THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



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I have met only one parasite, an ichneumon fly. It is not abundant* 

 There is still another moth known to me whose habits are very similar 

 to those of Gelechia gallcBsolidagiiiis Riley. I present its history and 

 description, and propose to call it Gelechia gallceasf ere/la . 



Larva — Length .4 of an inch. Color tawny, head black, cervical and 

 anal shield composed of ragged brown patches, true legs dark, terminal 

 joint light. Piliferous spots mostly small and round, arranged thus : first 

 segment has one below and one in front of the spiracle, second and third 

 one above the foot and a triangle above it, fourth to eleventh two below 

 the spiracle and a triangle above, the bases of which make a row on the 

 sides of the dorsum. 



Pupa — Length .33 of an inch. Brown, head and thorax quite dark. 



The head and eyes are rather more 

 prominent than the pupa of galloesolid- 

 aginis ; it is also stouter. 



Imago — Length .32, expanse .8 of an 

 inch (average of five). Fore wings 

 white, speckled with brown and black ; 

 Fi S<*' © there is a brown patch occupying the 



costal half of the middle third ; it is darkest towards the base ; bordering 

 the hind margin of the patch is a distinct (under a lens) dark brown line 

 which terminates in a hook ; just behind the middle of the patch are two 

 short, parallel, black dashes ; beyond these, in line with the apex, is a 

 short, black, irregular mark. Cilia touched with brown, the tips quite 

 dark. Hind wings gray; cilia light with a tinge of yellow; tips dark. 

 Palpi white with brown scales on outside of second joint; terminal joint 

 black nearly half its length, extreme tip white. Antennae annulated with 

 brown and white. Head white, thorax white more or less streaked with 

 brown. Abdomen gray peppered with dark scales below, the first three 

 segments yellow above. 



Described from several bred specimens. 



* There is a fourth moth which I have found at different places in Ont. and New 

 York, whose larva produces a gall on the Willow. Its habits are almost identical with 

 those of saligneana. I had its history in manuscript to accompany this paper, but when 

 about to send it to the publisher, Prof. C. II. Fernald informed me that Prof. C. V. Riley, 

 also has it in manuscript. It will finally be published as Grapholitha gallcesaliciana. 



