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Grapholitha Interstinctana (Clemens) 

 The Clover-seed Caterpillar. 



(Ord. Lepidoptera: Fam. ToRXRiciDiE.) 



Clemens: in Proc. Nat. Sci. Phila., i860, p. 351 (described as Stig- 



monota mterstinctana). 

 Walker: Cat. Lepidop. Het., xxviii, 1863, p. 413 (as Dichrorampha 



sciiana). 

 Grote: in Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci., i, 1874, p. 92 (described as 



Grapholitha distema). 

 Zeller: Beitr. Kennt. Nordamer. Nachtf., iii, 1875, pp. 90-91, pi. 9, 



fig. 28 (as Grapholitha \Ephippiphora\ interstinctana). 

 Walsingham: Illus. Lepidop. Heteroc. in Brit. Mus., 1879, P- 7^ 



(mention). 

 Comstock: in Rept. U. S. Dept. Agr. for 1880, 1881, pp. 254-255 



(synonymy, habits, description of stages, distribution). 

 Fernald: in Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc, x, 1882, p. 52 (synonymy, 



distribution). 

 Cook: in Beal's Grasses North Amer., i, 1887, p. 392-393 (common 



about Lansing, Mich.). 

 Weed: in Bull, Ohio Agr. Expt. Stat., Tech. Ser., i, no. i, 1889, p. 30 



(bibliography). 

 Osborn-Gossard: in Insect Life, iv, 1891, pp. 56-58; the same in Ball. 



14 lo. Agr. Expt. Stat., 1891, pp. 166-169, fig. i (life-history, 



habits, remedies); also in 22nd Ann. Rept. Ent. Soc. Ont., 



1892, pp. 74-75; in Bull. 15 lo. Agr. Expt. Stat., 1891, pp. 

 260-262 (life-history, remedies). 



Fletcher: in Insect Life, iv, 1891, p. 13 (destroyed by stacking hay). 

 Gillette: in Bull. 12 lo. Agr. Expt. Stat., 1891, pp. 535-536 (common 



at Ames, found at Champaign, 111., remedy, as " clover-leaf 



caterpillar "). 

 Riley-Howard: in Insect Life, iv, 1891, p. 87 (reference). 

 Riley: in Rept. U. S. Dept. Agr. for 1891, 1892, p. 246 (Osbom's work 



referred to); Bull. 31 U. S. Dept. Agr., Div. Entomol., 1893, 



p. 58 (listed). 

 Smith: List Lepidop. Bor. Amer., 1891, p. 93, no. 5009. 

 Gossard: in Bull. 19 lo. Agr. Expt. Stat., 1892, pp. 571-589, fig. i 



(extended account). 

 Osborn: in Insect Life, v, 1892, p. 112 (abundant in Iowa); in id., vi, 



1893, p. 78 (duration of stages) ; in Bull. 30 U. S. Dept. Agr., 

 Div. Entomol, 1893, p. 44 (plentiful, considerable loss); in 

 Bull. 32 do., 1894, pp. 49-50 (very abundant). 



Lintner: in Country Gent., Iviii, 1893, p. 773 (ravages, life-history, dis- 

 tribution, etc.); Tenth Rept. Ins. N. Y. for 1894, 1895, p. 496 

 (abstract of preceding), p. 510 (mention). 



Osborn-Sirrine: in Bull. 23 lo. Agr. Coll. Expt. Stat., 1894, pp. 

 885-887, fig. 5 (life-history, remedies). 



A correspondent from Miami County, Indiana, sends the following 



inquiry and information of a clover-seed insect, which, although not of 



frequent occurrence, is at times the occasion of serious harm to the crop 



that it chances to attack. 



