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tint, especially on the apical part of the wings. All the 

 fringes white. 



Habitat. Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Onta- 

 rio, Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, New York, 

 Ohio, Illinois, California. Food, grass. 



" Egg. Creamy white when first laid, gradually chang- 

 ing to a scarlet color before hatching. Form, elliptical oval ; 

 size, .45 mm. by .36 mm. The egg-shell has sixteen longi- 

 tudinal ridges and numerous smaller transverse ridges. 



"Larva, First Stage. Head diameter, .19mm.; body 

 diameter, .15 mm. ; length, 1.05 mm. Body a dull straw 

 color, with irregular reddish blotches on the dorsum. Scat- 

 tered light-colored hairs occur on the head and body." 

 (Felt.) 



CRAMBUS TUKBATELLUS. (Plate III., fig. 13.) 



Arequipa turbatella Walk., Lep. Het, Vol. XXYIL, p. 196 



(1863). 



Crambus bipunclellus Zell., Chil. et Cram., p. 23 (1863). 

 Crambus bipunctellus Robs., Ann. Lye. N. Y., Vol. IX., 



p. 313 (1870). 

 Crambus turbatellus Felt, Grass-eating Ins., p. 86 (1894). 



Expanse of wings, 22-25 mm. Head, palpi, thorax and 

 fore wings snow white, the last with the median stripe rep- 

 resented by one or two dark-brown dots at the end of the 

 cell, and one or two similar ones below the outer fourth of 

 the cell. The subterminal line consists of a row of dark- 

 brown dots angulated beyond the end of the cell ; a terminal 

 row of seven black dots, the one nearest the apex elongated. 

 Fringes white. Hind wings snow white, sometimes with a 

 central pale fuscous shade. Fringes snow white. 



Habitat. Canada, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illi- 

 nois. Food plants and early stages unknown. 



