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is a row of granular, square elevations, extending aeruss in a curved line hetween the 
wing cases. Last segment furnished with two small divergent points. 
Food plant.—White Oak (Quercus alba), During the first two larval 
stages the insects eat only the upper portion of the leaf, and their yel- 
Jowish brown color well simulates its withered appearance. Subsequently 
they devour the entire leaf with the exception of the largest veins, and 
rest on its edge, where they might be mistaken for a curled and dis- 
colored portion, : 
Five eggs were deposited together in the present instance; but the 
larvee feed singly. 
I have seen no description of the female moth. It differs from the 
male as follows: It is larger, the antennz are not pectinated, and the 
external margin of the primaries is slightly excavated between the veins 
for its lower half. In coloration it much resembles the male; but the 
‘‘ochreous tinge” of the primaries below the median vein spoken of by 
Dr. Packard (Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil., Vol. ILI, p. 367) is not to be seen. 
The secondaries are tinged with cinereous for their outer third. 
Larve from Dutchess County, New York. 
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Pror. C. V. Rivey isin Europe, representing the U. S. Dep't of 
Agriculture at the Paris Exposition. 
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Pror. C. H. Fernatp goes to Europe this Summer, and will study 
all accessible types of Pyrahde. It is not a particularly creditable fact 
to America that her entomologists ‘must travel to a foreign country to 
study American types—not ancient alone, but quite recent. The time 
ought really be now at hand when American entomologists should have 
a monopoly of describing American species, and should be able to find 
room for their types in this country. Iam a believer in ‘‘ Protection to 
Home Industries,” and I believe there is plenty ofroom in our museums 
to hold all the types to be deposited there for some years to come. 
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Suppose each collector during the coming season notes down some 
of the observations made by him concerning the habits of the insects he 
collects, and gives them to his fellow collectors through the medium of 
Enromotocica Americana! It would help all hands, including the 
editor, for then there would be no dearth of the most valuable kind 
of manuscript. 
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