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house had been caused by the similar appearing black vine weevil 

 Otiorhynchus sulcatus Fabr. , sines the recorded food 

 habits are those of this earlier introduction rather than of the species 

 under consideration. Doctor Howard states that this Liophloeus is 

 quite abundant in Europe though it has never been reported as an 

 injurious species. The larval habits are quite unknown. Fowler^ 

 states that the weevils occur on hedges, young trees, nettles etc. 

 and may be obtained by beating ivy which seems to be the special 

 food plant. It is recorded as generally distributed and common 

 throughout the greater part of England and Wales. 



Pyrausta theseusalis Walk. The larvae and pupae described in 

 Museum Bulletin i8o, 30th report, page 90-91, as those of Phlyc- 

 taenia terrealis Treits are those of this species according to a 

 determination made by Dr H. G. Dyar of the U. S. National 

 Museum through the courtesy of Dr L. 0. Howard. 



Gnorimoschema banksiella Busck. Mummied peaches, bored by 

 the caterpillars of this species, were received June 20, 1918, from 

 J. A. Thomson, Rochester, through the State Department of Farms 

 and Markets. The species was kindly identified by August Busck 

 of the United States National Museum, through the courtesy of 

 Dr L. O. Howard. The peaches had been bored and the pits were 

 eaten out of a number by brownish caterpillars which were crawling 

 over the dried fruit and though there was an opportunity during 

 the two days following for the caterpillars to escape, they seemed 

 perfectly satisfied to remain on or near the minnmied fruits. We 

 were advised that there was nothing in the immediate surroundings 

 which would suggest the migration of the larvae from the stems 

 of some herbaceous plant in which they might have bored and 

 perhaps produced galls under normal conditions. 



This species has been recorded from Sea Cliff, N. Y., and also 

 from. Essex county, N . Y. The previously unknown larva is described 

 below. 



Larva. Length 7 mm. Head a deep amber, sparsely haired, the 

 mouth parts a variable dark brown, thoracic shield yellowish brown, 

 the body a dark reddish brown, the segmentation unusually strongly 

 marked and the dorsal surface with very evident, somewhat irregular 

 rugose transverse lines. Spiracles yellowish brown, darker in the 

 center. Anal shield dark yellowish brown, a very fine almost invis- 

 ible, hair with a length about equal to the diameter of the body 

 arises from each of the inconspicuous tubercles, there being two 

 sublateral ones on each segment, one to each subsegment, a com- 

 pound tubercle just above the lateral line and on the posterior 



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