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sides with gauze and in which was being kept a larva of Hmpretia 

 stimulea, I was surprised to find the obsolcta larva within, engaged 

 in feeding upon the Empretia, its head buried into the back of the lat- 

 ter. It was removed and placed under a beaker on a sheet of white 

 paper. After trying to escape for some time, it finally successfully 

 pupated. The Heliothis larva had not been fed since its time of cap- 

 ture and was thus driven to its meal of flesh by hunger. 



Hemerocampa leucostigma Smith and Abbott in Maryland (Lep.). 

 The shade trees along the streets of Annapolis were badly infested 

 by this insect in 1901 (August and September). Cocooning of the 

 larvae of the last generation commenced about August 30, continuing 

 for about ten days. (On September 22 larvae were still crawling 

 about). The cocoons were conspicuous in many places on houses and 

 buildings, the under side of clapboards and window sills, along rain 

 spouts, the under sides of ledges and so on being lined with them. The 

 State House along the lower stories was full. The under surface of 

 leaves, loose bark and other places on trees also afforded shelter for 

 many. The wandering full-grown larvae caused some annoyance. By 

 September 8 several females had emerged and on the i6th a male was 

 noticed. On September 22 a female was observed resting upon her 

 recently deposited eggmass and on the following day it was noted that 

 they were present in numbers and eggmasses were becoming more 

 abundant. On September 25, at Blacksburg, Virginia, it was noted 

 that the male moths were plentiful at lights. 



Philampelus achemon Drury (Lep.). 



A full-grown larva of this species taken from grape at Annapolis, 

 Maryland, September 7, 1901, pupated in confinement, the pupa passing 

 the winter. 



Icthyura palla French in Maryland (Lep.). 



On the seventeenth of September, 1901, I found on a willow at West 

 Annapolis, Maryland, a number of bunches of leaves fastened to- 

 gether by silken threads and also lined with a mat of silk, each bunch 

 forming a nest which contained the caterpillars of this species in 

 various stages of growth. In one nest seventeen larvae were found, 

 ranging from 1.25 to 2.5 cm. On September 22 a few of the larvae 

 pupated in confinement. Six days later at Blacksburg, Virginia, full- 

 grown larvae were observed and also on October 6; younger stages 

 were also present. On October 14, larvae in confinement were again 

 pupating while out-of-doors ; most of the nests appeared to be desert- 

 ed, though some larvae were observed feeding openly on foliage ; yet 

 most of them had crawled to the ground and formed their cocoons. 

 This was done since September 22, gradually as each stage came to 

 full growth. In Virginia larvae of this species have been observed 

 feeding upon white oak. 



