874 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol. xxvii. 



IPIMORPHA PLEONECTUSA Grote. 



Six specimens, Jul}" 3 (bred), August 7, 12, 18. Both the dark 

 normal form and the light clay-colored one (var. iffjuil/nea Smith) 

 occurred. Larvae were found separatel}^ in neat houses of leaves with 

 a round hole at the lower end, on aspen. 



Stage VI. — Head rounded, disk like, yellowish white, white on the 

 face, which is edged by a semicircular heavy black band; jaws and 

 sutures of mouth black; width, about 3 mm. Body normal, flattened 

 ventrally, joint 12 not enlarged. Translucent, green from food and 

 blood, a broad, dorsal pale white band on joints 3 to 13, narrowed 

 before; cervical shield all green, not cornitied; a similar ])ut narrower 

 and broken subdorsal line; a narrow substigmatal white line, resembling 

 the tracheal line. Thoracic feet black tipped; abdominal ones normal. 

 Tubercles small, pale, white with dark hair dots, iv at the lower corner 

 of the spiracle; spiracles white, black edged; skin shagreened. 



HELIOTHIS PHLOGOPHAGUS Grote and Robinson. 



No specimens; one in Mr. Cockle's collection. I have described the 

 larva from Coloradan specimens." 



HELIOTHIS SCUTOSUS Fabricius. 



No specimens; one in Mr. Cockle's collection. 



MELICLEPTRIA HONESTA Grote. 



No specimens; Smith's type of Melicleptria hasloa is, however, before I 

 me and seems inseparable from Jwnesta Grote. 



MELICLEPTRIA SEPTENTRIONALIS Hy. Edwards. 

 No specimens; one from Mr. Cockle's collection, June 7 (Ainsworth). 

 HELIACA NEXILIS Morrison. 



Three specimens, July 21 (Bear Lake Mountain), 29 (Bear Lake 

 Mountain). 



PLUSIA AEREOIDES Grote. 



No specimens; one from Mr. Cockle's collection, August 19, 1902. 



PLUSIA METALLICA Grote. 



Two specimens, August 6, 11. 



AUTOGRAPHA MAPPA Grote and Robinson. 



Two specimens, August 13 (Sandon, Mr. Currie). 

 «Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XXV, 1902, p. 374. 



