158 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xi. 



ally on each abdominal segment is a minute spur and minute stiff hair, to assist pupa 

 to make its way to hole prepared for emergence of moth. Wing cases half way 

 overlap sixth abdominal segment, labial palpi, half length of wing covers, are slen- 

 der, very slightly enlarged at one third. 1 do not recognize any indentation or marks 

 indicating maxillary palpi. Dehiscence : labial palpi separated on both sides for 

 its entire length except lower end, from the prothoracic feet, the antennal cases are 

 laid between the metathoracic feet and wing covers. To the labial palpi are attached 

 the labrum, clypeus, a small part of the vertex of head and inner half of eye cap. 

 Apparently segments six and seven are free. 



A new hymenopterous parasite was bred from this species, described in this 

 number of the Journal (p. 144) as Orgilus kearfotti K'aa.va. 



Gnorimoschema busckiella, sp. nov. Plate IX, Figs. 7 and 8. 



Head : cream white, loosely appressed scales, irrorated with bronze- brown. 

 Palpi : long, drooping, curved, twice length of head, upper, inner surface of sec- 

 ond joint and basal half of third joint same as head, outer and under side the 

 brown predominates, with a few specks of white ; apical half of third joint, brown 

 predominates, same as under side. Second joint tufted on under side, outer edge 

 dentate, apical joint half length second, slender, slightly rough beneath, pointed. 

 Antennce two thirds length of forewing, basal joint slightly larger than next, 

 bronze-brown speckled with white, outer joints alternate rings of bronze-brown and 

 white. Thorax and fore wings bronze-brown, irrorated with white, the basal half of 

 each scale is white, outer and overlapping half bronze-brown, the white irrorations 

 are caused by the brown not entirely covering the basal white. This arrangement of 

 scales is uniformly distributed over the wing, except on the costal margin outer 

 quarter and outer margin, where on account of the greater length of the scales, more 

 white is exposed and the colors are almost equal. On the outer margin the same 

 coloration extends half way out on the cilia. Underside dull brown, with a very faint 

 wave-like whitish irroration, more distinct at apex. Hind-wing : both upper- and 

 underside and cilia fuscous. Abdomen : bronze-brown, irrorated with whitish-brown 

 at incisions on upper side, and over entire under surface, tufts of whitish-brown scales 

 along each side. Legs : same ground color, with small specks of whitish -brown, with 

 an almost white annulation at each incision. Average alar expanse 16 to 19 mm., 

 one specimen only 1 1 mm. 



Fifty-five specimens bred from larvae forming a peculiar gall on 

 the lateral shoots of Aster patens Ait., from Caldwell, N. J., issued 

 during October. Type U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 6818, and Cotypes 

 Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., Acad. Nat. Sci., British Museum and collection 

 Kearfott. 



Larva. — Cylindrical, robust, tapering only at extreme ends, length 10 mm., 

 width abdominal segments 2 mm., width head .8 mm. Head small, rounded, bilobed, 

 color dark brown, paler on front of lobes, clypeus narrow, evenly triangular, reach- 

 ing to apex ; paraclypeal pieces dark brown ; ocelli black, antenna; moderate, basal 

 segment whitish. Prothoracic shield a darker shade of yellow than skin, triangular, 

 bisected by paler dorsal line, anal shield same, very narrow and small, neither chit- 



