ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 



[Jan., '07 



head to the base of the anal proleg and joining anteriorly the stripe 

 on the head already described. Surface of body beariug short sparsely 

 scattered hairs (see Figs, i and 2). Spiracles small, chestnut brown. 

 Anterior prolegs each bearing from seventeen to twenty crotchets 

 which are subequal in length and arranged on a crescentic pad in a 



FIG. i. 



FIG. 2. 



FIG. 3. 



Fig. i. Arrangement of tubercles and hairs on the metathoracic and 

 first two abdominal segments of the larva of Cymatophora sulphiirea 

 (Pk.), full-grown. S. spiracles. 



Fig. 2. Arrangement of tubercles and hairs on some of the pos- 

 terior abdominal segments. S., spiracles ; a. p., anterior proleg. 



Fig- 3- Cervical shield showing arrangement of its tubercles and 

 hairs. 



single row. Crochets of each anal proleg numbering from twenty-five 

 to twenty-eight and arranged in a crescentic row similar to that on the 

 anterior prolegs. ' Venter lighter colored than dorsum and sides. 



Most of the larvae found in early June pupated by the middle 

 of the month. Pupation on the bog took place in the sand 

 beneath the vines. 



Pupa. Length, 8 to 10 mm.. Greatest width, 2 l /2 to 3 mm. General 

 color dark chestnut brown to black. Abdominal segments strongly 

 punctate. Cremaster straight and sharply conical ; in some specimens 

 more or less bifid at the tip, with straight, sharply pointed branches. 



Cymatophora sulphiirea (Packard) is at least two-brooded 

 on Cape Cod. The adults of the first brood begin to emerge 

 soon after the middle of June and continue to appear until into 



