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points about y 2 and 34 of wing from base ; cilia smoky, interspersed 

 with black near vertex ; three yellowish streaks cut through cilia 

 from points just above, just below and at vertex. Hind wings some- 

 what lighter gray than cilia, which are yellow gray. Alar expanse 

 13 14 mm. 



Habitat. East River, Conn. ; Dublin, N. H. 



Food plant. Primus scrotina. 



Type. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 12,854. 



Described from one male and one female bred by the writer 

 on Primus scrotina during- August, 1909, at East River, Conn., 



Co-types. One male, Dublin, N. H. ; collector, A. Busck; 

 four specimens, East River, Conn. ; collector, Chas. R. Ely, 

 July ii to August 12, 1909. 



The larvae from which the two bred specimens were obtained 

 were taken from the tips of the leaves of Primus serotina, 

 which had been folded over in the form of a hollow tetra- 

 hedron. The cocoons were made in a slightly folded leaf 

 and were yellowish in color, boat-shaped below and flat on top. 

 At emergence the pupal casing was left protruding from one 

 end of the cocoon. 



The captured specimens, which do not have the maculations 

 as sharply defined as do the bred specimens, also vary some- 

 what in shading. 



The writer is under obligation to Mr. August Busck for the 

 privilege of describing and naming this species. 



A new Xiphidion from Northern Georgia. 



BY A. N. CAUDELL, U. S. Nat. Museum. 



Xiphidion allardi n. sp. 



Brachypterous, the elytra failing to cover the abdomen in either sex. 

 Head with face uniformly green; eyes black and prominent; vertex 

 narrow, about one-fourth as wide as the distance between the eyes, 

 slightly ascending and somewhat constricted before the apex. A uni- 

 form dark stripe extends along the top of the head to the apex of the 

 vertex, posteriorly continued across the entire length of the pronotum, 

 growing somewhat less distinct posteriorly. Thorax and abdomen 

 green, the latter, together with the genital organs, mottled above with 

 fuscous. Elytra apically broadly rounded, the sides about parallel, in 



