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whitish streak at 3/4 of costa not meeting a large whitish extension 

 from tornus, a small whitish costal spot just before apex; all of these 

 whitish streaks more or less bordered by fuscous, sometimes the 

 whitish markings are pure white and sometimes they are ochreous 

 concolorous with the other ochreous portions of the wing; cilia whit- 

 ish ochreous, slightly fuscous at tips and a dark fuscous line at base; 

 expanse 7-9mm. Hind wings greyish fuscous, cilia paler. Abdomen 

 greyish fuscous. Legs ochreous, fuscous above and tarsi barred with 

 fuscous. 



HAB. Alt. Tantalus, Oalni, :\rareh 15, 1014; 13 speci- 

 mens reared from mines in leaves of Uvera sand iricerms : and 

 ao-ain March 16, 1915, 20 more specimens reared from minccl 

 leaves of tlie same tree. 



LARVA. Fnll-gTown larva about (imm. ; slender, segment 

 2 nincli enlarged, head mostly retracted into it; pale greenish 

 head strongly hilohed, testaceous with hrown sntnres, eyes hlack ; 

 cervical shield slightly testaceons and roughened on the disk ; a 

 similarly roughened area on ventral side between the legs, black 

 lengthwise in middle ; abdominal prolegs on segments 7-9. 



PT'PA. Ptipa slender, 4mni., pale greenish; wing-sheaths 

 extend to apex of otli abdominal seginent, free beyond 4th seg- 

 ment ; posterior leg-sheaths extend to apex of abdomen ; an- 

 tenna-sheaths extend to apex of abdomen and cnrve up over the 

 back to al)ont middle of abdomen ; cremaster rounded, miarmed. 



]\riXE. The mine at first is a small roundish blotch becom- 

 ing irregular as it becomes larger from the eating of the larva 

 within. The larva emerges to spin its whitish cocoon on the 

 surface of the leaf. 



The moths emerged from the cococms in about ten days. 



PARASITES. From the lot of mined leaves collected 

 Alarch 15, 1914, 19 specimens of a new species of Sierola 

 emerged; and from the lot collected March 16, 1915, two speci- 

 mens of Oinphale metalljcus emerged, also 9 specimens of an 

 midetermined Chalcid. x^early as many parasites as there were 

 moths. 



GrncUaria ureraiia n.s]i. 



Antennae IVo, fuscous, paler at the apex. Palpi whitish, terminal 

 segment fuscous externally. Head dull ochreous. Thorax pale brown- 

 ish ochreous. Front wings brownish fuscous, apical fourth pale lemon 

 yellow; three narrow white streaks extending inwards from the dor- 

 sum about equally spaced, wider at base, tapering to apex which is 



