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several yards from the public road, and it would be quite impossible 
for any passer-by to throw parings of fruit into the orchard while pass- 
ing along the road. Nor does it seem probable that the infection came 
from the parings of infested fruit thrown out of the car windows by 
the passengers as they pass Dr. Hedges’ place; the railroad is several 
hundred yards west of his infested orchard, while between them is a 
pear orchard of one hundred trees which is entirely free from this Seale. 
The probabilities are that some of the trees in the infested orchard 
were infested with San José Scale when they were first obtained from 
the nursery. Dr. Hedges informed me that he first noticed the char- 
acteristic pink spots on some of his pears in the summer of 1892, and 
these grew on trees set out in November, 1884. 
A few of the infested trees are about 14 feet high, but the majority 
of them are under 10 feet in height. About two hundred and thirty 
trees in all are infested. 
PYRALIDINA OF THE DEATH VALLEY EXPEDITION. 
In the report on the insects of the Death Valley Expedition, pub- 
lished in North American Fauna No. 7, pp. 235-268, we mentioned but 
five species of Pyralids and these belonged to the family Phycitide. 
A report on other material, however, has since been received from Prof. 
Fernald, from which we have drawn up the following short table, which 
may be considered as supplementary to the list already published. 
Prof. Fernald’s descriptions of the new species follow: 
Family PyRAUSTID2. 
Nomopivila nociwella S. Vics a2 Ase = pac wie ee wae oe 1 ex., Argus Mountains. 
Pyraustagraciialis Wulst—2 he. 222 Sse. ae = oes pe ee 6 ex., Argus Mountains. 
Byraustanlemn aus cGy. 22 sec ee tee ee ae eee 11 ex., Argus Mountains. 
Loxostege:anarials (Grilsts. 22202 Seon. $s eee ee eee 1 ex., Argus Mountains. 
Loxostege unealis Vern: 0.8 p=--- sae 22 ere se =e le ee 2 ex., Argus Mountains. 
7 Loxostege slavalis Fern. mi Spix--- sepa eee eee ee ae 4 ex., Argus Mountains. 
Lonostege overthuraus Herm. Nesp soc se- see eee See eee 3 ex., Argus Mountains. 
onostegemapw@atis Wulst se. 2-5. 50) ee eee ee ee eee 4 ex., Argus Mountains. 
Prorasea simalis Gre i. 2 .j23i 2223s {Sse 5 ee eee eee 2 ex., Argus Mountains. 
Titanio:nuchalis Grticak << eset PISS See ae eee eens 3 ex., Argus Mountains. 
2 ex., Panamint Valley. 
Tiantoproxmalis. Hern... Specs eee ee eee ae 2 ex., Death Valley. 
3 ex., San Bernardino Co. 
1 ex., Argus Mountains. 
Gen. and sp? too poor for determination.............----- 1 ex., Death Valley. 
Metasia quédrisirigalis Pern. nisp-:-----=-+----+--2------= 2 ex., Argus Mountains. 
Metasia-argalis Perm: 12 sp).- =22- 222 s~ cep sine eee eee ee ee 1 ex., Argus Mountains. 
Scoparia refugqalis Hu Stite ssc nee eee eee eee ee 1 ex., Argus Mountains. 
Stericta trabalis Grt.22. 0 se eee eee ee eee 3 ex., Argus Mountains. 
