N0.137G. LKI'lDOrTERA OF THE KOOTENAI DISTRICT— DYAIi. 877 

 MYCTEROPHORA LONGIPALPATA Hulst. 



Nino specimens, »July 15, IS, 19, 2-1, 27. Tiie species was identified 

 for Mr. Cockle by Prof. -I. B. Smith, by comparison with Ilnlst's type. 

 Tiie creniis, described as a Geometrid, is propcrl}' referable lo the 

 Noctnida\ Prosojxtrld (Irote is probably also a Noctuid <i-(Mins. juduinj^ 

 from llulst's description of tlie venation. Kg-gs were obtained from 

 captive females, but the little larvfe soon exhilnted the inevitable tend- 

 enc.y to hil)ornat(% and only the first three stages were ol)tain(Ml. They 

 fed on green lichens growing- on damp wood. 



Egg. — Ellipsoidal, base slightl}" flattened, top graniilarly roughened; 

 ribs about -10, low, narrow, neatly waved, diminishing 1)y confluence 

 to 12 at the edge of the micropylar area; cross stride distinct, rounded, 

 the cell areas not much wider than high; the ribs run practically to the 

 micropyle. Pale yellow, later with the top all reddish; diameter, 

 0.0 mm. 



Stage /.—Head round, bilobed, thick, held flatly; brown, smoky 

 tinged. Body slender, elongate, joint 12 slightly enlarged, semilooping, 

 the feet of joints 7 and 8 entirely absent. Whitish, the alimentary 

 canal reddish. Tubercles rather large, brown, angular, normal; setoe 

 very long, curved, wdiite, smooth, with small bulbous tips. Cervical 

 shield, leg-plates and anal plate blackish. 



Stage JZ— Head bilobed, pale whitish, sutures dark brown, a verti- 

 cal line in clypeus and obscure dottings on the tubercles; width. O.-io 

 mm. Body cylindrical, moderately elongate, no feet on joints 7 and 

 8, those of 9 and 10 approximate. Pale whitish, with longitudinal 

 crimson lines, shadedly joined centrally on the segments, subdorsal, 

 lateral, supra- and substigmatal and subventral, irregularly broken. 

 Feet pale; setffi long, curved, dusky; tubercles mimite, dark. 



Stage //Z— Head broad, rounded, dull brown gray; width, 0.0 mm. 

 Body slender, elongate, feet of joints 7 and 8 absent. As before, l)ut 

 the color changed. Nearly uniform dull dark gray brown interseg- 

 mentally; on the segments with tine longitudinal streaks of yellowish 

 white, addorsal, subdorsal, lateral, stigmatal. and subventral. rather 

 irregular and not rigid. Venter pale between the feet. Hair soft, 

 pale" long, curved. Tubercles slightly raised, concolorous; hair dots 

 dark. 



The subsequent stages were not obtained. 



EUCLIDIA CUSPIDEA Hubner. 

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



MELIPOTIS PALLESCENS Grote and Robinson. 



No specimens; one in Mr. Cockle's collection, June 24, is a worn and 

 faded specimen, originally darkly colored, but 1 tlnnk referable here. 



