542 FIFTH REPORT OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL COMMISSION. 



rather before the middle, placed transversely, and a short spine each side on the 

 middle of the length of the thorax; elytra rather paler than thorax, each with two 

 double, somewhat elevated, bright-yellow, abbreviated very short lines; the two 

 members of the basal spot equal, the other spot is placed on the middle, the inner 

 member is shorter than the exterior one ; tip two-spined, the exterior spine the long- 

 est ; intermediate and posterior thighs two-spined at tip, the inner spine rather 

 the longest. Length .75 to 1 inch. (Thomas, "Sixth report of the Illinois State 

 Entomologist.") 



3. Carmenta fraxini H. Edwards. 



No account of the habits of this Sesian borer has been published so 

 far as we can learn. It occurred at Washington, D. C. (C. V. Eiley.) 



Moth. — Wholly bronze-black. Fore-wings with a very small vitreous dash near the 

 base and a bright orange discal dot at extremity of cell. Costal margin greenish- 

 black, a purplish tint on the posterior margin. Hind wings vitreous, rather narrowly 

 margined, with a bunch of whitish hairs at their base. Under side of wings a little 

 more golden than the upper. Antennae, palpi, femora, tibise, and tarsi brownish- 

 black. Abdomen with no trace of bands, except on posterior margin of fourth seg- 

 ment, beneath which is pale yellow. Caudal tuft small, brownish beneath, black 

 above. Expanse of wings, 16™™. (Edwards.) 



4. The syringa borer. 

 Podosesia syringce (Harris). 



Order Lepidoptera ; family Sesiad^. 



This borer has been found by Mr. Hulst to be a pest to ash trees in 

 Brooklyn, and by Mr. H. Osborn it has been observed boring in the 

 young shoots of a species of ash, in Ames, Iowa. The larva, according 

 to Harris, usually bores into the Syringa. In Buftiilo Dr. Kellicott 

 finds that it lives under the bark of the old trees. " He has observed 

 a number of the trees, has seen the pupa cases projecting, and has 

 watched twenty or more [issue] from a single tree in a single day 

 Often one hundred or more were in a single tree." (Ent. Am., i, p. 177.) 



Larva. — Yellowish-white. Head about two-thirds the width of the prothoracic 

 segment, chestnut- brown, with the mouth-parts pitchy above, whitish beneath, very 

 shiny, and with a deep triangular dep ression in front. Second segment yellowish, 

 with a waved brownish line posteriorly. Each of the segments bears about eight 

 short brownish hairs. The third segment is slightly broader than the rest, swollen, as 

 it were, at the sides. The spiracles are small, brown, those of the second and twelfth 

 segments being larger than the rest. The anal segment is slightly yellow, with 

 many short brownish hairs. All the feet and legs pale pitchy. Length, .80 inch. 

 (H. Edwards.) 



Moth. — Brown; fore-wings with a transparent line at base; hind wings trans- 

 parent, with a brown border, fringe, and subcostal spot. Antennae, palpi, collar, 

 first and second pairs of tarsi, and middle of the intermediate tibite, rust-red ; middle 

 of the tibia} and the tarsi of the hind legs, yellow. Expands L20 inches. (Harris.) 



5. Gortyiia nitela Guen6e. 



Order Lepidoptera ; family Noctuid.e. 



The caterpillar of this moth, which often bores into the stalks of the 

 dahlia and aster, has been observed by Mr. Osborn boring in young 

 twigs of ash, causing the death of many twigs, but he failed to rear 



