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apex to the second median venule. Discal dots in both wings black ; scales 

 flattened as usual. Hind wings with a single slightl\-curved line just beyond 

 th(; middle of the wing. Beneath, the outer line faintly reappears on the 

 front part of the fore wing ; the black specks are' larger than above and not 

 transverse as in E. trm/sversata, and the edge of the wings is faintly grayish. 



Length of body, <?, 0.72-0.80, 9, 0.80; of fore wing, S, 0.95, 9, 1.05; 

 expanse of wings, 2.20 inches. , 



Montreal, Canada (Lyman) ; Maine (Packard) ; New Haven, Conn. 

 (Smith) ; 'West Farms, N. Y. (Angus) ; Albany, N. Y. (Lintner) ; Missouri, 

 May 5 (Riley). 



Larva. — The caterpillar is represented by Abbot as being thick and 

 fleshy, with the third thoracic ring swollen above, and with four sharp 

 dorsal tubercles. It is pale, with a purplish tint, and mottled with brown. 

 Food-plant, Pi/rr/iojmppus carolmianus. Abbot in the published work states 

 that the larva feeds on Gle?natis rosea. 



Addenda and Desiderata. 



Glaucopteryx cretaceata Packard. Plate 8, fig. lb. — Larentia creta- 

 ceata Pack , Sixth Rep. Peak Acad. Sc, 40, 1874. — 3 9 . Fore wings long and 

 pointed. Hind wings much smaller and more rounded than in G. ccesiata and 

 polata. Chalky-white throughout, with numerous partially obsolete, wavy, 

 ashen lines on the middle of the wing, but distinct on the costa. An oblique 

 row of dark dots just beyond the middle of the wing, the row following a 

 straight course. Hind wings marked as on the anterior pair with numerous 

 ashen, obscure, parallel, wavy lines. Beneath whitish, shining, with a smoky 

 tinge, especially on the fore wings, with numerous wavy ashen lines. Discal 

 dots small but distinct. A narrow, interrupted, black line along the edge. 

 Fringe whitish, dirty white externally. Fore legs dusky-wiiitish ; hind legs 

 whitish, ))roadly ringed with dusky-ash. 



Length of body, 0.43 ; fore wings, 0.68 ; expanse of wings, 1.40 inches. 



White Mountains, N. H. (Sanborn); Sierra Nevada (Edwards). 



The New Hampshire specimen does not diifer from the California ones. 



Descripion of larva of Flemijria Jluviata {gemmata). — Vingt oeufs envi- 

 rons ont efe [jondus i)ar uiie gemmata que jai rencontree le 27 Janvier dans 

 I'mterieur de Cannes, appliquee contre uu mur. Le 11 il'vrier, ces oeufs sout 

 eclos; de vert obscur qu'ils sont d'abord, ils deviennent d'un 



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