471 



lidii, Jiiid its lliick l)iil siin|ilr iiialc aiitriiii;r scpanilc this i.'i'iiiis IVniii Jli/iit- 

 retis, to which it is closely allied in the lonii of the wintry. 



Larva — Katlicr thicU, lainiloni. ; head as wide as the body, which is 

 provided with two pairs of loiiir. curved, dorsal tilaiiieiits arisii)ir from the 

 middle of the body. Pupa thick, conical. 



Nematocampa FILAMICNTARIA Gueuee. Plate 11, iijr. 4G ; larva and pupa, 



plate 1:5, (igs. 8, 8rt. 



y<m<(l<Htimi)a filamt'nlari<( (!\U'ii., I'lial., i, liO, 1S.'>7. 



Microijoiiia nstitaria II. -Sell.. Aii.ssiTonr. 8eLiii.. 11, lij;. ;!(iH, 1 sTjU-.^^. 



yematocampa rcsiKtarin Walk., List Lep. Ilc't. ISrit. Mu.s., xx, 1-17, IHGO. 



Xi-malovaiiipa Jilamenlaria Pack., tJiiitle to Study of Iii.sects, '320, ]ilato 8, li;;s. 7, 7((,1W)||. 



ycmatocampti txpitiirtaria (Jioto, Cau. Nat., iv, 101, iy7'J. 



8 (^ iuid 2 9. — Pale ochre, with brown veins and trai)sver.se strigae ; ii 

 brown inner line, much curved. An outer sinuate line, with ;i supplcmentarv 

 line just inside, touching the outer line on the subniediau vein and in the 

 extradiscal space, and forming a large circle, one side of which touches the 

 outer line. Beyond the line, the liorder of the wing is dull brown, with the 

 apiciil region clear. Hind wings streaked transversely as on the fore wing, 

 with the outer third l)iown, ap(>.\ included. Beiieatli much paler; vehis not 

 colored ; wings speckled and tlie markings the same as above, but fiiint ; outer 

 edge of hind wings pale yellow, either with or without traces of outer line. 



Length of body, <!, 0.28-0.33 ; of fore wing, 9, 3.5-0.4.') : expanse of 

 wings, 1.00 inches. 



Montreal, Canada (Lymanj ; Brunswick, Me. (Packard); Albany 

 (Lintner and Meske) ; Sah;ni, Mass., June 28 (Packard and Sanl)orn). 



I am led, from the description, to regard A'. eTjnntclaria as a variety of 

 this variable species. This is pr(jbably Mocaria iiuihata Wood, Index I"]iito- 

 mologicus, 166, fig. 748 «, 183.'). 



Larva. — Body cylindrical; head large, with two unetpml pairs of long, 

 slender, fleshy tilameuts, situated on the third and fifth abthuninal rings, the 

 posterior pair shorter than the others, curled at the end and finely tubcr- 

 culated. Head \^a\^i Vust-red, marbled with a still paler hue. Head full on 

 each vside of the median line, flattened in front. Half-way between the meta- 

 thoracic legs and the first pair of filaments are two subacute tubercles, which 

 are rust-red; when the lour tilaments are uncurled. the\' ;ire as loiiir as trom 



