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larly formed as in akhurstiana Horn and the last joint of maxil- 

 lary palpus as in postica Lee. In the female the third joint of 

 antennae is feebly curved near base, but is narrower at base 

 than at apex and the last joint of maxillary palpus is elongate 

 and feebly flattened. 



From all the North American and Mexican species of Pyrota 

 so far known obliquefascia will be readily distinguished by the 

 obliquely divided black, broad elytral vitta. From those spe- 

 cies of which it may be considered a variety, the narrower, 

 elongate thorax, the form of the third antennal joint and last 

 joint of maxillary palpus will separate it. 



Crocigrapha normani Grote. 

 BY EDITH M. PATCH, Orono, Maine. 



(Plate XIII) 



A mass of lepidopterous eggs flatly attached to a leaf of 

 wild cherry was collected near Orono, June 12, 1907. These 

 hatched June I4th and were fed from that time upon apple in 

 the insectary. As the larvae, noctuids of no very distinctive 

 features, did not answer the description of any known to feed 

 upon wild cherry or apple, they were bred in order to establish 

 their identity. By July I5th about half of the lot had pupated, 

 the others pupating from seven to ten days later. 



As to their feeding habits it may be said that they remained 

 day and night upon the branches of apple with which their cage 

 was kept supplied, and they fed greedily upon both the leaves 

 and the green apples which they ate to the core. They were 

 easily disturbed, however, and would then commonly drop to 

 the floor of the cage. They took long periods of rest during 

 the day and particularly when nearly grown did their most vig- 

 orous feeding at night, though they lunched also by daylight. 



Pupation took place in the earth which was provided in their 

 cage. Although the larvae were all from one brood and they 

 hatched at the same date, their growth was not uniform in 

 spite of the fact that they were kept under precisely the same 

 conditions, and the last of the pupae were formed more than 

 two weeks after the first. 



