jMiiuury— March iSSS,] 



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cording to Harris (/. c), wliere it is common 

 in July, according to Packard (Bull. 7. U. S. 

 cntom. comm., 1S81. p. 37). 



Eiichenopa biiiotata Say (Appendix Long's 

 exped., 1S24, p. 301-302). Common on 

 twigs oi Betula alba. Riley (Amer. entom., 

 Aug. 1S69, V. I, p 248) says its favorite home 

 is Plelea frifo/ium, but gives grape ( Vilis) 

 and rt'd-bud (Cercis) as food-plants. Its 

 egg is described in Amer. entom., Oct. 18S0, 

 V. 3, p. 254. Lintner (ist ann. rept. state 

 entom. N. Y., 1SS2, p. 2S1-28S) gives an excel- 

 lent general account of imago and eggs, both 

 of which are figured. As food-plants he 

 adds Celastrus scandens and, upon the au- 

 thority of others, Juglans and Robiiiia. 



Bytlioscopus setttiuudHS Say (Journ. Acad, 

 nat. sci. Phil., 1S29 [Mch. 1S31]. v. 6, p. 

 307). Fitch (4th ann. rept. [N. Y.] state 

 cab. nat. hist.. 1851, p. 58) writes "Found 

 on birch trees." 



7'/V/^;sy«^'7</«(//.S Fitch (Ann. rept. N. Y. 

 state agric. soc, 1S56, v. 16. p. 466-467) is 

 normally found, according to that author 

 (/. c.) on Juglans cinrrea, but is some- 

 times met with also on Betula^ Sal/x, and 

 other trees. Packard (Bull. 7. U. S. entom. 

 comm., iSSi, p. 88) briefly describes this 

 species, and mentions its food-plants. 



DiPTKRA. 



Mallotd posticata Fabr. (Syst. ant!.. 

 1805, p. 237). Packard (Guide study ins.. 

 1S69, p. 399) figures the pupa and imago of 

 this species under the name of Alerodon 

 bardiis Say. Lintner (ist ann. rept. state 

 entom. N. Y., 1SS2, p. 211-216) gives an ex- 

 tended account of this insect, figuring the 

 jiuparium and imago, and describing the 

 larvae, which were taken from decaying 

 birch wood. 



Lotickaea ?polita Sav (Journ. Acad. nat. 

 sci. Phil., 1S30, v. 6. p. 188). Reared in 

 Cambridge, Mass.. from decaying /'o/j'/o/ws 

 betiiliiuis, a fungus parasitic on dead trunks 

 of Bftitlir alba. 



Lepidoptera. 



Argvresl/iia gocdaf/ella L,inn. (Syst. nat., 

 175S, I'd. /o. p. 897). Fabricius (Syst. 

 entom., 1775, p. 664) writes of this species 

 "Habitat in alnetis, in betulae gemmis," and 

 Ivaltenbach (Planzenfeinde, 1872, p. 604-605) 

 states that the larvae of this species live in 

 the catkins of Be/ 11 la and Alii/is. Chambers 

 (Can. entom., Aug. 1S75, ^'- 7- P- ■44"i4.'i) 

 notes the discovery of this species in North 

 America, and, after describing the imago, 

 adds "The larva feeds under the bark and 

 in the young shoots of the birch in March 

 and April." A. Balding (Entom. monthly 

 mag., Feb. 1885, v. 21, p. 203-206) describes 

 the lar\'a, which he found feeding in catkins 

 of Betula and Alnus. 



Cryplolechia eo?ifertella Walk. (List lep. 

 ins. Brit. mus.. 1864. pt. 29, p. 563). The 

 larvae of this species are common upon Be- 

 tula alba during August and the early part 

 of September. The larva feeds in a rolled 

 portion of the margin of the leaf, where pu- 

 pation takes place, lasting from three weeks 

 to a month. 



Paedl^ca similaua Hiibn. (Samml. auserl. 

 vogel u. schmett., 1792, fig. 71). Kaltenbach 

 (Pflanzenfeinde, 1S72, p. 602) gives a very 

 brief description of the larva of this species, 

 which feeds upon Betula. 



Pacdisca trausmissaua Walk. (List lep. 

 ins. Brit, mus , 1863. pt. 28, p. 375). The 

 larva of this species is common, during Octo- 

 ber, about Cambridge, Mass., where it eats 

 out the inside of the sterile catkins of Betula 

 alba. It hibernates as pupa. 



Paedifca solicitaiia Walk. (List lepid. ins. 

 Brit, mus., 1S63. pt. 28. p. 3S7). Fernald 

 (Trans. Amer. entom. soc. 18S2. v. 10, p. 40) 

 says of this species "Food. — Betula alba var. 

 populifolia.^^ 



Serieoris urtieana Hiibn. (Samml. europ. 

 schmett., Tort., 1800.', fig. 65). Kaltenbach 

 (Pflanzenfeinde, 1S72. p. 601) gives a very 

 brief description of the larva, following Zel- 

 ler (Isis, 1846, p. 229) and among other food- 

 plants mentions Betula. 



