenee). Not common. Several taken. 



Pyrausta gcnerosa (Grt. & Rob.). One specimen taken. 



Pyrausta unimaciilata (Grt. & Rob.). One specimen taken. 



Eusti.ria pupula (Hubn.). Only one specimen of this beautiful little 

 moth taken. 



Pyralis farinalis (Linn.). Common. 



Tosale ozriplagalis (Walk.). One specimen taken at bait. 



Crambus laqucatcllus (Clemens). Common. 



Crambus alboclavellus (Zeller). One specimen taken. 



Crambus triscctus (Walk.). Not common. 



Cenopis groteana (Fernald). One specimen taken in thick woods, 

 May 31, 1908. 



Epagogc sulphureana (Hubn.). One specimen taken. 



Archips paraHcla (Robinson). One specimen taken. 



Archips argyrosplla (Walk.). One specimen taken. 



Tortrix palorana (Robinson). One specimen taken. 



Tortrix albicomana (Clemens). One specimen taken. 



NOTE ON FOOD HABIT OF LIOTROPIS CONTAMINATUS UHL. Professor 

 A. E. Vinson, of Tuscon, Arizona, has recently sent me a specimen of 

 this pentatomid, and since the food habits of the species appear not 

 to have been recorded heretofore, it seems worth while to put on rec- 

 ord a statement received from him concerning the occurrence of the 

 specimen. He says it was found Jan. 28, '09, "in a fruit cluster of 

 Opuntia fulgida about six miles east of Tucson on the S. P. R. R." 

 The occurence of the specimen on this plant need not necessarily mean 

 that this is the native food plant (the species even may be carnivor- 

 ous), but considering the scant vegetation of the plains and the mode 

 of occurrence it would seem quite probable that this plant is its regu- 

 lar habitat. The species has been collected only rarely. It was de- 

 scribed by Professor Uhler in 1897 from specimens obtained in Ari- 

 zona, and has since been mentioned but once or twice in literature. T 

 have specimens in my collection collected by Mr. TT. F. Wickham in 

 El Paso, Texas, and Tnyo Mts., Calif., the latter at elevation of 7,000 

 to 9,000 feet. Other members of the genus occur in the same region, 

 and the widely distributed L. numcralis is a fairly common species 

 throughout the eastern United States. HERBERT OSBORN, Ohio State 

 University, Feb. 2, 1909. 



