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Eupithecia absyiithiata Linn. 



Larva, 4 examples — Body slightly attenuated posteriorly. Color pale 

 red ; an indistinct, brownish, broken dorsal stripe on the eight middle 

 rings, and a wavy, pale yellow line on each side. Venter and anal pro- 

 legs tinged with bluish. Head as wide as the prothoracic ring, flattish 

 and concolorous with the body. Length when fully grown, 0.6 inch. 

 Found feeding on the flowers of the Cockscomb (Celosia crisiata). Sept. 

 28th to 30th they made rather brittle cocoons of grains of earth just 

 beneath the surface. 



Pupa — Length 0.20 to 0.24 inch ; obtusely conical ; wing cases and 

 anterior part of the thorax dark greenish ; abdomen yellowish-brown. 

 Imagines Nov. 4th to loth. 



Tetrads lorata Grote. 



Larva, i example — Body attenuated anteriorly ; 2nd and 1 1 th rings 

 slightly swollen. Color, when about half grown, light gray, tinged with 

 brownish and variegated with ash ; when fully grown, dark brown mixed 

 with light brown and gray. There are about eight pairs of small, pointed, 

 black warts on the back. Head a little wider than the prothoracic ring, 

 not retractile ; brown^ with two small black spots, edged below with white 

 in front. Length when full grown, 1.2 inch. Feeds on the Sweet Fern 

 {Coviptonia asplenifolia). Sept. 22nd it spun a thin cocoon, mixed with 

 bits of leaves, and was transformed to a pupa on the 25th. 



Pupa — Length 0.6 inch. Thorax and wing cases pale wood color, 

 densely speckled with brown ; abdomen reddish, speckled with brown ; a 

 row of black spots on each side, and a small, black dorsal spot on the 

 anterior part of the thorax. Caudal spine flattened and rather short. 

 Imago disclosed Jan. 20th by artificial heat. 



Ephyra myrtaria Guen. 



Larva, 23 examples — Body smooth and of uniform width ; reddish 

 brown striated with ochreous ; a large sub-dorsal dark brown shade on 

 each of the six middle rings, and a darker dorsal stripe. Head round 

 and slightly bifid, a little paler than the body and larger than the pro- 

 thoracic segment. Average length when fully grown, 0.7 inch. It is very 

 much attenuated when young and of a brighter color. Feeds on Sweet 

 Fern ( Comptonia asplenifolia) and on the Huckleberry ( Gnylussacia). 

 When about to change to a pupa it fastens its anal prolegs firmly to the 



