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several yards from tlie public road, and it would be quite impossible 
for any passer-by to throw parings of fruit into the orchard while pass- 
ing along the road, ^or does it seem probable that the infection came 
from the parings of infested fruit thrown out of the car windows by 
the passengers as they pass Dr. Hedges' place; the railroad is several 
hundred yards west of his infested orchard, while between them is a 
pear orchard of one hundred trees ^vhich is entirely free from this Scale. 
The probabilities are that some of the trees in the infested orchard 
were infested with San Jose Scale when they were first obtained from 
the nursery. Dr. Hedges informed me that he first noticed the char- 
acteristic pink spots on some of his pears in the summer of 1892, and 
these grew on trees set out in November, 1884. 
A few of the infested trees are about 14 feet high, but the majority 
of them are under 10 feet in height. About two hundred and thirty 
trees in all are infested. 
PYRALIDINA OF THE DEATH VALLEY EXPEDITION. 
In the report on the insects of the Death Valley Expedition, pub- 
lished in Forth American Fauna No. 7, pp. 235-268, we mentioned but 
five species of Pyralids and these belonged to the family Phycitidse. 
A report on other material, however, has since been received from Prof. 
Fernald, from which we have drawn up the following short table, which 
may be considered as supplementary to the list already published. 
Prof. Fernald's descriptions of the new species follow : 
Family Pyraustuxe. 
Xomophila noctuella S. V 1 ex., Argus Mountains. 
Pyrausta gracilalis Hulst 6 ex., Argus Mountains. 
Pyrausta letlialis Grt 11 ex., Argus Mountains. 
Loxostege anartalis Grt 1 ex., Argus Mountains. 
Loxostege lineal is Fern. n. sp 2 ex., Argus Mountains. 
Loxostege flavalis Fern. n. sp 4 ex., Argus Mountains. 
Loxostege ooertluiralis Fern. n. sp 3 ex., Argus Mountains. 
Loxostege napwalis Hulst 4 ex., Argus Mountains. 
Prorasea simalis Grt 2 ex., Argus Mountains. 
Titanio nuchalis Grt 3 ex., Argus Mountains. 
2 ex., Panamint Valley. 
Titan io proximalis Fern. n. sp 2 ex., Death Valley. 
3 ex., San Bernardino Co. 
1 ex., Argus Mountains. 
Gen. and sp ? too poor for determination 1 ex., Death Valley. 
Metasia quadristrigalis Fern. n. sp 2 ex., Argus Mountains. 
Metasia argalis Fern. n. sp 1 ex., Argus Mountains. 
Scoparia refugalis Hulst ? \. 1 ex. , Argus Mountains. 
Family Pyralid.1:. 
Stericta trabalis Grt 3 ex., Argus Mountains. 
