936 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol. xxvii. 



GELECHIA CEANOTHIELLA Busck. 



Eleven specimen.^, June 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, July 21, August 4. The 

 larvfe occurred on the Ceanothits mnguineus. 



Larva. — Head elongate, oblique, .scarcel}' bilobed, .shining vinous 

 black. Cervical .shield large, black; thoracic feet also black. All of 

 joints 2 to 4 dark vinous except two bright white incisures, 2-3 and 

 3-4, which are folded, white all around. Joints 5 to 13 lined in bluish 

 white and dull vinous, the stripes about equal in width, the pale lines 

 dorsal, su})dorsal, lateral, stigmatal. Feet pale; anal plate vinous 

 black. Tubercles small, black; setae moderate, dusky. 



Family ELACHISTID^. 



MOMPHA GRANDISELLA Chambers. 



One specimen, June 21. 



MOMPHA DECORELLA Stephens. 



Twenty-eight specimens, July 11, 24, 25, 27, August 15. Bred from 

 large galls in the stems oi EpUolj'iuin. The gall is fusiform, or nearly 

 spherical, situated in the main stem, usually near the summit, and 

 contains from two to twenty larvte. The elongate white cocoons are 

 spun within the gall attached to the lids of the apertures of emergence. 



SCYTHRIS MAGNATELLA Busck. 



Three specimens, July 2U, 22. The larva? occurred on Epilohluin.^ 

 solitar\% when small, folding over half of the leaf to the midrib in the 

 central part of its length, attached with web. Later they form con- 

 siderable web among the leaves, and the pupa is formed in a delicate 

 flossy web. Three stages were seen. 



Stage IV {'i). — Head cordate, black, held flatly. Cervical shield 

 blackish, bisected by a pale line. Bod}- slender, tortriciform ; dorsum 

 broadl}' dull 3'ellow shaded, sharply edged subdorsally, sides vinous 

 tinted, venter .sordid green. The dorsal mark is a dorsal and sub- 

 dor.sal band attached together; stigmatal band pale yellow, su))ventral 

 region vinous tinted; tubercles small, blackish. 



Stage V. — Head dull black, a white spot in cl3"peus, on epistoma 

 and a large one each side of cl^q^eus. Cervical shield large, black, 

 bisected by pale; anterior rim of joint 2 pale. Body washed with 

 yellow dorsally, subdorsal line whitish, lateral region vinous shaded, 

 subventral band white, distinct. Feet, leg shields and rather large 

 tubercles black. 



Stage VI. — Head with the whole face white, the sides and vertex 

 black. Cervical shield diluted brown before; anterior rim of joint 2 

 and bisecting line whitish. Lines all yellow, the subdorsal lost in the 

 dorsal yellow sufl'usion, the sides vinous black, Tubercles pale with 

 black dots. 



