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specimens were so rubbed that a positive identification was 

 impossible. A description of the larva is given below. 



Larva. Length 1.5 cm. Head yellowish ibrown, the most of 

 the labrum, the sutures of the clypeus and the posterior lateral 

 portion of the sides of the head fuscous or dull black; labial palpi 

 tapering, light brown, the sutures transparent; maxillary palpi 

 with the basal segment whitish transparent, the distal segment 

 cylindric, with a length one-half greater than its diameter, fus- 

 cous. Thoracic shield brownish yellow, laterally dark brown or 

 black, these markings being produced on the posterior margin 

 nearly to the median line where they are bidentate and also 

 forming an indistinct, broad tooth near the base of this mesal 

 projection. Body: General color yellowish brown with rather 

 broad, submedian, fuscous yellowish stripes, the. latter dotted 

 with dark brown, submedian tubercles ; sublaterally there is a 

 dark brown stripe ; laterally and ventrally the color is fuscous 

 yellowish; anal plate fuscous yellowish; true legs shining black 

 or piceous ; prolegs dark brown, except the posterior which are 

 fuscous yellowish ; thoracic segments with a submedian small, and 

 a little more laterally, a larger, dark tubercle; sublaterally there 

 is a larger, compound tubercle and laterally a smaller tubercle on 

 the anterior and posterior annulae; abdominal segments with sub- 

 median tubercles on the anterior and posterior annulae, those of the 

 latter slightly more lateral, the anterior annula also with a rather 

 large lateral tubercle, all of these unisetose. 



Gracilaria. A number of azaleas injured by a leaf feeder 

 were brought to our attention the past winter. Some of these 

 were collected by Mr T. F. Niles in a greenhouse at Yonkers, 

 the azaleas having been imported. Similar trouble was also 

 called to our attention by Mr John Dunbar of Rochester. 



An examination of the leaves shows that the caterpillars 

 usually turn over the tip, webbing it down with fine, silken 

 strands, and eating away the tissues of the infolded undersur- 

 face. The injured portion turns dry and the retreat contains 

 numerous small, black particles of frass. The whitish, silken 

 cocoons may frequently be found on the leaves close to the 

 affected area, though an occasional one is spun under a mar- 

 ginal roll. One moth was reared and through the courtesy of 

 Dr L. O. Howard of the Bureau of Entomology, determined as 

 a species of Gracilaria near v i o 1 a c e 1 1 a by Mr August Busck. 

 The immature stages are described below. 



Larva. Length 7 mm. Head greenish yellow, the labrum and 

 mouth parts light brown, the body mostly pale green, the 

 posterior margins of the segments lighter, the three posterior 

 segments yellowish tinted. Fine, almost invisible hairs origin- 



