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middle of the cross-vein in the fore wings of both sexes dark brown ; 

 fringe tinged with fuscous. Hind wings fuscous, darker apically ; fringe 

 lighter. Under side of fore wings dark brown, with violet reflections in 

 some specimens. Under side of hind wings much lighter than above. 

 Fore and middle legs fuscous, hind legs lighter. Expanse of ^,35 to 

 39 m. m. ; ? , 43 m. m. 



Described from two male and four female specimens, collected by 

 C. E. Worthingtor^ in " North Illinois, at dusk about wild phlox on the 

 prairie, Hying like Plusias." I also received from Mr. Worthington three 

 females taken at the same time and place, which have the fore wings, 

 especially between the veins, of a light brown color, the. discal spot show- 

 ing plainly through the general color of the wing. J regard this as simply 

 a brown variety of the above. 



NOTES ON LARVAE, ETC. 



BY C. G. SIEWERS, NEWPORT, KY. 



Last summer, near the end of July, in skirmishing through a wood 

 overgrown with White Snake-root weeds, I struck a large find of the 

 Callimoipha interrupto-marginata moths, and collected some 50 speci 

 mens. Others collected as many more. The weeds were covered with 

 their larvae, of a bright yellow color, with a white lateral stripe, mottled 

 along its upper edge with bright red, the anal end being also faced with 

 red markings. 'J he length about 1 }-z inches. I collected altogether some 

 200 of them, but utterly failed to bring one to pupa. As they stopped 

 feeding they were taken with a white scouring, leaving nothing but empty 

 skins. Others tried them with like result. The bushes were also strung 

 with their dead bodies. Still some must have escaped, as the brood this 

 year was just as large. But the larva: failed again to pupate. I think the 

 fault is in the food plant, as cattle will not touch it, and such as are 

 knocked off may take to other food and escape. Cannot some of your 

 correspondents explain this? 



About the same time last year I found a remarkably handsome green 

 larva on our W estern Coffee-nut tree ( Gymnodadus canadensis ). Length 



