PST CHE: 
NEPTICULA PTELIAEELLA, N. sp. 
BY VACTOR TOUSEY CHAMBERS, COVINGTON, KY. 
In a recent numero of PsycHE (v. 3, 
p. 137-147) I gave an account of the 
larval history of this species, the moth 
not then being known. Since then I 
have succeeded in rearing many speci- 
mens from larvae taken in Aug. 1880: all 
of the moths making their appearance 
on the same day, 28 May: and although 
PsycHE does not publish mere descrip- 
tions of new species generally, yet as the 
larval history of this species so recently 
appeared in its pages, it is probably best 
to supplement it by a brief description of 
the imago. 
The moth has an expanse of wings of 
about 4 mm., and is of a rich deep violet 
brown, strongly marked with silver, its 
coloration recalling that of Antispila 
ampelopsiella, Cham. The tuft covers 
the face nearly down to the trophi, and 
the eye-caps are scarcely as large as 
usual in this genus; the scales are not 
very coarse nor would I describe them 
as fine. (There is great difference in 
this respect between different species of 
this genus.) The head is dark brown; 
eye-caps white ; antennal stalk yellowish, 
stained with silvery fuscous above ; the 
palpi are silvery fuscous, but, like the 
legs, in many lights they appear sordid 
yellowish. The legs and tarsi are brown 
on their anterior surfaces and _ silvery 
fuscous on their hinder surface. Ab- 
domen slate color with a silvery lustre. 
Thorax, a small spot on the base of the 
interior margin of the forewings, a rather 
wide fascia just before the middle of the 
wings, and a costal and opposite interior 
spot before the cilia, all like polished 
silver on a ground color of deep violet 
brown; the cilia white. In some speci- 
mens the legs show little of the brownish 
color, but this I think is due to denuda- 
tion. Many of our species described 
as Nepticula belong to the allied genus 
Trifurcula, but this species is, I think, 
properly referable to Nepticula. 
THE GRAPEBERRY MOTH (ZUDEMIS BOTRANA, S. V.). 
BY MARY ESTHER MURTFELDT, KIRKWOOD, MO. 
This pretty little tortricid is very 
abundant this year in the environs of 
St. Louis, and its larvae cause all —or 
nearly all—of the so-called rot that has 
appeared in our vineyards this season. 
It may not be generally known that 
the spring brood of larvae feed on the 
tender shoots of the common ironweed 
(Vernonia noveboracensis) which they 
web together for their better protection. 
When mature they desert these retreats 
and cut little flaps from the larger leaves, 
which, folded over and fastened at the 
edges, protect them during the pupa 
stage. 
Prof. Fernald informs me that this 
species has also been bred from larvae 
webbing the leaves of the Tulip-tree 
(Liriodendron) and of Amorpha, but in* 
this locality I have only found the larva 
in the grape and on the Vernonia. 
