160 INSECUTOR INSCITI^ MENSTRUUS 



Abdomen brown. Male hypopygium with the pleurites 

 short, the single pleural appendage elongate, the proximal face 

 provided with abundant short setae. Gonapophyses appearing 

 as conspicuous cushion-shaped structures densely set with 

 small, slightly curved spines, the whole structure suggesting 

 a mace. Penis-guard projecting caudad of the level of the 

 apophyses, each side terminating in a long, laterally directed, 

 divergent horn. In T. antipodum Mik, the only described 

 antipodal Trichocera, the gonapophyses are armed only with 

 four conspicuous spines and the penis-guard is short, broad- 

 based, tapering to a slender median point. Ovipositor more 

 elongate than in T. antipodum. 



Habitat. — New Zealand (South Island) . 



Holotype, male, Riccarton Bush, 1921 (Gourley) ; in alcohol. 



Allotype, female, Otira, altitude 1,360 feet, January 10, 1920 

 (J. W. Campbell). 



Paratopotypes, 3 males, in alcohol. 



Type in the writer's collection. 



A NOTE ON THE OCCURRENCE OF TWO 

 PYRALIDS 



(Lepidoptera, Pyralidce) 



By G. p. ENGLEHARDT 



Pyrausta flavidalis Guenee. 



The larva occurs as a root-borer in Ironweed (Vernonia). 

 The pupa is formed generally within a silk-lined tube in the 

 broken-off stalks of the previous year's growth. Pupse occur 

 in late June and July. Imago, July and August. 



Newtown, Long Island, New York. Also Clearfield, Pa., 

 collected by Miss Nell McMurray. 

 Phlyctaenia tertialis Guenee. 



Bred from dead and dry shoots of Elderberry (Sambucus). 

 The larva hibernates within a flat cocoon inside of the hollow 

 stem. Pupa and adult in April and May. 



Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn, N. Y. 



