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apex in the second median venule. Discal <l<>ts in both wings black; scales 

 Battened as usual. Hind wings with a single slightly-curved line just beyond 

 the middle of the wing. Beneath, the outer line faintly reappears on the 

 front part of the fore wing; the black specks are larger than above and not 

 transverse as in E. transversata, and the edge of the wings is faintly grayish. 



Length of body, i , 0.72-0.80, 9, 0.80; of fore wing, <?, 0.95, 9, 1.05; 

 expanse of wings, 2.20 inches. 



Montreal, Canada (Lyman); Maine (Packard); New Haven, Conn. 

 (Smith) ; West Farms, N. Y. (Angus) ; Albany, N. Y. (Lintner) ; Missouri, 

 May 5 (Riley). 



Larva. — The caterpillar is represented by Abbot as being thick and 

 fleshy, with the third thoracic ring swollen above, and with four sharp 

 dorsal tubercles. It is pale, with a purplish tint, and mottled with brown. 

 Food-plant, Pyrrhopappus carolinianus. Abbot in the published work states 

 that the larva feeds on Clematis rosea. 



Addenda and Desiderata. 



Glaucopteryx cretaceata Packard. Plate 8, fig. 15. — Larentia creta- 

 ceata Pack., Sixth Rep. Peab. Acad. Sc., 40, 1874. — 3 9 . Fore wings long and 

 pointed. Hind wings much smaller and more rounded than in G. ccesiata and 

 polata. Chalky-white throughout, with numerous partially obsolete, wavy, 

 ashen lines on the middle of the wing, but distinct on the costa. An oblique 

 row of dark dots just beyond the middle of the wing, the row following a 

 straight course. Hind wings marked as on the anterior pair with numerous 

 ashen, obscure, parallel, wavy lines. Beneath whitish, shining, with a smoky 

 tinge, especially on the fore wings, with numerous wavy ashen lines. Discal 

 dots small but distinct. A narrow, interrupted, black line along the edge. 

 Fringe whitish, dirty white externally. Fore legs dusky-whitish ; hind legs 

 whitish, broadly ringed with dusky-ash. 



Length of body, 0.43 ; fore wings, 0.68 ; expanse of wings, 1.40 inches. 



White Mountains, N. H. (Sanborn); Sierra Nevada (Edwards).- 



The New Hampshire specimen does not differ from the California ones. 



Description of larva of Plemyria ftuviata (gemmata). — Vingt oeufs envi- 

 rons out t : i< : pondus par une gemmata que j'ai rencontrde le 27 Janvier dans 

 I'interieur de Cannes, applique'e contre un inur. Le 11 fevrier, ces cents sout 

 e'elos ; de vert obscur qu'ils sont d'abord, ils deviennent d'un jauue orange. 



