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fringe, and having only a black apical triangular spot, smaller than in 

 Duponchal's figure and sometimes entirely wanting. The abdomen is 

 wholly yellow. The tibiae of the middle pair of legs are sulphur-yellow 

 and bear a pencil of cottony black hairs. 



Distribution. 



This insect appears to be essentially a southern form and its introduc- 

 tion on Long Island accidental, as its reported distribution is apparently 

 limited to Mississippi and Texas, as recorded by Grote and Weed {Joe. 

 (it.). Guenee gives " North America" as its habitat. 



Remedies. 



The larvae had not proved very injurious to the plants that they in- 

 fested, for when their presence was discovered, it was not difficult to keep 

 them in control by applying fresh hellebore powder, either as a dust or 

 mixed in water. Paris green in water, and the kerosene emulsion killed 

 them readily. 



Pyralis costalis (Fabr.). 

 The Clover- Hay Caterpillar : The Gold-Fritige Moth. 



(Ord. Lepidoptera : Fam. Pyralid.^.) 



Fabricius : Ent. Syst., iii, pars ii, 1794, p. 240, no. 420 (description as 

 PhaLena costalis). 



Guenee: Hist. Nat. Ins., viii, Delt. et Pyral., 1854, p. 118 (synonymy, 

 Jimbrialis:=iCOstalis) . 



Humphreys: Gen. Brit. Moths, i, 1858, pi. 45, fig. 18 (as Hypsopygea 

 costalis). 



Stainton : Brit. Butt, and Moths, 1859, ii. p. 134 (characters). 



Harris: Ins. Inj. Veg., 1862, p. 456 (reference to " clover- worms " 

 in N. H.). 



Walsh: in Pract. EntomoL, i, 1866, pp. 82-83 ("clover-worms," ravages, 

 notes on habits). 



Riley: in Prairie Farmer, Apr. 20, 1867, xxxv, p. 260 (life-history, 

 description, figures, as Pyralis olinalis, referred to P. costalis in 

 next issue); in Pr. Farmer Annual for 1868, p. 59 (description, 

 ravages, synonymy); in Amer. Ent., iii, 1870, p. 160 (in Mo. 

 and Canad., synonymy, remedies, as Asopia); 6th Mo. Rept., 

 1874, pp. 102-107, fig. 28 (distribution, ravages, remedies, 

 stages described, as ^.yr'//^) ; in Rural New Yorker, June, 1882, 

 pp. 158-159 (not the army-worm of Ala. and Tex., as Asopia); 

 in 3d Rept. U. S. EntomoL Comm., 1883, p. 136 (as preceding); 

 in Insect Life, iv, 1891, p. 112 (reference); Bull. 31 U. S. Dept. 

 Agr., Div. Ent., 1893, p. 58 (listed). 



