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Coquillett jiives the follo'wmjf account of its liabits : "Lives in a leaf 

 roJied from the apex to the base, or between two or three leaves fastened 

 together with silkeu threads. Found a great many May 30." llis si)eci- 

 mens of the niotli were named by Prof. C. H. Fernakl. Those wliich I 

 bred were fresh, well-])reserved spcoimens, and on submitting them lo 

 rrofessor FernaUI for ideutiheation he w^roto me tbat they were prob- 

 ablv Eccopds xicrmvndana {C]cinen&). 



IJiii'ortiiuately I did not make a description of my caterpillars, and 

 1 licreforc copy i.hat of Mr. Coquillett, 



Dkscjjiptxvk. — Larva. — Body green, iisunnycUinded dorsally with dull loadeii; lirst 

 scyiiieut brownish; head and coivical shit^ld black or pale browninh; iiilitVronssiicits 

 aurl spiracloa concolorous; anal phito nniuarked. Length, 15'"'" (Uoquiliett). 



Pupa. — Of the nsual shape and color, abdominal eeguients having two rows of 

 dor.sal spines, while tlio tip of the abdonieu is three-toothed, there being two small 

 lateral and asniall median projection. There are also eight small, ratlier short, brislies 

 cnrvcd ontwards at the ends, of which four are situated below tlio median tooth, and 

 two are sitnated near togotlior on the side near but within tlie base of the lat(^ral 

 tooth. There are two or three other seta? on the side, bnt farther from the tip. 

 Length, 10°"°. 



Moth. — A rather large species, with the general color brown-ash and nuiber-brown. 

 Head a little paler than the thorax, the latter with tlireo transverse darker lines 

 above. Fore wings with three large umber-brown patches, the basal one oblique, 

 extending from the inner edge of the wing and only reaching the n^^dian vimh. A. 

 median, irregular, broad band sending two blunt teeth inwards on the inner side; 

 the outer side with three acute teeth, one in front and a larger one behind the median 

 vein. A large, oval, umber- brown spot on the internal margin of tlio wing, and an- 

 other large oblique one extending from a little below the middle of the outer edge 

 obliquely to the outer fourth of the costal edge, in its course contracting in width and 

 becoming very narrow before reaching the costa, in which it slightly expands, form- 

 ing one of the small costal brown spots beyond the middle of tlio wing. Tlio fringe 

 pale, but dusky in the middle. Hind wings dark slate color, as is tlie under side of 

 both pairs of wings, as well as the abdomen, which, however, is paler at the eml. Ex- 

 panse of wings, 18'""'. 



THE VAE1:EGATED ECCOrSTS. 



{Eccopsis versicolorana, Cleinons.) 



This species also feeds upon the leaves of the white-heart hickory 

 {Carya tomcntosa) iu company with the foregoing species. The larva 

 begins to eat the leaves when they arc unfolding, and the moth appears 

 by the middle of June. Unfortunately no notes were made on the cater- 

 pillar, as they were confounded with the other species until the emer- 

 gence of the moths showed that there were two species. 



Descriptive. — Pj^jja.— Slenderer than that of jE^. permundana, the end of the abdo- 

 men tridentate, with the eight bristles arranged as iii the foregoing species, but much 

 larger and longer. Length, 8""" to 9'"'". 



Moth. — Pale, greenish, umber-brown, with whitish patches. Palpi whitish to the 

 tips. Head dark between the antennae, pale behind and in front. Fore wings olive 

 green ; a dark patch at base, becoming paler towards the inner edge of the wing, with 

 black specks, then becoming a pale, whitish, somewhat silvery band, crosses the wing. 

 A broad median, dark, olive-green i)atch ; tlie outnr scales raised and dotted with 

 black. Beyond this patch are three light, squarish costal spots. An oblique olive- 

 green lino passes from the outer margin just above the internal margin to the costa, 

 becoming nearly obsolete before reaching the cost.a, but ending on t.he fourth costal 

 spot. An apical dusky spot. Hind wings dark elate, and fore wings beneath dark 

 slate, with lighter costal sjiots. Expanse of whiga, 15"^"'. 



THE WHITE-HEART HICKORY GELECHIA. 



{Oelechia caryoivorelUi n. sp.) 



Although we have numerous species of this extensive genus of Tineid 

 moths feeding upon our forest trees, none, wo believe, have been recorded 

 as living at the expense of the hickory. 



