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Family 



6236. Bucculatrix canadensisella Chambers. Dr. A. H. 

 MacKay, of Halifax, reports this species very com- 

 mon during the last two years, the larvae attacking 

 the leaves of birches. It has been associated, at 

 least in Pictou, Colchester and Halifax counties, 

 with the birch-leaf sa,\vf\.y,Phlebotrophia. mathesoni* 

 MacGillivray. Bucculatrix larvae eat patch --s out 

 of the leaves, leaving the epidermis of one side ; 

 Pklebotrophia larvae mine between the upper and 

 lower epidermis, forming circular patches deprived 

 of the green central layer of the leaf. 



6487. Tineola bisselliella Hum in el. (Clothes moth). Very 

 common, 



6532. Trichophaga tapetzella Linn. This may be 6520, Tinea 

 pelh'onella Linn, (the fur moth), there not I eing a 

 specimen at hand to be certain (Perrin). 



6557. Adda purpura Walker. MacNab's Is. 



vSuperfamily MICROPTERYGOIDKA. 

 Family HEPIALID^. 



6604. Sthenopis argenteomaculatus Harris. Halifax (Downs 

 collection). 



6609. Hepialus mustelina Pack. MacNab's Is.; Aug. 25, 



1907. 



6610. H. gracilis Grote. MacNab's Is.; Aug. 16, 1907. 



*Phlebotrophia mathesoni MacGillivray may be only a variety of the European 

 species.- ED. 



