Jan., '07] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 19 



July. This first brood continues on the wing until near the 

 middle of this month. The second brood, which in all re- 

 spects resembles the first, reaches the imago stage during late 

 July and early August. The moths were found riving on 

 every bog which I visited during their time of flight. The 

 females and males of this species both vary somewhat in 

 coloration. The males are always considerably the lighter, 

 some specimens, even when they first emerge, having almost 

 no yellow tinge at all in their coloring. All the females which 

 I reared were on their first emergence strong sulphur-yellow 

 in color. The dark spots usually so conspicuous in the fe- 

 male are in the male often very obscure. 



During the month of July the larva? of the Geometer 

 Tephroclystis inisentlata (Grote) were found eating holes into 

 the unripe cranberries on a considerable number of bogs, and 

 in some cases were quite abundant. They were also found in 

 a few instances eating similar holes into the unopened buds 

 of Rhe.ria virginica L. 



During June, Sphinx gar dins Cramer was found in small 

 numbers on several bogs. Late in August and in September, 

 its full-grown and nearly full-grown larvae were also found 

 feeding on the cranberry vines. This was the only Sphin.r 

 found on any of the bogs. 



Epid curia cpi.vantJic (Boisduval and LeConte) was found 

 flying in great numbers on nearly every bog visited during late 

 June and July. The larvae were certainly not found on the 

 cranberry vines, and it is still a question as to what the food 

 plant of this species is. It seems to be a common bog insect 

 over the entire Cape. 



The larvae of Epagogc sulfur cana (Clemens) were found on 

 cranberry vines in small numbers, feeding in a manner very 

 similar to that of the larvae of Acleris nrinuta (Robinson). 

 After the larvae became full-grown, they pupated in the spun- 

 up tips as do the larvae of //. nrinuta. 



The larvae of the Noctuid (ihica scricca Morr. were disci >vered 

 during late A Fay and June feeding at lir.M on the buds at the sum- 

 mit of the old m'owth and later on the new uTowth which (level- 



