THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST, 



DESCRIPTION OF LARVA OF AGROTIS DECLARATA, Wlk. 



BY THE EDITOR. 



Several specimens of the larva of this insect were received on the 8th 

 of July, 1884, from Mr. Acton Bmiows, Deputy Minister of Agriculture, 

 Winnipeg, Manitoba. They were reported as seriously injuring vegetables 

 and field crops in that Province. 



Length, one and one half to one and three quarter inches. 



Head medium in size, yellowish brown, with a polished surface, dotted 

 and stfeaked with dark brown. 



Form nearly cylindrical, tapering a little towards the head. 



Body above dull grayish brown, in some specimens tinged with red- 

 dish ; skin semi-transparent, showing the movements of the internal 

 organs ; cervical shield on second segment similar in color to the head. 

 A pale dorsal line, a subdorsal and a stigmatal line of the same color. 

 Below the stigmata and close to the under surface is a whitish band. On 

 each segment there are a few small shining black dots which are arranged 

 in a single transverse row on third and fourth segments. On the segments 

 behind these there are additional dots forming an imperfect second row, 

 but less regular in their arrangement. On each side of the middle seg- 

 ments, near the spiracles, there is a cluster of two or three of these black 

 dots. No hairs proceed from any of these dots, but there are a few very 

 minute short hairs scattered over the surface of the body, not visible 

 without a magnifying lens. Spiracles oval, black. 



Under surface paler and greenish, with whitish streaks, semi-trans- 

 parent. 



One specimen buried itself under the earth soon after they were 

 received ; shortly it became a chrysalis, and produced the imago August 

 23rd. AH the others died before completing their transformations. The 

 moth was kindly determined by Mr. John B. Smith, of Brooklyn,, N. Y. 



EUMACARIA BRUNNEARIA, Packard. 



BY D. S. KELLICOTT, BUFFALO, N. Y. 



I have recently obtained this elegant Phalenid from its larva, which 

 feeds on the wild red cherry (Frumis Femisylvatiica). July 8, several 

 nearly mature caterpillars were discovered on the twigs of their food- 



