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yellow, not reaching to the median ocellus ; pedicel small and very short, 

 one ring joint, flagellar joints of equal length and gradually increasing 

 width, except the first, which is twice as long as the others, and the last, 

 which is small and more or less triangular. Prothorax much more finely 

 punctured than the head, especially below ; remainder of the thorax 

 rugulosely, separately punctured. Wings hyaline ; marginal vein twice 

 as long as the stigmal and one and one-half times as long as the post- 

 marginal. Under side of thorax and coxa? green, shagreened. Legs 

 honey yellow, brownish on the femora and the apical joints of all the 

 tarsi. Abdomen blue-green, polished ; slightly longer than the thorax. 

 Body everywhere sparsely whitish pilose. 



Type locality, Woods Hole, Mass. Cotypes are in the U. 

 S. Nat'l Museum and in the Amer. Mus. of Nat. History. 



Described from numerous specimens bred, as described in 

 the preceding account, from larvae of the Cecidomyid (Diplosis 



resinicola.} 



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Citheronia sepulcralts in Pennsylvania. 

 BY JOHN M. GEDDES. 



On looking over Mr. Philip Laurent's list of the moths of 

 Eastern Pennsylvania, published in the NEWS, I notice that 

 he has omitted Citheronia scpulcralis. In a letter received 

 from Mr. L,aurent, he states that he has never heard of its 

 being found in Pennsylvania, the farthest northern limit of 

 which he knows being the vicinity of Washington, D. C.* 



I have taken specimens of both larva and imago in Wil- 

 liamsport, Pennsylvania, and vicinity ; and, although not com- 

 mon, they are not extremely rare, as I took three specimens 

 of the moth, two males and a female, within a week, and found 

 two larvae in a morning's walk. The first specimen of sepul- 

 cralis I captured was in July, 1902, at an electric light in the 

 northern part of the city, and I thought it a Sphingid moth of 

 some species until I got it down from the wire to which it was 

 clinging. It was a male, and had probably just emerged, as 

 it was absolutely perfect. This last July I captured two males 

 and a female at electric lights, all imperfect specimens, espe- 

 cially the female. Before she died, however, she laid about 



* The type came from Andover, Mass. It has been also found at Eas- 

 ton, Pennsylvania, and Manchester, N. H., and doubtless other places 

 north of Pennsylvania. EDS. 



