664 



"When about to transform it slings itself in a thread which crosses 

 its body between the 6th and 7th segments, and closes its anal prolegs 



tightly in a mass of silk spun at this point, and on the 17th of July ehanged 

 to a pupa. On the 12th of August I found a chrysalis just ready to turn; 

 it was fastened to the midrib of a leal' near the middle, with the threads of 

 the swing well separated and well pushed under." 



Pupa. — "Lighl L'reen, a black stripe broken twice towards the end on 

 each side, along the hinder margin of the wing. Two protuberances, one at 

 the base of each wing, white, brownish at base; tail piece almost colorless, 

 tip red. Abdominal segments of a lighter color than the rest, with dots of a 

 lighter tint ; anterior half of each abdominal segment punctate; posterior 

 half minutely striate; a thread crosses the body upon which it rests sus- 

 pended ; the thread splits into two, being fastened by four points. It is 

 slightly roofed on the back.'' — Scudder. 



Ephyra myrtaria Guenee. Plate 10, fig. 73. 



Ephyra myrtaria Gum. ! !, Phal., i, 408, Pupa, pi. 2, fig. 7, 1857. 



Walk. ! .', Cat. Lep. Het. Br. Mils., xxii, 631, 1861. 



3 £ and 4 9. — Of the same form as the preceding, but the antenna? 

 rather more pectinated. Body and wings uniformly pale tawny-brown ; ver- 

 tex of head and antennae slightly paler than the rest of the body, while the 

 front is considerably darker. Both wings with a large, blackish, discal ringlet, 

 centered with white, those on the hind pair usually (not always) larger. Fore 

 wings with an inner curved row of fine venular black dots and an outer 

 curved row of black venular dots, the discal spot being half-way between the 

 two lines. Hind wings with two similar lines. A marginal row of dark fine 

 dots on both wings. Beneath, flesh-colored ; hind wings slightly paler than 

 anterior pair; fringe on both wings decidedly darker than wings themselves. 

 Discal dots pinkish; margin of both wings speckled finely with pinkish 

 scales. Body and legs whitish testaceous. Exterior of front legs dull reddish. 



Length of body, $, 0.35-0.38, ?, 0.38; of front wing, j, 0.42-0.47, 

 9, 0.43-0.45; expanse of wings, 1.00 inch. 



Boston, .Mass. (Sanborn); Princeton. Mass., August 12 (Scudder); West 

 Farms, N'.Y. (Angus); New Jersey (Sachs); Pennsylvania (Clemens); Phil- 

 adelphia. Pa. (Amer. Ent. Soc.) ; Demopolis, Ala., July and August (G-rote); 

 "Illinois. Georgia" (Walker). 



