404 PS UCHE. 
Cat. 3167). Synonyms are P. créneridactylus 
Fitch (1st and 2nd Rept. nox. ins. N. Y., 
1856, p. 144) and P. pergracilidactylus Pack. 
(Ann. Lyceum nat. hist. N. Y., 1873, v. 10, p. 
265-266). Two varieties of the imago are 
figured by Walsingham (Pteroph. Cal. and 
Ores., 1886,4pl25f5. 16, and (ple 3) foo). 
I have reared numerous specimens of this 
species from larvae feeding upon Convolvu- 
lus tricolor and Ipomoea purpurea, in Cam- 
bridge, Mass. Some years the larvae are so 
numerous, from late in June until October, 
as to nearly destroy beds of C. fricolor and 
to seriously damage the appearance of plants 
of J. purpurea. The larva usually eats into 
the leaf and flower buds of C. ¢récolor; on J. 
purpurea it begins eating the tips of the ad- 
vancing stems, but the growth of the plant is 
so rapid that the larva is soon left below, 
among leaves which have become larger. 
The larva then, in most cases, eats half-way 
through the petiole of a large leaf; the leaf 
soon wilts and the larva finds shelter beneath 
the wilted portion. Asimilar habit of eating 
the stem half through to make parts of a 
plant wilt, and thus to furnish a protecting 
shelter, is mentioned by Greening (Entom. 
mo. mag., July 1867, v. 4, p- 39-40) in the 
case of the larvae of the English species Ox- 
yvptilus hieractt, which feed upon Teucrium 
scorodonia. P. monodactylus has been record- 
ed from Mass., N. Y., Ill., Cal., Oreg., and 
Europe. 
Lioptilus homodactylus Walk. (Cat. lep. 
het., pt. 30, p. 941). According to Walsing- 
ham this species is possibly the same as Z. 
hololeucos, Zell. .(Verh. zool.-bot. gesells. 
Wien, 1874, bd. 24, p. 445). Larva aud 
chrysalis described by Coquillett (Papilio. 
April 1882, v. 2, p. 62); the larva “feeding on 
Solidago mtssourtensis. Imago described 
‘and figured by Walsingham (Pteroph. Cal, 
and Oreg., 1880, p. 50-53, pl. 3, fig. -8-9). I 
took one specimen in Cambridge, Mass., 10 
July 1879. Mass., ?N. Y., Cal., Oreg. 
Lioptilus helianthi Wism. (Pteroph. Cal. 
and Oreg., 1880, p. 54-55). Figure of imago 
(2. c., pl. 3, fig. 11), which was reared from 
larva found feeding on a species of Heléan- 
thus. Oreg. 
Lioptilus sericidactylus Murtfeldt (Amer. 
entom., Oct. 1880, v. 3, p. 235-236). Miss 
Murtfeldt (2. ¢.) describes the egg, larva, 
pupa and imago of this species; the larva 
feeds on the leaves and flowers of Vernonia 
noveboracensts. I took a specimen of this 
species on Mt. Washington, N. H., 14 July 
1874. N.H., Mo. 
Lioptilus kellicotti? Fish (Can. entom., 
July 1881, v. 13, p. 141). Fish states (igen 
that this is the species of which the larva, 
described by Kellicott (2. c., June 1880, v. 12, 
p- 105-106), bores in the stems of Solidago. 
Buffalo, N. Y. 
Aciftilus lobidactylus Fitch (1st and 2nd 
Rept: ins. N. Y., 1856, p. 143-144)= age 
larvae of this species are sometimes very 
abundant on Solidago ? canadensis, in Cam- 
bridge, Mass.,-during June. The larvae are 
clothed with green or brownish hairs which 
have dew-like drops of clear liquid upon 
them. The period of pupation, of from six 
to nine days, is in the latter part of June or 
the early part of July. Mass., N. Y. 
Aciptilus montanus W\sm. (Pteroph. Cal. 
and Oreg., 1880, p. 59-60). Note by Kelli- 
cott (Can. entom., June, 1880, v. 12, p. 106) 
upon a larva eating the foliage of Sol/dago; 
this larva is stated by Fish (Can. entom., 
July 1881, v. 13, p. 141) to be that of A. mon- 
tanus. Imago figured by Walsingham (Pte- 
roph. Cal. and Oreg., 1880, pl. 3, fig. 14). 
aleser oN. Y. 
Alucita hexadactyla, Linn. (Wocke, Cat, 
3211). Frisch (Besch. y. allerley insecten 
in Teutschland, 1721, th. 3, p. 19-20, tab: 7) 
figures and describes the larva and imago, 
giving the food of the larva as the buds of 
[Lonicera| caprifolium. Imago figured by 
Walsingham (Pteroph. Cal. and Oreg., 18So, 
Pl Za. 16) 2. eal. Ores: 
Saunders (Ann. rept. Entom. soc. Ontario, 
1873, p- 14-15) describes the larva of an un- 
determined species of Pterophorus which fed 
on the raspberry (/ubus). 
G: Dimmock. 
