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Psyche 7:398, 1894.

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OCCLIS in the Pyra~~stidac, Py~~alididae, Pliycitklae and Cra~nbiclae. The Ptcro-
phoridae ~1d nut have them.
They me
fou11r1 in the Tortskidae, Grapholi-
thidae, Tii~eidae, Plutellidac, Gelechii- dae, Coleophoridae, Litl~ocolletirlac,
LYonetiiclae, hTepticu1idae md 11ic~op-
terygidne.
UThile it is possible that tliese spiny
areas will not prove of great \due ~II
classification, it is somewl~at s~~ggestive whcn species as Aptdodm towefacfa
S. & A. lacks then1 ; tvliile tlq" are
present in genera placed on each side.
In such cases they may perl~aps aid the
systematist.
The following lists contain an cnu-
meration of the insects which I l1a~e
examined for the spiny area, referred
10 tliei~. fa~nilies. X111nera1s iildicxte the n~~mbes of species examined'
NOTES ON ~~L~TTE~I~LIES.-~ have seen Y.
ux.fio&z la>- eggs on wiiite birch and :' canoe "- birch Lhis .~car, and as far ns I know this is a new food plant fnr the species,
Pajv'lio f?t~vris is unusuall~ abundant in Broolcline, Mas., this year: as >veil 3s at JaErcy, X. H., especid1~- a)-o~~nd ash-trees, where 1 have seen many eggs laid in the past few dt~ys, and almost without exception on thc higher branches of ~nung trees.




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