72 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. iv. 



Pupa. — (Plate III, fig. 5). Cases large, compacted, a large prom- 

 inent knob at the base of the wing case; abdomen small, conically 

 tapering, but enlarged on the dorsal side toward the base ; three move- 

 able incisures. The lines of the wing veins and the abdominal segments 

 are marked by punctures. Corresponding to the position of the larval 

 warts and to the legs are a series of tufts of flattened straw-colored scales. 

 Two pairs of hooks on the head (Plate III, fig. 8), and many strong ones 

 on the cremaster (Plate III, fig. 7). The color is a rich mahogany red 

 with blue and violet shadings especially on the wing cases. Length 20, 

 width 7 mm. 



Food Plant. — The leaves oi Echiies umbellata. Kindly determined 

 by Mr. F. Kinzel, to whom I am also indebted for a supply of the plant. 

 In confinement the larvte will also eat oleander, but did not occur on 

 this plant in nature. Mrs. Slosson informs me that she has found the 

 larvcX on Canavalia obtusa. 



Habitat. — This species reaches us from Brazil, being found also in 

 Central America and the West Indies. It is abundant in Key West, as 

 I learn from Mr. Brownell, and its northernmost record is on the strip 

 of land between Indian River and the sea. Eggs, larvae in all stages 

 and moths were found at the same time, and the species doubtless 

 breeds continuously. 



THE LARVA OF SYNTOMEIDA EPILAIS Walk. 

 By Harrison G. Dyar. 



This larva was met with on the oleander at Palm Beach, Florida, 

 in January, 1S90, and again in the same place in 1896. Its life history 

 will be found described in the second volume of "Insect Life," page 

 360, and the object of the present note is to call attention to the figure 

 on the plate (Plate III, fig. 10). 



The hair tufting of this larva is decidedly unusual. All the hair 

 tufts are gathered into slender pencils, not spreading tufts as usual, so 

 that here the body is entirely exposed to view. Some of these hair 

 pencils are long, others very short and warts iv and v are much re- 

 duced, nearly obsolete. 



