1917 



ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



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were so numerous that tbey were to be seen in thousands on the inner side of the 

 walls and roof. I pulled out the straw to a depth of a yard, and found that the larvae 

 had been working at least that far in. They had fed both on the straw and on the 

 empty pods. The pupre were all near the outside. Along with this species was % 

 considerable number of the Meal Snout-moth (Pyralis farinalis), the larvai of 

 which had doubtless fed on the peas that had been left in the straw. 



EVETRIA ALBICAPITANA Busck. 



This pretty Tortricid described by August Busck, in 1914, as a new species 

 was found in considerable numbers in the forestry plantation at St. Williams, on 

 June 9th. The larvaj feed on the bark of the new growth at the axils of the twigs 



Evetria albicapitana Busck. 

 Moth and gum mass caused by larva on twig of Jack Pine. Natural size (original). 



and cause irregularly globular to irregularly hemispherical gum masses from 1-3 

 to % of an inch in diameter. They seldom, if ever, completely girdle the twig or 

 cause it to die. There were sometimes two or more gum masses on each branch, 

 but even so the branch looked uninjured. On June 9tli a few of the live pupae 



