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rather before tin- middle, placed transversely, and a short spine each side on the 
middle of the length of the thorax: elytra rather paler than thorax, each with two 
doable, somewhat elerated, bright-fellow, abbreviated very short lines; the two 
members of the basal spot equal, the other spot is placed on the middle, the inner 
member is shorter than the exterior one : tip tW0-8fiined, the exterior spine the long- 
est : intermediate and posterior thighs two-epined at tip, the inner spine rather 
the longest. Length .75 to 1 inch. (Thomas, "Sixth report of the Illinois State 
Entomologist.") 
3. Carmenta fraxini II. Edwards. 
Xo account of the habits of this Sesian borer has been published so 
far a.s we can learn. It occurred at Washington, D. C. (C. V. Riley.) 
Moth. — Wholly hronze-black. Fore-wings with a very small vitreous dash near the 
base and a bright orange discal dot at extremity of cell. Costal margin greenish- 
black, a purplish tint on the posterior margin. Hind wings vitreous, rather narrowly 
margined, with a bunch of whitish hairs at their base. Under side of wings a little 
more golden than the upper. Antenna?, palpi, femora, tibiae, and tarsi brownish- 
black. Abdomen with no trace of bands, except on posterior margin of fourth seg- 
ment, beneath which is pale yellow. Caudal tuft small, brownish beneath, black 
above. Expanse of wings, 16 mm . (Edwards.) 
4. The syrixga borer. 
Podosesia syringv (Harris). 
Order Lepidoptera ; family Sesiad^e. 
This borer has been found by Mr. Hulst to be a pest to ash trees in 
Brooklyn, and by Mr. H. Osborn it has been observed boring in the 
young shoots of a species of ash, in Ames, Iowa. The larva, according 
to Harris, usually bores into the Syringa. In Buffalo Dr. Kellicott 
finds that it lives under the bark of the old trees. " He has observed 
a number of the trees, has seen the pupa cases projecting, and has 
watched twenty or more [issue] from a single tree in a single day 
Often one hundred or more were in a single tree." (Ent. Am., i, p. 177.) 
Larva. — Yellowish-white. Head about two-thirds the width of the prothoracic 
segment, chestnut-brown, with the mouth-parts pitchy above, whitish beneath, very 
shiny, and with a deep triangular depression in front. Second segment yellowish, 
with a waved brownish line posteriorly. Each of the segments bears about eight 
short brownish hairs. The third segment is slightly broader than the rest, swollen, as 
it were, at the sides. The spiracles are small, brown, those of the second and twelfth 
segments being larger than the rest. The anal segment is slightly yellow, with 
many short brownish hairs. All the feet and legs pale pitchy. Length, .80 inch. 
(H. Edwards.) 
Moth. — Brown; fore-wings with a transparent line at base; hind wings trans- 
parent, with a brown border, fringe, and subcostal spot. Antenna?, palpi, collar, 
first and second pairs of tarsi, and middle of the intermediate tibia\ rust-red ; middle 
of the tibke and the tarsi of the hind legs, yellow. Expands 1.20 inches. (Harris.) 
5. Gortyna nxtela Guen^e. 
Order Lepidoptera ; family Noctuid.e. 
The caterpillar of this moth, which often bores into the stalks of the 
dahlia and aster, has been observed by Mr. Osborn boring in young 
twigs of ash, causing the death of many twigs, but he failed to rear 
