288 W. D. KEARFOTT. 



It is not at all unlikely that the European botrona will be at 

 some time introduced in this country with imported grape vines, and 

 obversely viteana may become a native of Europe. But, so far as I 

 have observed, not a single specimen of the real botrana has been 

 taken or bred in America, For the sake of comparison it is inclu- 

 ded in the synopsis and an description added, and for the same rea- 

 son it will do no harm to have the name awhile longer in our lists. 



It is rather peculiar that botrana is not recorded from Great 

 Britain — this may be partly accounted for by the reason that most 

 of the grapes grown in England are under glass — but it is hardly a 

 sufficient explanation and the fact that a species common in the 

 south of Europe should pass by England entirely and yet be found 

 abundantly in our Northern States is of a much better argument for 

 the separation than the lumping of the two forms. 



The outline of the wings of all the American species here treated 

 differ quite markedly from the European, as can be observed on 

 Plate XX. 



In Clemen's original description of viteana, it is stated that the 

 larva feeds on the fruit of the grape in September and on the fruit 

 of the wild raspberiy in July; Clemens also cites sassafras as the 

 food-plant of another specimen, which was not distinguishable, except 

 from difference in color. The majority of Clemen's tyjjes are in the 

 Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Phila- 

 delphia, in a remarkably good state of preservation, and among 

 them are two specimens of this species, one is undoubtedly an 

 American grape berry moth and compares exactly with the long 

 series bred by Mr. Slingerland. The second specimen is two badly 

 rubbed for identification. Dr. Packard* says there are two broods 

 of the insect, both on grape. Dr. Saundersf gives a very good figure 

 of the American species and states that there are two broods, the 

 last in the grape-berry and the early brood in young shoots of ver- 

 nonia and on the tulip-tree. Prof. John B. Smith X names thistle, 

 grape, rose and sassafras as food plants. 



In the U.S. Nat. Mus. collections are specimens bred from graj)e- 

 leaves, gi'ape berry, liriodendron tulipifera, Vernonia iiovaboras- 

 censis, seeds of RJms and several specimens without names of food- 



* Guide to the Study of Insects, 336, 1869. 

 t Insects Injurious to Fruits, 298, 1892. 

 X Insects of New Jersey, 493, 1899. 



