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II., p. 204, Mrs. Mary Treat states that this species [under its 

 synonym, P. Fullerea, Riley] feeds upon the cultivated Verbena, 

 and quotes an article in which Prof. Riley states that he bred it 

 from a Tigridia or tiger-flower), and on p. 371 Miss Murtfeldt 

 states that she has bred it from Antirrhinum. (F.) 



EUDEMIS BOTRANA. 5. V. 



Body purplish or dull greenish ; piliferous spots and spiracles 

 concolorous ; cervical shield blackish, usually tinged with brown 

 next the head ; head brown, with a black dot and streak on each 

 side ; anal plate black; length 11 mm. Lives in the flower buds 

 of the thistle {Circium lanceolatum). According to Miss Murt- 

 feldt it also feeds upon the rose (Anjer. Ent., Vol. III., p. 14), 

 and many authors state that it also infests the grape, it being the 

 well-known PentJiina vitivorana of Packard. Riley describes the 

 grape-feeding larva as having the head and cervical shield honey- 

 yellow, the latter with a darker posterior margin (First Rep. Ins. 

 Mo., p. 135). Found a great many June 24; two moths issued 

 Julys. (F.) 



BOTIS INSEQUALIS. Glien. 



Body dull yellowish-white, usually tinged dorsally with 

 pinkish ; piliferous spots and spiracles deep brown ; head and 

 cervical shield pale yellowish-brown, mottled with deep brown ; 

 anal plate unmarked; length 13 mm. Lives on thistle {Circium 

 lanceolatum) in a silken tube spun beneath a leaf fastened to a 

 branch or to the stem ; before pupating they desert their burrows 

 and spin their white cocoons among the leaves. Found many 

 larvae and pupae June 17; the moth issued June 28. (G.) 



EXARTEMA (ECCOPSIS) PERM UND ANA. Clem. 



Body green, usually clouded dorsally with dull leaden ; first 

 segment brownish ; head and cervical shield black or pale 

 brownish ; pilferous spots and spiracles concolorous ; anal plate 

 unmarked; length 15 mm. Feeds on Siberian crab-apple, tame 

 raspberry, wild blackberry {Rubus villosus) and hazel {Corylus 

 americana) [and Spircea, Fernald, teste^ Comstock, Ag. Rep., 1880, 

 p. 268]. Lives in a leaf rolled from the apex to the base, or 

 between two or three leaves fastened together with silken threads. 

 Found a great many May 30; one pupated June 12 and the 

 imago issued June 30. (F,) 



LoxAT^NiA (Caccecia) cerasivorana. Fitch. 



Body light yellow ; piliferous spots, head, cervical shield and 

 anal plate brownish-black ; spiracles ringed with pale brown ; 

 length 14 mm. Lives on choke-cherry {Prumis virginiand) in a 

 nest formed by fastening the terminal leaves together with silken 

 threads. Found a great many in the latter part of June ; six moths 

 issued July 7. (F.) 



NOTHRIS TRINOTELLA. CoquHlett. 



Body dark purplish-brown, that below the spiracles pale 

 greenish-brown ; two broken, indistinct white dorsal lines, and 



