THE RED-BANDED LEAF-ROLLER. 7 



This moth was reared December 31, 1903, from larvae found on cab- 

 bage by E. X. Burke, Macon, Ga. The same date the moth was 

 reared from larvae found on okra in the District of Columbia. 



The species was found in great abundance on asparagus in the 

 District of Columbia in the latter days of September, 1904, the larvae 

 at this time being full grown or nearly so. Many deserted nests 

 were also found, as well as the usual number of spider nests, which 

 so closely resemble those made by the leaf-roller. 



Beginning March 23, 1907, the adults of this species issued from 

 foliage of elderberry collected at Arlington, Va., September 3, 1906. 



During the last week of October, 1907, Mr. C. H. Popenoe, Bureau 

 of Entomology, observed specimens of this green larva working on 

 species of ground-cherry (Physalis) at Arlington, Va. 



The following year he observed the larva? at Topeka, Kans., work- 

 ing in the tips of ripe ears of sweet corn under the husk, lining the 

 tunnels with silk. 



Most of the foregoing records were made from observations of the 

 writer and his associates in the Bureau of Entomology, and there 

 are also some others which need not be mentioned in detail. These 

 include the finding of the larvae working on zinnia, syringa, hollyhock, 

 snowball, and magnolia. There is also record of attack to catalpa 

 at Welch, W. Va. 



BIOLOGIC NOTES. 



The larvae taken on asparagus by Miss Murtfelclt were found 

 October, 1882, and the moths of this lot issued February 21, 1883. 



In the writer's recent experience with this insect in the neighbor- 

 hood of "Washington, D. C, nearly all of the larvae that were obtained 

 in the autumn were approaching maturity during the first week 

 of October, and some had formed their webs for pupation by the 

 middle of that month. By the close of the month all the individuals 

 observed had transformed to pupae, the moths beginning to issue 

 January 23 and continuing until March 22. In every case that came 

 under observation pupation took place within the larval web or in 

 another close to the place where the larva had been feeding. 



The moths kept under unnatural conditions in a warm room issued 

 in January. 



A larva obtained from Newark, N. Y., previously mentioned, be- 

 gan forming its cocoon September 28, and the following day ap- 

 peared to have finished, but further observation showed that it had 

 not entirely completed it, since more silk was added apparently 

 from day to day. It was noted that the larva, before transforming 

 to pupa, cut out a round hole of about the same size or a little 

 larger than the pupa itself. Transformation to this stage took place 

 the first week in October, the moth issuing in January, having been 



