LEPIDOPTERA 



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within their cases. The adult (Fig. 764, g), is a brilliantly colored, 

 golden -headed moth. The basal half of the front wings is leaden- 

 gray with a resplendent luster and the remainder golden with silvery 

 and dark brown streaks. It expands about 5 mm. 



Fig. 764. — Coptodisca splendoriferella: a, leaf of apple showing work; b, summer 

 larva: c, larva in case travelling; d, cases tied up for winter; e, hibernating 

 larva; /, pupa; g, moth, h, parasite. (From the Author's report for 1879.) 



The sour gum case-cutter, Antisplla nysscBfoUella. — This species 

 infests the leaves of Nyssa syhatica. Its habits are similar to those 

 of the preceding species. 



Family DOUGLASIID^ 



The scape of the antennas is small and does not form an eye-cap. 

 The first segment of the labial palpi is small. The ocelli are large. 

 The hind wings are lanceolate and without a discal cell, owing 

 to the coalescence of the radial sector and media. Vein Rs sep- 

 arates from media near the middle of the length of the wing (Fig. 765). 



