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  ENTOMOLOGIST 
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  four 
  different 
  individuals. 
  Although 
  it 
  appears 
  never 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  so 
  

   abundant 
  as 
  to 
  cause 
  much 
  damage, 
  yet 
  it 
  is 
  most 
  probable 
  that 
  careful 
  

   observation 
  would 
  reveal 
  its 
  presence 
  in 
  many 
  hitherto 
  unsuspected 
  

   localities. 
  

  

  Burrowing 
  in 
  the 
  Petioles 
  of 
  Maple 
  Leaves. 
  

   The 
  following 
  communication* 
  from 
  a 
  correspondent 
  of 
  the 
  Country 
  

   Geiitlema7i, 
  gives 
  a 
  brief 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  operations 
  of 
  this 
  insect 
  

   when 
  for 
  the 
  first 
  time 
  detected 
  upon 
  the 
  maple 
  (in 
  1895), 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  

   any 
  record 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  : 
  

  

  I 
  enclose 
  leaves 
  of 
  sugar 
  maple, 
  the 
  petioles 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  infested 
  with 
  

   a 
  minute 
  larva. 
  My 
  attention 
  was 
  first 
  attracted 
  by 
  numerous 
  green 
  and 
  

   half 
  withered 
  leaves 
  lying 
  on 
  the 
  ground 
  with 
  only 
  a 
  short 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  

   petiole 
  attached, 
  which 
  led 
  me 
  to 
  look 
  for 
  the 
  remaining 
  portion; 
  this 
  I 
  

   found 
  attached 
  to 
  the 
  tree, 
  with 
  a 
  small 
  channel 
  extending 
  towards 
  its 
  

   base. 
  At 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  this 
  was 
  the 
  larva. 
  About 
  a 
  year 
  ago 
  I 
  passed 
  

   some 
  rows 
  of 
  sugar 
  maples 
  appearing 
  as 
  mine 
  do 
  now, 
  and 
  I 
  attributed 
  

   the 
  cause 
  to 
  a 
  fungoid 
  Wight, 
  but 
  without 
  examination. 
  W. 
  T. 
  

  

  Co?tcordville, 
  Fa. 
  

  

  When 
  fallen 
  maple 
  leaves 
  have 
  been 
  noticed 
  during 
  the 
  early 
  part 
  of 
  

   the 
  year, 
  it 
  has 
  usually 
  been 
  ascribed 
  either 
  to 
  frost 
  or 
  some 
  fungus 
  

   attack. 
  But 
  in 
  this 
  instance, 
  the 
  leaves 
  affected 
  in 
  the 
  manner 
  stated 
  

   happening 
  to 
  come 
  under 
  the 
  eye 
  of 
  a 
  close 
  observer, 
  the 
  cause 
  was 
  

   looked 
  for, 
  and 
  careful 
  search 
  disclosed 
  it 
  in 
  a 
  small 
  caterpillar 
  burrow- 
  

   ing 
  within 
  the 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  leaf-stalk 
  remaining 
  upon 
  the 
  tree.* 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  examples 
  of 
  the 
  leaves 
  and 
  separate 
  portions 
  of 
  the 
  stems 
  

   or 
  petioles 
  sent, 
  the 
  operations 
  of 
  the 
  caterpillars 
  have 
  been 
  followed 
  and 
  

   its 
  species 
  determined. 
  It 
  proves 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  larva 
  of 
  a 
  small 
  Tortricid 
  

   moth 
  which 
  has 
  received 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Steganoptycha 
  ClaypoHana 
  — 
  after 
  

   Prof. 
  Claypole, 
  who 
  had 
  studied 
  and 
  made 
  first 
  publication 
  of 
  the 
  insect 
  

   when 
  working 
  in 
  the 
  leaf-stalk 
  of 
  the 
  horse-chestnut, 
  in 
  Ohio. 
  

  

  Confused 
  with 
  a 
  Closely 
  Allied 
  Insect. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  was 
  confused 
  at 
  first 
  with 
  a 
  closely 
  allied 
  form, 
  Proteoteras 
  

   cesculana 
  Riley, 
  reared 
  from 
  larvae 
  found 
  boring 
  the 
  leaf-stalks 
  and 
  the 
  

   tender 
  terminal 
  twigs 
  of 
  the 
  buckeye 
  and 
  maple 
  in 
  Missouri, 
  and 
  was 
  

   referred 
  to 
  this 
  form. 
  A 
  little 
  later, 
  it 
  was 
  regarded 
  and 
  described 
  by 
  

   Prof 
  Riley 
  as 
  a 
  distinct 
  species 
  of 
  the 
  genus. 
  Finally 
  it 
  was 
  referred 
  

   to 
  Steganopiycha 
  by 
  Prof 
  Fernald. 
  

  

  * 
  Mr. 
  Zabriskie 
  has 
  placed 
  on 
  record 
  an 
  injury 
  to 
  the 
  petioles 
  of 
  maples 
  at 
  Flatbush, 
  L. 
  I., 
  

   which 
  is 
  most 
  probably 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  this 
  insect 
  {s&tjourn, 
  N. 
  V. 
  Entoviolog. 
  Soc. 
  iii, 
  1895, 
  p. 
  144). 
  

  

  