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Female. Cross veins slightly infuscated. Length 11-12 

 mm. 



Type. One specimen, Carlisle Junction, Pa., F. Craighead. 



Paratypes. One specimen, Enola, Pa., H. F. Adams. Rock- 

 ville, Pa. ; one specimen by author, others by A. B. Champlain. 



Type in U. S. Nat. Museum, Washington, D. C. 



M. laetus Loew has distinctly hairy eyes, head wider than 

 thorax, face not more than half as wide as either eye, abdo- 

 men more narrowed posteriorly, whole color more violaceous 

 than M. craigJicadii and wing veins, especially cross veins, 

 heavily stained with brown. 



Fragments on North American Insects II. 



By A. A. GIRAULT, Nelson, Cairns, North Queensland. 



1. More Notes on Estigmene acreae. (Lepid.).* 



A female of this species was captured from grass at Blacks- 

 burg, Virginia, May 16, 1902, and upon rough confinement 

 began to deposit eggs. The rate of deposit was regular, an egg 

 being laid about every twenty seconds, or three every minute. 

 Oviposition commenced about 3 P. M., May 16, and continued 

 until the early morning of May 17; the total number was one 

 thousand one hundred and twenty-nine. The eggs commenced 

 to hatch at about 8 A. M., May 23, 1902; two had hatched 

 by 10 A. M., and by the afternoon of the same day a hundred 

 or more. Hatching was then becoming general. The eggs 

 were deposited upon a thin network of hairs and attached by 

 means of a yellowish-brown secretion. The first molt occur- 

 red on May 26; another on June 10, and by July 2 a few of 

 the caterpillars had spun cocoons. At that date, however, the 

 majority were yet feeding. By July 6 all had spun cocoons. 

 The larvae had been fed upon wild plaintain and grasses. The 

 adults issued the first week in August. 



2. Megalopyge opercularis Smith and Abbot. (Lepid.). 



On October 5, 1902, larvae of this species were received 

 from a correspondent at Lynnhaven, Princess Anne County, 



*See No. 8, page 406, antea. 



