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pronounced it a new species. It is quite a different habit as 

 compared with the others of the genus, as the larvae of those 

 whose habits are known, live at the base of the fronds or in the 

 trunks of tree-ferns, and at the base of the leaves and in the 

 stems of Astelia veratroides, a plant of the Lily family. 



Notes on Two GaJleriids. 



BY OTTO II. SWEZEY. 



Paralipsa modesta Butler. 



I have reared two specimens of this moth from larvae handed 

 me by Mr. E. M. Ehrhorn, July 8th, 1911. A large importa- 

 tion of Japanese rice was found by him to be infested with some 

 hitherto unknown Lepidoterous larvae. The shipment was 

 therefore fumigated. A few of the larvae were retained for 

 rearing to ascertain the species. 



The larvae were apparently full-gro^vll at the time. They 

 were larger than the larvae of Ephestia elutella, dirty whitish, 

 with two or three of the segments at either end tinged with 

 fuscous ; head reddish ; tubercles minute, fuscous. 



By July 20th several cocoons were made. Several of them 

 were inside the cork of the tube containing the specimens, the 

 larvae having burrowed into the cork for that purpose. At inter- 

 vals of two or three weeks, some of these cocoons were examined, 

 and the larvae found to be lying dormant without pupating. 

 These observations were continued up to October 31st, without 

 finding that any pupae had been formed ; but on November 17th, 

 it was found that two moths had emerged ; one v,rs still living, 

 but the other had died. To the present date (Feb. 1, 1912) no 

 more moths have appeared, and examination revealed a living 

 larva in one cocoon. 



I have recently been able to determine this moth as Para- 

 lipsa modesta Butler, It is described in Ann. Nat. Hist. (5), 

 IV., p. 455, 1879, where the venation of forewing of the male is 

 given. The peculiarity of the genus is the enlarged cell in fore- 

 wing of male, and the mass of appressed hair-scales just before 

 middle of cell on underside. Butler described the genus and 

 species from a collection of Japanese moths collected at Yoko- 

 hama. No habits are given. I have not found anything further 

 of it in literature. 



