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Benj. D. Walsh on the Insects inhabiting the Galls 



mens to belong to Tortricidse, but was finally decided by him to belong 

 to JVoctuadse, was bred by me, Aug. 1 — 23 and subsequently, in pro- 

 digious numbers from the Cecidomyidous gall S. brasslcoides Walsh, 

 and a single specimen from the Acaridous (?) gall S. senigma Walsh,* 

 both of the same season's growth. This is the insect referred to in the 

 note Proc. etc. Ill, p. 609. f 



Family Tortricid^;. 



Hedya salicicolana Clems. Bred in very large numbers from the 

 Cecidomyidous gall S. rhodoldes Walsh of the same season's growth, 

 July 27 — Aug. 22 and subsequently. Dr. Clemens, following La- 

 treille's example, never gives any dimensions in his descriptions, and 

 I, therefore, here and elsewhere supply the deficiency. Alar expanse 

 .33— .42 inch. ' 



Hedya saliciana Clem. Bred many from the Cecidomyidous 

 gall *S'. brasslcoides Walsh, Aug. 1 — 18, and from the Cecidomyidous 

 gall S. stroblloidcs 0. S., Aug. 1 — 13, both galls of the same season's 

 growth. Expanse .37 — .44 inch. 



Crcesia gallivorana Clem. Two specimens ( % 9 ?) bred from 

 *S'. brasslcoides of the same season's growth, Aug. 14 and 24. Expanse 

 $ .77 inch, % considerably less. By some clerical or typographical 



error, the specific name is printed "gallicolana" twice over in Dr. Cle- 



mens's description. 



Peronea gallicolana Clem. Bred 12 specimens from 8. strobl- 

 loldcs Aug. 27 — Sep. 11, and one from S. brasslcoides Sep. 11, both 

 galls of the same season's growth. Expanse .50 — .62 inch. 



N. B. — Eninjpti/chla sallgneana Clem, (alar expanse .80 inch) is er- 

 roneously stated in Dr. Clemens's description to have been bred by me 

 from a Willow-gall, my letter containing the account of that species 

 having been unfortunately mislaid, and is named accordingly. {Proc. 

 *'tc. V, p. 141.) In reality it was bred in the middle of June from a 

 gall on Solidago (Golden-rod), the same which is referred to by Osten 

 Sacken Proc. etc. I, 369. The Trypcta gall which Osten Sacken de- 

 scribes in this passage is well known to me, as well as the Dipterous 



* See alio vi-, page 227. 



f In the very last letter which I received from Dr. Clemens, previous to his 



la nted death, Jan. 11, 1867, he informed me that he had been working on a 



Synoptical Table of Guenee's Nodm '.elites, and had come to the conclusion that 

 this insect belonged to an undescribed genus. It may assist in identifying it 

 hereafter to state, that I had provisionally named it protcella, and it is probably 

 BO labelled in the Clemens Collection. 



