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opening through which the moth emerged and inside this cocoon was to 

 be seen the amber-brown pupal" skin which fitted the cocoon quite snugly. 



It would seem impossible that the larva of the moth had hidden 

 in the dead Coccid shell merely to pupate, for no opening of any size 

 was to be found except the one through which the adult insect emerged 

 and this was plainly made from the inside. There was, however, a small 

 scar on the side of the shell very near its attachment to the wood and the 

 shell was very thin at this point. It is probable that through this place 

 the larva obtained entrance and as the Coccid was at this time full- 

 grown, it was unable to heal the wound completely, so the shell always 

 remained thin at this point. 



Since that time examples of the Coccid containing the larva have been 

 found, but unfortunately no attempt was made to preserve them because 

 • at that time the writer was just on the point of moving and in the con- 

 sequent hurry the material was lost. 



The following original description was taken from "Tineina of N. A. 

 by B. Clemens" being a collection of the writings of Clemens on Tineina. 

 The description was originally published in the Proc. Ent. Soc. of Phil., 

 Vol. II, pp. 415-430, Mar., 1804: 



Hamadrijas N. gen. 



"This imago, which I have placed in a new genus, appeared to me to 

 be congeneric with a portion of the genus Gelechia. The hind wings are 

 lanceolate. The sub-median and internal veins distinct. Sub-cosral 

 <simole attenuated toward the base. The disk is closed and the nervules 

 are given off from it. The median vein is three branched. 



The fore-wings are lanceolate, with the inner margin dilated near the 

 base of the wing. The sub-costal vein has four branches, the first aris- 

 ing near the middle of the wing, and the apical nervule furcate. The 

 disk is closed, with the nervules given off from it. Median vein 

 three-branched, the posterior branch arising midway between the space 

 opposite the origins of the first and second sub-costa- marginal nervules. 

 Sub-median furcate at the base. Head smooth, face and forehead broad, 

 ocelli very small. Antennae rather thick, about one-half as long as the 

 fore wings, denticulated beneath. Labial palpi moderately long, curved, 

 rather slender, smooth, pointed; the middle joint slightly compressed, 

 rather thicker and longer than the terminal joint, which is cylindrical. 

 Maxillary palpi extremely short. Tongue clothed with scales at the 

 base, and about as long as the anterior coxae. 



H. bassettella. Fore-wings bright reddish-orange, sometimes tinted with 

 yellowish orange, with a black spot at the base above the fold of the 

 wing and a broad, black stripe showing bluish or greenish reflections 

 along the inner margin, extending from the middle of the fold to the tip 

 of the wing and occupying nearly one-half of the breadth of it. Along 

 the costa, about the middle of it, is a shining black stripe, wmich becomes 

 narrower as it approaches the apical third of the wing. Cilia blackish. 

 Hind-wings shining, dark greenish-black. Head and thorax black. 

 Antenuae black. Labial palpi yellowish-orange." 



"I am indebted to the kindness of Mr. H. F. Bassett of Waterbury, 

 Conn., for a number of specimens of this interesting gall-miner. Mr. B. 

 says the species is rather common in this neighborhood, — the larva feeds 

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