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Larva. — Of the characteristic form, being rather thick in the middle; 

 the body seen dorsally decreasing in thickness from the tail to the head. 

 Supra-anal plate large, triangular, not acutely pointed, deep red, white on the 

 edges. Head small, not so wide as prothoracic ring, pea-green, color of the 

 leaves on which it feeds; dorsal line dark-green; subdorsal white, and a wider 

 lateral white line. Segments transversely wrinkled. Body provided with 

 short, black, scattered hairs. 



Length, 0.50 inch. 



Food-plant, juniper (Taxus baccata Linn.). 



Pupa. — On June 4, the larva began to spin, the pupa being inclosed in 

 a slight white cocoon. In the body of the pupa are four segments beyond 

 the end of wings (in Cleora pulchraria six), of the usual family-form; thorax 

 and under side of wings and limbs with a greenish tinge; rest of body pale 

 horn-brown, as usual. Head full, convex between the eyes. End of abdo- 

 men with a long rounded spine, with three pairs of long hairs, curved out- 

 wards at end. 



Length, 0.28 inch. 



I am indebted to Mi - . S. E. Cassino for the discovery of this larva near 

 Salem, Mass., which he reared and drew. The moth had the wings imper- 

 fectly developed, but I think that it is, without much doubt, this species. 



Eupithecia eotundopunctata Packard. Plate 8, fig. 6. 



Eupithecia rotundopuncta Pack., Proc. Bost. S. N. H., xiii, 395, 1871. 



3 <?, 3 9. — This species is of the more usual form, and very closely resem- 

 bles E. miserulata. The palpi long, slender, reaching far beyond the head. 

 General color pale russet-brown. Head, palpi, and body like the wings. Fore 

 wings covered with wavy brownish lines, dull whitish between. Discal dot 

 large and round. Just beyond the discal dot, there is a clearer band, consisting 

 of two double lines, which are directed obliquely inward and downward toward 

 the discal dot, and are then suddenly curved outward opposite the discal dot; 

 below the curve is a series of black dots and streaks inside the band, suc- 

 ceeded by a more dusky band, widening on the costa, and lined externally at 

 intervals with whitish ; a distinct slightly-waved line, ending in two larger 

 white spots at the internal angle ; at base of fringe, a row of intervenular. 

 deep-brown, linear spots ; fringe concolorous with the rest of the wing, check- 

 ered with black on the basal half. Hind wings clear in middle and on costa; 



