202 FIFTH REPORT OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL COMMISSION. 
I). C. Specimens were also received from Miss M. Murtfeldt, Kirk- 
wood. Mo. (Riley's unpublished notes.) 
ntffl has pale reddish saffron fore wings, with a alight brassy hue. Along the 
front t I arc live silvery- white OOfltsJ streaks: on the inner margin are two 
conspicuous silvery ilorsal streaks, while the hind wings are grayish fuscous. (Com- 
^toik."! 
281, Ypsolophus quercipomonella Chambers. 
The following account of this Tineid has been furnished us by Pro- 
fessor Kiley : 
At Glenwood, Mo., folding up the leaves of the black oak in little tubes. June 2, 
1808, one changed to chrysalis. The chrysalis is formed within the leaf, the cater- 
pillar first lining it with a little white silk. The first moth issued June 15, and 
others up to the 22nd. Zeller says it is the same as a variable, often lighter brown 
spotted species, which he has often received from Ohio. (Unpublished notes.) 
Larva. — Length, .00 inch. A striped white and black worm with a red-brown 
head and cervical shield. Considering the ground color as white, there is a black 
dorsal line somewhat restricted at the joints, and on each side of the dorsum another 
somewhat wavy line, separated from a lateral broader one only by a fine white line. 
Outer edge along stigmata white, and all underneath it black glaucus. Piliferous 
spots above quite large and black with a white aunulation, two of them situated 
in a black wavy line and one on lateral black line just above stigmata. Stigmata 
small, with a smaller piliferous spot just below it, and others on venter. Segment 1 
dark below cervical shield. Segment 2 darker than the others, with a white anterior 
edge. Last two segments almost entirely black above, being sharply separated from 
anus and anal prolegs, which are of a very light yellow. Feet black. Abdominal 
prolegs same as venter. Single white bristle from each spot. (Riley.) 
Pupa. — The chrysalis averages .38 inch in length, with the abdomen comparatively 
narrow and small compared with the width of the anterior half, the extremity taper- 
ing to a single point ; of the normal color, but characterized especially by having 
about six pairs of little elevations on the dorsum, immediately behind the thorax, 
and three others each side of them along the upper edge of wing-sheaths. It is quite 
active, and whirls its body around at a great rate when disturbed. (Unpublished 
notes.) 
232. The oak sack-bearer. 
a * b 
Coleophora, species not determined. 
Order Lepidoptera; family Tixeid.e. 
We have found this interesting sack bearer on 
oak leaves at Providence, R. I., June 16. It ap- 
parently belongs to the genus Coleophora, which 
inhabits tubular cases, either straight or more 
or less coiled at the end, which the caterpillar 
fig. w.-coieophora, or oak drags about with it, suddenly withdrawing in 
sack-bearer, natural size: it when f ij srU rbed. The little circular masses on 
<i. side view. 6, dorsal view, 
enlarged.— Gissier. del. each side of the coil are the pellets of excrement. 
283. Odontota rubra Web. 
Order Coleoptera; family Chrysomelid^e. 
Professor Riley found, November 4, 1876, three larva? of this beetle 
mining in the leaves of the white oak, near River des Peres. (Unpub- 
lished notes.) 
