(52 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 
Cacoecia parellela Rob. Moths of this species, kindly identified 
_by Prof. C.H.Fernald, of the Massachusetts agricultural college, 
Amherst, were bred July 22 to 28 from larvae occurring singly 
in nests composed of the webbed together terminal leaves of 
sweet melilot shoots. The caterpillars were quite abundant 
June 4 to 13 in one small patch of this common weed at West 
Albany. This species is comparatively new to economic ento- 
mology, having so far as known been noticed but twice. It was 
bred by Dr J. B. Smith,' state entomologist of New Jersey, from 
similar webs occurring on cranberry bushes, and he also ob- 
served it on adjacent ‘‘ loose strife.” Larvae of apparently the 
5 i c : 
Fie. 24 Cacoecia paralella: amoth, beaterpillar, cpupa, all much enlarged - (original) 
Same species were observed on cranberry near St Anthony park, 
Minn., by the late Dr Otto Lugger,? formerly state entomologist 
of Minnesota. William Beutenmuller records it as feeding on 
willow and aster.’ | 
As the larvae differ somewhat in color, being characterized 
as reddish with yellow heads by Dr Smith in his report for 1892, 
a description is given herewith. | | 
The full grown caterpillar is about 2 inch long. Its head an@ 
thoracic shield are amber colored. The latter is bordered later- 
ally and posteriorly with irregular black markings and orna- 
*N. J. state agric. exp. sta. Rep’t 1892. p. 440. 
?University of Minnesota. Agric. exp. sta. Bul. 61. 1898. p. 285. | 
*Amer. mus. nat. hist. Bul: 4. 1892. p. 80. 
