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light brown tubercles on the first segment. Average length when at rest 

 21 mil.; when crawling 22 mil. Feeds on the flowers of Thoroughwort 

 ( Eupatorium perfoliatum), Yarrow (Achillea millefolium), and various 

 species of Helianlhus and Aster. Pupated in an imperfect earthen cell. 



Pupa. — Length 7 to 9 mil.; whitish horn color, some specimens tinged 

 with red, minutely speckled with black ; a straight, black dorsal stripe and 

 two rows of irregular black spots on the venter, and a more or less dis- 

 tinct stigmatal row of smaller ones of the same color. The wing cases 

 vary from light to very dark brown or black, the body and wings of one 

 specimen almost entirely covered with black. 



EUTRAPELA TRANSVERSATA, Pack. 



Mature larva, one specimen. — Head a little wider than the first seg- 

 ment, flattened, purplish brown. Body rather slender, thickest behind, 

 slightly attenuated anteriorly, carinated on the sides. The color is dark 

 purplish brown mixed with reddish ; a dorsal reddish gray crescent-shaped 

 spot on the middle of the 7th segment, behind which is a pair of low 

 kidney-shaped tubercles, and a pair of dorsal, pointed, black ones on the 

 nth. The 2nd ring is swollen on the sides. Length when at rest 44 

 mil.; when crawling 46 mil. Feeds on Red Maple (Acer rubrum). It 

 changed to a pupa within a rolled leaf July 24th, and the moth was dis- 

 covered Aug. 10th. 



Pupa. — Pale flesh color, minutely speckled with brown, greenish 

 between the segments ; a stigmatal row of large roundish brown spots, one 

 on each abdominal segment, and a dorsal row of obscure triangular spots 

 on the abdomen which are obsolete on the last three rings ; a dorsal 

 brown dot on the thorax, with two smaller ones behind it. Wing cases 

 darker than the abdomen. Caudal spine compressed laterally, dark 

 brown. Length 13 mil. ; width in the widest part 5 mil. 



ACIDALIA ENUCLEATA Guen. 



Egg. — Oval, dull red, with 14 angular ribs, the concave depressions 

 between with numerous transverse striae. Length, 0.7 mil., width 0.4 mil. 

 Duration of egg stage 9 days. 



Young larva. — Length 2.8 to 3 mil. Head twice as wide as the body, 

 round, flat in front. Body very slender, brown on the back, growing 

 lighter colored behind and beneath ; and on each segment are about five 

 long, hair-like, club-shaped processes. 



