THE PINK CORN-WORM. 3 
dry, grain, it was at that time impossible to say. Glover also men- 
tioned the occurrence of the insect in cotton bolls that had previously 
been pierced by the bollworm or split open by the rot. 
In an article on the cowpea-pod weevil (Chalcodermus aeneus Boh.) 
the writer (Chittenden, 1904) mentioned the fact that the holes left 
in the pods affected by this weevil, which were formed by cracking 
or otherwise, led to secondary infestation by other insects. Among 
those reared during that year from cowpea was the species under 
consideration. 
In a paper by Mr. E. 8S. Tucker published in 1911 (Tucker, 1911) 
mention of this species is made as follows: ‘ Larve of this moth were 
frequently found in fallen bolls associated with and without Araecerus 
fasciculatus or its work. The larva is supposed to feed on insect 
remains.’ Again in the same article Mr. Tucker notes the finding 
of the same species at Alexandria, La., September 18, 1908, ‘“‘in 
cornstalks infested by <Araecerus fasciculatus, or where the latter 
had worked and left, and decay had begun,” * * * “nparticu- 
larly in rotting, rain-soaked stalks’’; the adults maturing in the 
breeding cage October 22-29. Mr. Tucker also reports that he found 
it ‘in green cornstalks, and sometimes in ear tips injured by the corn 
worm, Heliothis obsoleta Fab., at same place, August 2, 1909,’’ and 
that ‘Mr. J. D. Mitchell submitted pupal cases taken from Araecerus 
cavities, in cornstalks at Victoria, Tex., March 7, 1909.”’ 
In his article on insects which affect the cotton plant, Dr. L. O. 
Howard (Howard, 1896) mentions this species in connection with 
its occurrence in young cotton bolls, and states that there was a gen- 
eral belief among planters that the species acts dependently of 
‘cotton-worm damage. - He added: 
This statement, however, has not yet been satisfactorily substantiated so far as it 
refers to the bolls. In the young squares, however, the active little reddish larva of 
this Batrachedra is very often found as unquestionably an original inhabitant, and it 
undoubtedly frequently causes quite an extensive shedding of the squares. This, 
however, occurs only in the spring, at a time when there is a surplus of bloom and when 
many squares can be spared without great reduction of the crop. Later in the season 
the Batrachedra larva is found boring in the unopened flower heads of various weeds. 
The following year the writer (Chittenden, 1897) published some 
notes on this species, identifying Glover’s corn-feeding tineid as 
Batrachedra riley. 
In 1909 Mr. Otto H. Swezey (1909) repeats Walsingham’s descrip- 
tion and states that the larva was found in Hawaii feeding in various 
situations, most frequently on dead vegetable matter or refuse sub- 
stances, and that therefore it was not particularly injurious. The 
larva was observed feeding beneath leaf-sheaths of dead cane; also in 
“‘borered’’ cane stalks in places where the leaves were dirty and 
sticky from the attack of aphides or leafhoppers. It was also found 
working in the tassels and very numerous in sweet-corn ears, feeding 
