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colorous, darker on anterior margin : tul)ercles small, concolorous 

 or pale, with a black dot in center at base of hair ; tubercle iii 

 on segmients three and twelve surrounded I)y a darker ring; 

 tubercles i and ii in straight longitudinal line; iii just above 

 spiracle, iv -|- v l)elo\v spiracle and a little more anteriorly ; 

 hairs very pale brown ; spiracles pale yellow. Larvae taken from 

 sweet corn and algaroba blossoms- were paler, usually yellowish 

 or reddish ; those from lantana, orange and other trees where 

 Ortliczia. Aphis, mealy bugs, etc., had been feeding, were mostly 

 very dark fuscous, often almost black, and nearly uniformly 

 colored. 



Pupa (Plate IV, Fig. 6) is 5-6 mm. long; bright light brown, 

 paler below, greenish on wing- and leg-cases ; punctured all over 

 the back ; fine hairs in two dorsal, two lateral, and two ventral 

 rows ; spiracles slightly raised ; wing- and leg-cases extend to 

 near apex of fourth abdominal segment ; cremaster with two stout 

 straight spines close together, touching, hooked at tip, firmly 

 fastened into silk of cocoon, a few short hooked spines near their 

 base. Formed in a slight cocoon amongst the web where the 

 larva fed. 



I have bred no parasites from the larvae ; nor have I ever 

 found any of them stored up for food in wasps' nests. Specimens 

 of the moth were sent to Dr. Dvar, Washington, D. C, for deter- 

 mination. He informed me that they did not agree with any 

 described species ; hence, I have described it as new. 



NATURAL ENEMIES. 



PARASITES. 



I have bred two parasites attacking the caterpillars of the bud 

 moth, to somie extent, in the cane of the Experiment Station 

 grounds. 



FAMILY BETHYLIDAE. 



Sicrola iiiolokaiciisis Ashm. 



(Plate II, Fig. 13.) 



"Female. Length 2 to ^.s nmi. Black, the head and thorax finely 

 coriaceous hut more or less shining; mandibles black or brown-black; 

 al)d()men smooth, imiiunctate, highly polished; antennae, except the four 



