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Adults were reared during May, 191 9, from larvae collected in pods of 

 Abutilon and Malvastrum at Brownsville, Tex., December 27, 1918 

 (Hanson) , and April 12,1919 (Diven) . Other larvae were collected in seed 

 pods of Wissadula and vSida at Brownsville, but no adults were reared. 

 The species is not common and we found it only in the vicinity of 

 Brownsville. 



PACHYZANCLA BIPUNCTALIS (FABRICIUS) 



Phalaena bipunctalis Fabricius, 1794, Ent. Syst., c. 3, pars 2, p. 232. 

 Pachyzancla bipunctalis Dyar, 1903, List North Amer. Lep., no. 4344- 



Several moths of this species were reared September 14 to 18, 191 8, 

 from larvae tying the terminal leaves and feeding on the seeds of the 

 common pigweed (A niaranthus hybridus) . Larvae were collected at Turtle 

 Bayou, Tex., September 4, 1918. 



The caterpillars are typical Pyraustinae with the proleg crochets 

 triordinal and arranged in a penellipse. 



All the Pyralidae are distinguished by having two seta* on the prespirac- 

 ular shield of the prothorax (IV and V) and IV and V approximate on the 

 proleg-bearing abdominal segments (compare PI. 103, B; 104, B). No 

 other group posesses this combination. 



GLYPHODES PYLOALIS WALKER 



Glyphodes pyloalis Walker, 1859, List Lep. Brit. Mus., pt. 19, p. 973-974. 

 Glyphodes pyloalis Hampson, 1899, in Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1898, pt. 4, p. 746. 



On a private estate near Alto Loma, Tex., the writer found a number 

 of pyralid larvae tying and feeding on the leaves of a mulberry tree. 

 A moth was reared from these which both Mr. Schaus and Dr. Dyar 

 have determined as Glyphodes pyloalis Walker. This record is of interest 

 because G. pyloalis Walker is a Chinese species which has not hitherto 

 been recorded from the United States. Unfortunately as the single 

 reared specimen is a female the genitalia could not be compared with 

 those of oriental specimens. 



The larvae were collected September 27, 191 8. All died during the 

 winter except one which pupated about the middle of April, 191 9. The 

 moth issued April 19, 191 9. 



SUBFAMILY CRAMBINAE 



DICYMOLOMIA JULIANALIS (WALKER) 



(PL. ioi, C, d; 103, b; 106, D; 108, E-H) 



Cataclysta (?)julianalis Walker, 1859, List Lep. Brit. Mus., pt. 17, p. 438. 

 Dicymolomia julianalis Dyar, 1903, List N. Am. Lep., no. 4634. 



The larva of this species is the caterpillar popularly known in the 

 cotton areas of Texas as the "white worm" and is the one most easily 

 and frequently confused with the pink bollworm. The two when full- 

 grown are about the same size, and both have the crochets on the 



