ee INSECTS INJURIOUS TO THE OAK. . ia 0) 
rostrum, and it always differs from B. nasicus in having no bands or vitte, the elytra 
being uniformly spotted, as in sparsus Schoen. This ig 
. the species I breed from acorns, and I believe it also in- 
fests hazel-nuts.” (Riley.) 
60. THE ACORN MOTH, 
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Holcocera glandulella Riley. 
Order LEPIDOPTERA ; family TINEIDZ. 
fies 
Occupying the deserted holes of the acorn weevil, a 6 f 3 
narrow-winged moth which drops an egg in the hole, py. 14—Acorn weevil. Balaniv 
from which hatches a slender grayish white or yellowish nus rectus.—After Riley. 
worm with 16 il and blue black dorsal marks, with a light brown conical shieldand 
Kam dusky anal plate. The moth with 
<= im || Silvery-gray fore wings, marked with 
: $/ dull reddish; two distinct dark dis- 
cal spots; a pale transverse stripe 
@ across the basal third of wing, slight- 
Z ly bent inwards at the middle; this 
stripe is well relieved behind by a 
dark shade, which generally extends 
from the bend to the costa above the 
es Ki “oe : discal spots, forming a more or less 
1G. 15.—Acorn moth (f.); a, b, acorns containing the j._,: A : a io is 
worm; ¢, front end of the worm; d and e, side and top distinct triangular shade in the an- 
view of a segment.—After Riley. terior middJe portion of the wing. 
Hind wings brownish gray. Expanse of wings, 0.50-0.80 inch. (Riley.) 
The following insects are also known to prey upon the oak: 
LEPIDOPTERA. 
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The banded hair streak butterfly. Thecla calamus (Hiibner). 
62. Red spotted purple butterfly. Basilarchia astyanax (Fabr.). 
63. Viceroy butterfly. Basilarchia archippus (Cramer). 
64. Tiger swallow-tail. Papilio glaucus Linn. 
65. Sleepy dusky-wing butterfly. Thanaos brizo Bard & Leconte. 
66. Juvenal’s dusky-wing. Thanaos ennius Scudd. Burgiss. 
67. The oak tussock moth. Halesidota tessellaris. Basswood (Walsh). 
68. The hickory tussock moth. H. carye Harris. 
69. Clinton’s tussock moth. Parorgyia clintonii G. & R. (Coquillet in 
Can. Ent., xii, 44). 
70. The Io moth. Hyperchiria io (Fabr.). 
71. The Maia moth. LHucronia maia (Drury). 
72. Heterocampa pulverea G. & R. (French, Can. Ent.,; xii, 88.) 
73. The oak slug worm. Huclea monitor Packard. 
74. BHuclea querceti (H. Sch.). 
75. Huclea quercicola (H. Sch.). Allied to these is Callochlora chloris 
H. Sch., Fig. 16, the larva of which may be found on the oak. 
76. Hdema albifrons (Gm.-Abb.). (Harris’ Correspondence, p. 304.) 
77. Nadata gibbosa (Gm.-Abb.)? (Harris’ Correspondence, p. 308.) 
