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CHARLES V. RILEY.  A new Herbarium Pest (Carphoxera nov. gen., ptelearia n. sp.).

Insect Life, IV, Nos. 3 and 4, November 1891, pp.108-113, figs. 6-11.

Ravages of the larva of this Geometric moth, apparently originating from Mexico or Lower California, in the herbarium of the U. S. Department of Agriculture;  enumeration of herbarium plants injured by the larva;  life-history of the species and recommendations for its destruction;  notes on other Lepidoptera known to feed in the larva state on dry and dead vegetation;  technical description of Carphoxera, nov. gen. and C. ptelearia n. sp. in all states;  figures of the species in all stages and of the pterogostic characters of the genus;  also figures of the following Deltoid moths with their larvae;  Helia aemula, H. Americalis and Zanclognatha minivalis.