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bers for determination. He pronounces it a new species of Blastoba- 

 sis, and characterizes it as follows : 



Blastobasis cixkicolella Cliambers (n. six). 



The elongate, rather narrow foco, and the fiict that the suhmedian vein of the fore 

 ■wings gives off a branch to the dorsal margin from about its middle (-which I have not 

 observed in any other Tincid), at first inclined me to separate this species fi-oin Blasto- 

 basis. Like Jj. cocdvoreUa, it has a largo tiil't projecting from the base of the basal 

 joint of the antenna, and forming a sorb of eye-cap. Head, thorax, and fore winga 

 sordid, white, dusted with fuscous on the win^s ; the fuscous scales are arranged in lon- 

 gitudinal streaks along the disc, and the fold is fuscous ; antennae sordid white, annu- 

 late with fuscous ; hind wings and abdomen stramineous. 



Al. ex. not quite f inch. A single female, said by Professor Comstock to have bucu 

 bred fiom "a dry orange." 



THE OEANGE-LEAF NOTCHER. 



{Artipus floridanus Horn.) 



Order Colboptera ; family Curculionidab. 



E;Uiug j.'iggcd notches in the edges of orange leaves; a small whitish snout-beetle, i 



inch in length. 



In July, 1879, specimens of this beetle were received from Mr. H. S. 

 Williams, of Eock Ledge, Fla.. He stated that they only appeared in a 

 limited jiortiou of his grove, but that in this one locality they were very 

 abundant. He said that he had killed hundreds, and yet every morn- 

 ing about so many were at work. 



I visited Mr. Williams's place iu the spring of 1880, and at that time 

 the beetles were still at work, and had spread but little from the origi- 

 nal spot. Experiments showed that they drop readily whenever the 

 tree upon which they are at work is jarred, and hence they maj' be eas- 

 ily caught upon sheets and destroyed, as is done with the common plum 

 curculio. (See Plate in, fig. 3.) 



WHITE ANTS, OR "WOOD LICE." 



{Termes flavijpes Kohlar.) 



Order Keuroptera; family Teemitidae. 



Girdling tlie baik of orange trees and guava bushes near the surface of the ground, 

 or eating out the interior of sugar-cane and other plants; numerous small white 

 insects, resembling ants in form and size. 



These insects, which are common throughout our territory from Massa- 

 chusetts to Florida, are usually found living in communities in logs, 

 sticks, and stumps. Decaying pine wood is especially liable to be 

 attacked by them. Sometimes they are very destructive to wooden 

 structures, as houses, bridges, and fences, and especially to such parts 

 as are near the ground. 



This season.we have learaed that they do not confine their attacks 

 to dead vegetable matter, but that they frequently infest and destroy 

 living plants. We received specimens from Mr, B. F. Weems, of Hous- 

 ton, Tex., tbat Avere infesting pampas grass and orange trees ; and I 

 found them common throughout Florida, infesting oran^'e trees, guava 

 Ijiishes, and sugar-cane. In the last-named State these insects are 

 generally recognized as important pests. Tliey are there known as 

 " wood lice," a name whose use is to be deprecated, as it tends to create 

 confusion. 



