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nearly evenly, the upper third being rather the broadest. Below waxy white, feet 

 pale, anal feet dorsally black lined. 



Stage V. — Head black, a bright white spot in the clypeus, dot on paraclypeus and 

 long spot each side of clypeus; width 1.5 mm. Dorsal band orange; sides black 

 with light blue lines approximate in the center ; subventer pale yellow, venter and 

 feet whitish, anal feet black above. No shields. 



Stage VI. — No change; width of head 2 mm. When mature, the larvae be- 

 came orange colored and entered the earth to pupate. They formed cocoons of sand 

 and silk. 



Food plants, Rhus radicans, Rhus vernix. 



Epipaschia zelleri Grote. 



Stage IV. — Head rather elongate, held flatly, luteous, shining, a broad light 

 red, slender band on each side, cut into angular spots ; width one mm. Body slender, 

 tapering posteriorly, anal feet divergent ; joint 2 light red like the head with pale 

 lines of the body ; anal feet with dorsal dark red stripe. Body light green, four yel- 

 lowish white lines in dorsal space ; lateral area broadly black, cut by a faint filiform 

 pale line above and the lower edge separated to form a suprastigraatal line. Traces 

 of a subventral black line on the thorax in spots ; feet pale, concolorous. Tubercle 

 iii of joint 12 in enlarged and pale, else tubercles small and jbscure, concolorous; 

 setse moderate, pale, iv -(- v. 



Stage V. — Without change. Width of head 1. 5 mm. 



Stage VI. — Head light red with pale freckles ; width 2.2 mm. Body yellow, 

 dorsal line blackish, addorsal line gray; sides black with faint white line above and 

 more distinct one below. Venter whitish, with traces of a subventral blackish line on 

 thorax. Joint 2 light red ; anal feet dark red. The larvae entered the earth of spin. 



Food plant, Rhus radicans. 



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Change of name {Afeso/euca) of a genus of Hemileucid 

 Moths. — In my article " New generic types of bombycine moths," 

 published in this Journal, vol. xi, December, 1903, I proposed the 

 name Mesoleuca, for a new genus of Hemileucidae. The name, how- 

 ever, as Dr. Dyar kindly informs me, is preoccupied by Hiibner's 

 genus of Geometridse. I accordingly beg leave to change the name 

 \.o Meroleuca (Gr. iJ.ipo'i, part; As.uy.6<i, white). The two names are 

 sufficiently distinct to prevent confusion. 



A. S. Packard. 



