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this ftict. The red color is lighter than on the red-bug-, and the back 

 lacks the Saint Andrews cross which characterizes the other. The Lepto- 

 coriza does no harm to the crop whatsoever, but preys nponthediflferent 

 insects to be found upon the trees. True, it is not as discriminating as 

 it might be, and frequently devours the beneiicial Chrysopa larvae, but 

 its good qualities undoubtedly outweigh its bad, and it should not be 

 destroyed with its injurious relative. 



THE ORANGE-LEAF NOTHRIS. 



{N'othris citrifoUella, Chambers [n. sp.] .) 



Order Lepidopteka ; family Tineidae. 



Webbing togctlier the half-grown leaves of new shoota of the orange, eating the 

 leaves and destroying the bnd; a cylindrical yellow worm, with black head and 

 first segment, dropping by a threa,d when disturbed. 



Specimens of this insect were last summer received from Brevard 

 County, Florida. We do not know enough of its habits at present to 

 do more than describe it and its method of work. 



According to Mr. H. S. Williams, of Eock Ledge, the larvae have been 

 very injurious to the orange trees in his vicinity. They infest the young 

 leaves of the new growth. These they web together by a delicate white 

 silken w^eb, and feed upon the bnd, entirely stopping the growth of the 

 shoot. If disturbed, the worm drop^s by a thread. It is very active, 

 and when removed fi^om its web runs quite quickly. 



The full-grown larva measures about 12""" (^ inch) in length. It is 

 yellowish in color, with the head and first thoracic segment black and 

 somewhat polished. The posterior margin of the blacls thorax is pale- 

 yellow- The anal plate and legs are polished yellow, with the scattered 

 hairs upon the former blackish ; all other hairs are yellow. The first 

 pair of legs is black and the rest yellow. 



When ready to pupate, the larva rolls a leaf around itself and spins 

 a delicate silken cocoon, in which it transforms to a rather stout, dark- 

 brown chrysalis. There is nothing so characteristic about the chrysalis 

 as to merit description. The moths emerged from August 25 to Septem- 

 ber 5. The following is Mr. Chambers's characterization of the species : 



NOTIinS CITRIFOLIELLA, n. Sp. 



It is possible that this species may already be known in Southern Europe, or in 

 other orange-growing countries; but I have met w^ith no account of it in any work to 

 which I have access. If known, it ought to be found in Mx. Stainton'a "Tineina of 

 Southern Euro];)e," but I have been unable to find any copy of this work in this coun- 

 try. A note addressed some mouths ago to Mr. Stainton remains unanswered. As the 

 species is certainly new in this country, and I have not been able to hear of it else- 

 where, I describe it as new. Yet, if the orange is its only food-plant (and none other 

 is known as yet), and the orange is not indigenous here, it is probable that the insect 

 has ht^VL iiUT>orted with its food-plant, and, even if it is as yet uudescribed, will be 

 found m other orange-growing countries. 



The moth is ochreous-gray, or more properly, perhaps, grayish-ochreous (uuder a lens 

 it is ochreous dusted with fuscous). Outer" surfacc'of the second joint of the palpi 

 brown, except file anterior margin of the tuft, which is pale-ochreous, from the mid- 

 dle of which springs the acicular third joiut, which is pale-ochreous tipped with fus- 

 cous, and is longer than the second joint. On the disc of the fore wings, at about the 

 basal Imuth of the wing-length, is a short, obscure, oblique, reddish, fuscous streak, be- 

 hind which is a small brown discalspot, with another like it x^laced opposite to it and 

 touching the fold; further back on the disc are two similar brown spots, and a little 

 further back, on the dorsal margin at the end of the fold, is a much larger spot or 

 patch of tlie same color ; behind the discal uer vure the wing is paler and shows India- 

 tinctlya wavy, transverse, fuscous streak, and there are five circular black spots around 

 tlie ax>ical margin; the cilia are pale fuscous. Hind wings i)ale-grayish fuscous, 



