NO. 1290. LAEVjE of moths from COLORADO— dyar. 399 



PLATYPTILIA COSMODACTYLA Huebner. 



Larva. — Head round, verticall}' bilobed posteriorly, pale testaceous. 

 Body cylindrical, normal, green, a dull crimson dorsal line with a 

 small oblique subdorsal dash on joint 6 and a dash on joints 5 to 12; 

 a white subdorsal line from joint 2 posteriorly to 13 anteriorly and 

 a broken subdorsal one the larger anterior part on each segment 

 o1)]ique. Tubercles small, hairs single, i and ii separate, iv and v 

 approximate, v anterior and dorsal to iv. On thorax ia-fib, iia+iib, 

 iv+v, numerous fine, short, secondary hairs, shorter and easily dif- 

 ferentiated from the primaiy ones, bulbous tipped. Hairs all white, 

 not long, inconspicuous. 



The larva was found resting on the red fruit bract of Lonlcera 

 involucrata. and was ^ot observed to feed, being matured and pupating 

 immediately. Apparent!}" the larvte do not eat the leaves, but more 

 probably the flowers. Found at Pine Grove, Platte Canyon, altitude 

 about 7,000 feet. 



ALUCITA CINERASCENS Walsingham. 



Larva. — Head long, the mouth pointed, apex under joint 2; whitish. 

 Body flattened, narrow, not tapering. Tubercles i and ii approximate 

 with one long and several short hairs, iii singled haired, iiib several 

 haired, iv+v large, many haired, the others retracted subventrally. 

 Translucent green, with obscure, straight, subdorsal and broken lateral 

 lines, the latter above tubercle iii. Warts black, i+ii largely so, and 

 forming a double row of distinct spots separated by a straight line of 

 the ground color. Anterior edge of joint 2, posterior rim of reduced 

 cervical shield and warts of anal flap also black marked. Hairs white, 

 spinulose; none secondary. Pupa free, not in a cocoon. 



Larvffi in the heads of LTelianthus pumilus^ near Boulder Creek 

 Canyon, May 23; moths issued June 12. Eggs were obtained from 

 these which passed the winter without hatching, showing the species 

 to be single brooded with hibernation in the ^g^ state. 



Egg. — Oviform, elliptical, one end more pointed than the other, 

 both slightly truncate at the extreme tips, strongly and sharply flat- 

 tened on two sides, like cakes cut out of dough; pale yellow, opaque, 

 not shining, the surface slightl}' shagreened, not sculptured. Size, 

 0.55 by 0.4 by 0.15 mm. 



Family TORTRICID^. 



TERAS FOLIANA Walsingham. 



Larva. — Head rounded, the apex under joint 2, paraclypoal pieces 

 reaching vertex; red brown, shaded sordid at the mouth, ocelli ])lack; 

 width 1.2 mm. Body transhicent, soft green, not shining; cervical 



