THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



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are now retained until the larva is nearly full-grown, when the colour of 

 the true legs and of the head and shield become lighter and finally of 

 the same colour as the general body. The full-grown larva is about 8 

 mm. in length. Figure 9 represents a larva 6 mm. in length, greatly 

 enlarged, and will give one a good idea of the appearance of the larvje of 

 this moth throughout the greater portion of their existence. They are 

 very conspicuous with their light greenish-yellow bodies and glossy black 

 heads and shields. 



The pupa, which stage is passed within a thin, white, 

 silken cocoon, is 5.5 mm. in length and 2 mm. in 

 width ; of a uniform brown colour, and with a row of 

 small, almost round depressions along each side of the 

 sutures between the last five abdominal segments, and 

 with indications of depressions in the form of markings 

 along the sides of the other abdominal sutures. Figure 

 10 represents a lateral view of one of these pupte greatly 

 enlarged. 



The adult is represented natural size in the photo- 

 graph in figure 1 1, while figure 12 represents a photograph .fig- 10— Pupa of 



*■ . . Fringed -Winp Apple- 



of this same moth enlarged. Smce this moth belongs to Cud' Moth. Nothris? 



. r 1 maligemmella — much 



the group lineina of the small moths known as Micro- enlarged — x 7 Diam, 

 Lepidoptera, and since 1 had failed to find a description ^ 

 of this species in the literature at our command, a specimen was forwarded 

 for determination to Dr. L. O. Howard, of the Entomological Division of 



the United States Department of 

 Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 

 Dr. Howard reported that the 

 species could not be found in the 

 National Museum collection. There- 

 fore, since only two entomologists 

 in the United States have made a 

 specialty of this group of insects, 

 and since Miss Mary E. Murtfeldt, 

 Kirkwood, Mo., has perhaps done 

 more work in this group than the 

 other entomologist, I sent her two 

 adult moths and asked her to name this species, and if it proved to be 

 a new one to describe it. She kindly consented to do so, and as it 



Fig. II. — Adult Fringed-Wing Apple-llud Moth, 

 Nothris ? maligemmella ; natural size. (Original. ) 



