October, '19] 



MOSHER: PYRAUSTA PUP^ 



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NOTES ON THE PUP^ OF THE EUROPEAN CORN BORER, 



PYRAUSTA NUBILALIS AND THE CLOSELY RELATED 



SPECIES P. PENITALIS 



By Edna Mosher 



Since the larvae of these two species of Pyrausta are so closely related, 

 it is interesting to find that the pupae are much more easily distin- 

 guished than the larvaB. The element of doubt which one may have 



Pyrausla peniUilia. — Fig. IS; 1 ventral view; Jh. p., labial p!\Ipi; mr. p., maxillary 

 palpi; mx., maxilla); / 1, femur of prothoracic leg;' 11, 12, /3, legs; ant., antennas; 

 w.\, W.2, wings; pthx, ms, mt., thoracic segments; (ilto alO, abdominal segments; 

 cr., cremaater; 2, dorsal view; 3, lateral view. 



