200 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [June, 



americana in appearance and position, but lack the dorsal line of that 

 species. The cocoon is large, of a firm texture, dark brown. 



Lyda ochreata Say. 



Solitary web-spinners on hazel (Coryhis rostrata), many on the same 

 bush, each in a part of a leaf rolled over in a cornucopia-shape and 

 filled with gummy web. Rarely several in one leaf. 



Egg shells. Found.singly on the back of the leaf, a thin, white, ellip- 

 tical skin, 1.5 mm. in size. 



Larva. Head rounded, pale translucent testaceous, with a long pointed 

 antenna before and above the black eye; mouth brown. Width at ma- 

 turity 1.4-1.5 mm. 



A transverse, black, narrow cervical shield; thoracic feet slender, pointed 

 colorless, unused; abdominal none. A pair of jointed, pointed, colorless 

 processes subventrally on joint 13; venter a little flattened; segments indis- 

 tinctly 4-annulate; color transparent shining greenish, no marks; alimen- 

 tary canal gives a blackish shade; dorsal vessel darker. 



Monophadnus rubi Harris. 



Sitting flat on the venter on raspberry leaves, singly; downy and green 

 like the leaf stems, which they closely resemble. Head rounded, mouth 

 pointed, green, pilose, eye black; width i mm.; segments obscurely 3- 

 annulate; on second and third annulets a series of Y-shaped setae, the 

 shaft strong and thick, the limbs pointed, three on each annulet above 

 the spiracle, those on the posterior annulet alternating with those before, 

 placed each a little below the one on the second annulet, the lowest one 

 just on the stigmatal line; two setae on the uppar part of the subventral 

 ridge (s.-v. ant.), and two on the lower part (s.-v. post.). The upper two 

 on second annulet and upper one on third, have black limbs; all the rest 

 white. Feet on joints 6-12 and 13. Body clear green, a little yellowish; 

 thoracic feet clear, with black tips. 



Last stage. Smooth (no setae); all translucent green, scarcely shining ; 

 width of head i mm. Annulets with transverse watery areas and slight 

 irregularities to represent the setae; segmental incisures a little folded; no 

 marks. Enters the ground on acquiring this stage, and forms a frail co- 

 coon. The change to pupa and imago takes place the following Spring. 



-o- 



NOTE ON THE FORMS OF ALYPIOIDES. 



By T. D. A. COCKERELL, N. M. Agr. Exp. Sta. 



The occasion of this note is a specimen of Alypioides received 

 from Dr. A. Duges, which ought according to the way the species 

 of this genus have been separated, to be new differing from the 

 two hitherto described about as much as they differ from one 

 another. 



I do not, however, take this view, but would rather regard all 



