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The following description of the moth is taken from insects bred 
from the peach, and may possibly not apply exactly to those from 
the strawberry. It is from the paper of Dr. Clemens already cited: 
“Fore wings of the moth ovate-lanceolate, with an opaque space 
on the costa, towards the end of the costal nervure and the first 
subcosto-marginal branch. Discoidal cell rather narrow, closed by a 
short nervure. The subcostal sends four branches to the costa, the 
first from a point rather behind the middle of the wing, much sep- 
arated from the second, and the last furcate on the costa before the 
tip, and a simple branch beneath the latter to inner margin just 
beneath the tip of the wing. ‘The median subdivides into four 
branches, rather approximated at their origins, the medio-posterior 
branch being nearly opposite to the second marginal. Subcostal 
fureate at the base. Hind wings trapezoidal, costa retuse, slightly 
emarginate beneath the tip, hind margin obliquely rounded; broader 
than the fore wings. Subcostal nervure rather attenuated toward 
the base, with a faintly formed intercostal cell, fureate. Discoidal 
cell broad, closed, with a nervule given off to the hind margin. 
Median three-branched, medio-posterior branch distant from the 
others. 
Head smooth, covered thickly with decumbent scales. Forehead 
_ broad, almost spherical; ocelli none. Eyes rounded, moderately 
prominent. Labial palpi, second joint thick, with a very abundant tuft 
of hair beneath prolonged wm front; third joint smooth, slender and 
pointed, as long as the second. Maxillary palpi, short and distinct. 
Antenne simple, scarcely more than one-half as long as the fore- 
wings, slightly denticulated, basal jomt smooth. Tongue scaled at 
the base, about as long as the labial palpi. 
Head and face pale gray; thorax dark gray. Labial palpi dark 
fuscous externally and pale gray at the end; terminal joint gray, 
dusted with dark fuscous. Antenne grayish, annulated with dark 
brown. Fore wings gray, dusted with blackish brown, with a few 
blackish brown spots along the costx, the largest in the middle, and 
short blackish brown streaks on the median nervure, subcostal, in 
the fold, and one or two at the tip of the wing; cilia fuscous gray. 
Hind wings fuscous gray; cilia gray, tinted with yellowish.” 
Concerning the larva of this twig-borer, Prof. Riley says* that 
when young it is paler, with a paler head, the body being yellow, 
each joint with a crimson band superiorly, narrow on the thoracic 
yoints, and broad and divided transversely by a fine pale line on 
the feet. 
*Proceedings Ontario Society, 1882, p. 17 
