THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. lo7 



Mr. August Busck writes, ilie species "would seem to infest both 

 Aster and So/ida^o'' (Can. Ent , Vul XLIII, p. 6). 



On the other hand, G. galkediplopappi affects that tall and sturdy 

 plant, Diplopappus umbellatiis Torrey and Gray. I found it every season 

 during my stay at Levis on this plant, and never on any other. For 27 

 years I searched the Golden-rods around Quebec, hoping to find Riley's 

 G. gallasolidaginis ; but the only lepidopterous gall I found upon them 

 was that of Eucosma scudderiana Clemens. Neither Riley's moth nor 

 Kellicoti's apjjeared in the district. 



In Habits of the Larv^.. — From Kellicott's account it appears that 

 G. gallceasterella forms its galls "a itw inches above the ground, the 

 terminal bud developing very little after the larva begins operations." 



The larva fills the way of exit for the moth -'with a closely-fiiting plug 

 of silk." * * * "It then lines the interior with silk and soon changes 

 to a chrysalis" (Can. Ent., Vol. X, p. 204). 



G. gallcediplopappi foriris its gall a foot to two feet above the ground, 

 and the growth above it is unaffected. 



The larva, when full fed, s|)ins a slight web above its droppings and 

 directly across the gall, and on this it changes to a chrysalis. 



I have opened dozens of the galls, and never foimd one lined with 

 silk, nor one with the way of ex't closed with a plug. 



The moths that came from these galls were always true to the type. 



In the Annual Report of the Ent. Soc. of Out. for 1903. page 7 r, will 

 be found an account and illustrations of two dire foes of G. gallieuip- 

 /opappi, viz.: Bracon furtiviis Fyles and Trychosis tunicula-rnbra Fyles. 

 Both of these insects were declared to be new and good species by Dr. 

 Ashmead, of Washington. 



DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES OF ORTHOPTERA 



FROM TEXA.S. 



BY A. N. CAUDELL, WASHINGTON, D. C. 



Stipator tnitthelli, n. sp. — ,^ ( ^ unknown). Allied to vS. haldemanii 

 and grandis, but more heavily built than either of those species. The 

 shape of the cerci of the male is as in haldemanii. 



Head moderate, no broader than the anterior portion of the pronotum, 

 into which it is deeply set ; fastigium of the vertex about one-third as 

 broad as the interocular space ; front broadly rounded ; eyes medium in 

 size and prominence, a little longer than broad ; antennae long and slender, 



April 1911 



