THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 211 



A NEW GELECHIID, TRICHOTAPHE LEVISELLA, n. sp. 



BY REV. THOMAS W. FYLES, LEVIS, QUEBEC. 



The Broad-leaved Aster {Aster »iacrophyl/us, L.) grows in patches of 

 considerable size in the woods around Levis. In the month of June, 

 1902, I noticed that many of the large ground leaves of the plant were 

 folded over from both sides and crinkled. On opening one of them I 

 found that a larva had turned the leaf into a cool and pleasant tent for 

 itself, and was feeding upon the parenchyma of the leaf. 



This larva was about nine lines in length. It was of a pale green, 

 with dorsal, subdorsal and side lines of darker green. The head and 



second segment were jet black and glossy. The fore part of the third 

 segment was dull brown, on the after part of it were four conspicuous 

 white patches. At intervals, along the subdorsal lines, and elsewhere on 

 the body, were round jet black dots. The spiracles were black. The 

 under side of the larva was pale green. The claspers and anal segment 

 were marked with black. 



On the 25th of the month mentioned the larva spun a capsule-like 

 white cocoon, open at one end for the exit of the moth. Its plan was to 

 place itself on the under side of a fresh leaf, upon the midrib; then to 

 affi.x its threads at a certain distance on either side of the rib, and to draw 

 so much of the leaf as lay between into a fold or crease. Within this it 

 formed its cocoon. 



The moths appeared on the loth of the next month. The perfect 

 insect when displayed measured ten and a half lines across. Its body was 

 four lines in letigth, and its antennje three lines. The palpi were dark 

 brown, turned back usually. The basal part of them was spindle- 

 shaped ; the terminal joint was smaller, long and pointed. The fore 

 wings were brown, clouded with darker brown towards the hind margin. 

 They had a subterminal line of paler brown spots, bordered with black. 

 Beyond the centre of the wings was a pale brown horseshoe-like mark, not 

 very distinct. The secondaries were gray, with a lighter well-marked ter- 

 minal line, and a gray fringe. The body was tufted at the extremity. 

 The tarsi were ringed with white. 



Professor Fernald and Mr. August Busck informed me that the moth 

 belongs to the genus Trichotaphe^ Clemens. I have named it Tricho- 

 taphe Leviselia, and I have sent types of it to the U. S. National Museum. 



July, 1904. 



