86 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. ix. 



Ephestiodes gilvescentella Ragonot. 



Body dull olive brown, in the younger ones marked with a dorsal, 

 subdorsal and stigmatal whitish stripe, which are sometimes so di- 

 lated as to almost cover the whole dody, but in the older ones they 

 are narrower, sometimes being entirely wanting ; piliferous spots quite 

 distinct, blackish brown ; spiracles ringed with black ; head dark, 

 reddish brown ; cervical shield yellowish brown, bordered posteriorly 

 with black; on each side of the first thoracic segment is a rather largej 

 polished, blackish, stigmatal spot ; thoracic legs whitish, marked with 

 black; no anal plate ; length, ii mm. 



Found many on trunks of orange trees at Los Angeles, Cal., Jan. 5 

 and 7, 1889. Some were in masses of dry leaves, in the crotches of the 

 trees, and the leaves bore evidence of having been fed upon by them. 

 Others were in silk-lined channels in the bark of the tree, beneath 

 debris of various kinds adhering to the bark. They refused to feed 

 upon the green orange leaves. The moths issued from February 2 1 to 

 March 8. 



Setiostoma fernaldella Riley. 



Body greenish white, a dorsal row of large pinkish spots, a rather 

 wide subdorsal and narrower stigmatal interrupted pinkish line ; the 

 three thoracic segments wholly pinkish ; piliferous spots and spiracles 

 black or dark brown ; cervical shield blackish brown, head yellowish 

 brown ; length, 1 2 mm. Lives on Qiiercus agrifolia between two leaves 

 fastened together with silk threads. Found many larvae June 13, 

 1886, near Los Angeles, Cal. The moths issued during the following 

 month. Young larv?e also were found in the same locality, Feb. 12, 

 1888. 



NOTE ON A SPECIES OF PSILOPYGA. 



By Charles Schaeffer. 



Specimens collected by Dr. R. E. Kunze, in Arizona, agree very 

 well with the description of the Mexican P. fasciata Sharp, except 

 in the extent of the red markings, which are said to occupy two- 

 thirds of the elytra in the Mexican species, while in the specimens 

 from Arizona the red occupies only one-third of the elytra. Accord- 

 ing to Dr. Sharp the generic name Psilopyga must be restored for our 

 species of Oxycnetniis. 



