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102. Dr aster ia cccrulea Grote, Bui. Buff. S. N. S., i, 155. 



California, Mr. Behrens, No. 2 ; Mr. Hy. Edwards, 91. Two speci- 

 mens, No. 699, are sent by Mr. Hy. Edwards, labelled " Sierra Nevada." 

 They seem merely to differ by the absence of the parallel fascia-like dark 

 shades to the median lines. 



Litosea. 



This name is proposed for the Eastern convalescents and a new Cali- 

 fornian species, both differing from Drasteria by the male antennae being 

 bipectinate. 



ioj. Litosea adversa Grote. 



A unicoloroous grayish species, with the thread like lines extremely 

 inconspicuous. A black dot in the place of the orbicular. The t. p. 

 line marked by a pale shade, nearly straight and adjacent to the similarly 

 marked subterminal line, with which it is sub-parallel. Hind wings 

 pale, yellowish gray, with double even lines like convalesce ns, not uneven 

 as in the species of Drasteria. Beneath pale yellowish- gray, powdered 

 with ochreous, usually deeper stained outwardly. Faint discal dots and 

 indications of double outer transverse common lines. More gray than 

 convalescens, and distinguishable by the pale straight outer shaded lines of 

 the fore wings. Expanse 36 m. m. 



California, No. 6, Mr. Behrens (green label) ; Mr. Hy. Edwards, No. 

 708. 



104. End idea cuspidea (Hiibn.) 



California, Mr. Mead, No. 38 ; Mr. Behrens, No. 4 (green label). 



NOTES ON THE LARVA OF GRAPTA FAUNUS Edwards. 



BY F. B. CAULFIELD, MONTREAL, P. Q. 



On the 6th of June, 1874, I found on a wild gooseberry bush four 

 larvae o'f Grapta faunus Edwards. Length of full grown larva, i}£ 

 inch ; form cylindrical ; head flat in front, black, furnished with two 

 branching horns and a few scattered white hairs ; a yellow Y-shaped 

 stripe in front ; the base between the horns, the ends pointing towards 

 the mandibles ; mandibles black. 



