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There seem to have been some conflicting notes in Hterature 

 relative to the habits of this pretty moth (plate V. C). Clemens 

 quotes Bassett, saying: "The species is very common in the 

 neighborhood of \\'aterbiiry, Connecticut, and the larva feeds 

 in a gall found on a species of oak which I call Quercus tinc- 

 toria. The galls are found on the smaller branches, three or 

 four being aggregated, are globular, yellowish-brown, shining 

 and hard." 



Comstock (i88oZ?)t says that this beautiful moth with red- 

 dish-orange-marked fore wings was bred from a large gall-like 

 coccid from Cedar Keys, Florida, and that Riley pointed out 

 to Bassett that his supposed gall was in reality a coccid. Com- 

 stock further says : "The rearing of the same moth from what 

 is evidently a closely allied, if not the same, species of coccid 

 from two such widely separated localities as Connecticut and 

 Florida, is a strong indication of the permanence of the car- 

 nivorous habit in this species." 



Packard (iScjo^) on page 219 of his "Forest Insects" says: 

 "The following species are said by Clemens and Chambers to 

 live on the leaves of various species of oak," and on page 220 

 F. bassettella (Clemens) is listed ^s a leaf miner of the under 

 surface of oak leaves, with a further note that it feeds in galls. 

 Evidently Packard overlooked Comstock's record. 



King (1899) says that in Massachusetts Kcnnes galJiformis 

 Riley is attacked by Eiiclemcnsia bassettella (Clemens). 



Britton (1916) states: "Specimens of a Kermes, probably 

 K. sassceri King, were collected on an oak at Yalesville, April 

 13, 1916, by B. H. Walden. On examining this material dur- 

 ing the summer four specimens of a small moth were found 

 in the box, and in the scales were holes from which the moths 

 had emerged. The moths proved to be Eiicleinensia bassettella 

 (Clemens)." 



Lawson (191 7) records this moth from Kermes galliformis 

 Riley taken at Lawrence, Kansas, and identified by Dr. Mc- 

 Dunnough. 



Due to the fact that in both Missouri and Texas this oecoph- 



tDates in parentheses refer to the bibliography listed at the end of 

 this article. 



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