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numeroii.s. Feet all pale, as also the incisures narrowly, seen when 

 the body is bent. Spiracles white; joint 2 all pale greenish. A slight 

 black dorsal tuft on joint 12. 



Cocoon spun on a leaf, elliptical, flattened below, made of hairs and 

 silk, the hairs forming a point at one end, all as in Lymire ed/wardd. 

 Pupa concealed, brown, normal. 



Food plants. — Phillhertia vlminalis^ Vincetoximmi 2Kdiistre. 



SCEPSIS FULVICOLLIS Hubner. 



The larva of this common moth has been briefly descril)ed hy Coquil- 

 lett. The following life history was obtained from eggs from New 

 York City, handed me by Mr. L. H. Joutel. 



Egg. — Low conoidal, the base flat; more than hemispherical; shin- 

 ing pale yellow; surface very finely, nearly hexagonally, reticulate, 

 the lines narrow; diameter, 0.7 mm. Laid in rows on a grass blade. 



Stage I. — Head rounded, slightly bilobed, pale whitish, shading to 

 brown on the apices of the lobes, a large, rounded, black spot on the 

 face of each lobe and a much smaller one over ocelli; width, 0.4 mm. 

 Body whitish, cervical shield brown, the tubercles and anal plate slaty 

 black. Hair long, spinulose, ])lack. Hairs all single, no subpri- 

 maries; on thorax ia, ib, and iia on a single wart, iib small, remote, 

 posterior; on abdomen i smaller than ii, iv and v small, iv behind 

 the spiracle, normal. 



Stage 11. — Head rounded, bilobed, full, pale transparent luteous, a 

 large, black patch on the front of each lobe above; ocelli black, mouth 

 dark brow^n; a narrow, dark line on vertical suture; width, 0.0 mm. 

 Cervical shield small, transverse; warts i and iv single haired, the 

 latter very small; ii, iii, and vi many haired, vi large; a group of 

 hairs on the leg shield. Bod}' translucent, faintly luteous, a broad, 

 shaded brown, dorsal stripe, widening irregularh' in the incisures, and 

 a narrower, iri'egular, lateral shading forming broad rings about 

 warts iii. Warts large, colorless, but with small black tubercles for 

 each hair. Hairs black and pale, slightly spinulose, pointed, rather 

 short. On joints 3 and 4 only one large subdorsal wart; tubercle v a 

 large wart, but single haired. 



StoAje III. — Head rounded, slightly bilobed, shining sordid whitish, 

 a black patch on the face of each lobe above, a small one over ocelli, 

 and very small one in apex of clypeus; mouth brown; width, 0.75 mm. 

 Body cylindrical, arctiiform, with distinct warts and normal feet. 

 Scarcely any hair on joint 2, the hair of joints 3, 4, 12, and 13 much 

 longer than on the rest of the body. Hair thin, fine, spinulose, ))lack, 

 paler subvcntrally. Body dorsally dull reddish, a darker dorsal line, 

 a pale subdorsal one just below wart ii, and traces of a lateral one 

 above iii; below iii, including the sub ventral region and feet, pale 



