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in rearing the moth, though one larva pupated and the pupa gave 

 the clue to the genus, through the large antennal cases and the 

 venation of the forewings, plainly observable through the pupa skin. 

 From the Paraiso lot was bred the parasite, which proved to be a new 

 genus and species and which will be described in a forthcoming 

 paper by Mr. H. L. Viereck. 1 



After my return to Washington, my friend Mr. Chas. P. Crafts 

 of the Sanitary Department of the Canal Zone, who is himself an 

 enthusiastic and successful collector and breeder of Lepidoptera, was 

 good enough to send me fresh, nearly mature larvae, from which I 

 succeeded in rearing the imago in January, 1912, thus establishing the 

 identity of the species. 



I am under obligation to Mr. T. W. Smillie of the U. S. National 

 Museum for the successful photograph, which shows, life-sized, this 

 interesting insect, its larva, work, and parasite. 



Structural figures of the new genera described in this paper will 

 be published in a proposed complete paper on the collections of Micro- 

 lepidoptera from Panama. 



1 Smithsonian Misc. Coll., Vol. 59, No. 5. 



