174 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xvi. 



grows, bolliana lives upon its leaves, but I have undoubtedly the same 

 species from western Pennsylvania, in addition I have certainly seen 

 others from various parts of New Jersey and New York State ; as these 

 Northern States' species cannot live on pecan, I have no doubt their 

 larvse will be found on one,of the closely allied hickories. 



Bolliana is much darker than dili/dana, the character by which it 

 can be most easily separated is a black streak from middle of base to 

 apex, which by an enlargement in basal third, another beyond middle 

 and another before apex, represents three steps, or three large blac^ 

 spots connected by finer lines. The gray ground color has a greenish 

 tinge, the dark marks have more of a mottled appearance than linear as 

 is the case with dihidana. The hindwings are dark, smoky brown, 

 while in diludana they are light gray. The venation of both species is 

 the same, it is shown by Fig. i, PI. III. 



I have before me Professor Slingerland's original specimen, from 

 which the cuts and remarks, establishing the specific name, were 

 drawn, and by his courtesy am able to reproduce them below. 



Through the courtesy of Professor Chittenden I have examined the 

 following bred material in his possession : No. 2,848, on walnut, is- 

 sued October, 1898, District of Columbia; on pecan, issued October 

 22, 1907, Washington, D. C, H. O. Marsh; No. 2,848, on pecan, is- 

 sued August 12, 1898, Seabrook, So. Car.; pecan, issued April 21, 

 1906, and June 2, 1905, Waco, Texas. Also the following flown 

 material : Washington, D. C, resting on trunk of pecan, September 30, 

 H. O. Marsh, collector; (Chittenden) Oak Station, Allegheny Co., 

 Pa., June 12-24, September 7, Fred Marlof ; Pittsburg, Pa., August 

 19 to September 29, Henry Engel ; New Brighton, Pa., September 5 

 -17, F. A, Merrick. 



The type of the species, so labelled, is in the Cornell University 

 Collections, Ithaca, N. Y., and bearing serial label " C. U. Exp. No. 

 548, sub. — 18 April '96 " ; compared specimens, homotypes, are in 

 my collection. 



I am indebted to Professor Chittenden for calling my attention to 

 Professor Slingerland's article, which seems to have been entirely ig- 

 nored by our calatogue makers. 



A New Destructive Insect on Pecans (Rural New-Yorker, 

 June 13, 1896, p. 401). C. E. P., Ocean Springs, Miss. — "I send 

 some worms found on my pecan trees. The dark brow^n one spins a 

 cocoon, works into the young buds as soon as the outer covering is 



