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878S — Cryptorhyiichus picviiiics Boh. 

 8795 — Cryptorhynchus fallax Lee. 



These kinds I find occasionally on the bark of dead linden, etc. 

 8S20 — '^Acopttis suturalis Lee. Quite common on hickory. June and July. 

 8834 — Cxliodes flavicaudis Boh. Rare; swept from smart weed (P^ 



persicaria). 

 8893 — Pseudobaris t-signum Boh. 

 9071 — Pityophthoms cariniceps Lee. 

 9223 — Brachytarsus alternates Say. 



These three species J have taken rarely while sweeping. 



PREPARATORY STAGES OF EUPLEXL\ LUCIPARA, Linn. 



BY HARRISON G. DYAR, RHINEBECK, N. Y. 



Egg. — Nearly spherical, flattened at the base, marked with about 

 twenty-five longitudinal ribs and numerous transverse ridges, the former 

 somewhat irregular and running to a depression on the summit ; color 

 whitish, with a circle around the middle and a spot on top of purplish- 

 brown ; these marks more or less confluent. Length about .5 m.m. 



Newly-hatched Larva. — Walks in the manner of a geometer, not 

 using the central abdominal legs. It is of a whitish colour, with many 

 black dots, from each of which arises a hair. Head, thoracic legs, and 

 cervical spot, black. Duration of this stage about four days. When not 

 feeding, the insect remains stretched out at full length on the back of a 

 leaf 



After First Moult. — Semi-transparent, whitish, with fine black 

 dots as in the previous stage, a transverse row to each segment. Head 

 whitish, mouth-parts black. Duration of this stage four days. 



After Second Moult. — Differs from the preceding only in size. 

 Duration, five days. 



After Third Moult. — Whitish, a blackish lateral band with traces 

 of dorsal and sub dorsal lines on first three segments. Black piliferous 

 dots. Duration, six days. 



After Fourth Moult. — Much the same. The twelfth segment is 

 somewhat thicker than the rest of the body. Semi-transparent, with the 

 markings indistinct. Lateral line white, shaded with blackish above, the 



