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iiinxiiniiiM. Near r.<'i-lin. the Hies cincri^c (liirin- flic lii'st half 

 nf .Inly. Tlir iiialo :\]>\H-Av lir>l. the r.'inalcs later, ami these 

 latter w.Tc always seize.l in eii|iiilali.>ii li\ llie males Just after 

 they ha.l iui-sakeii the juipal skin an.! while still teiieral and 

 nn. level, ,i,e,l. (In this reuanl ennipare als,. Mik ( Kntuni.,!. 

 Xaehrieht. |i. L'llO. pp. ;;i.-). .•!!(;. ISSC); au.l Camlell (I'roc. Knt. 

 Soe. Wash., pp. 4.-) 4(1. IIM:!). Maeh feuiale lays alxnit sixty 

 e-us dik.' riHilarrnrrra. a.'eei-din,- t.. Miall an.l Shelfonl) and 

 these are depn>it,.,l sin-ly on the leaves ,„■ hranehes (,r attaeliod 

 liL'iitly to the axils .,r the lea\-es ..f //. s^innrinsifiii. 'I'he female 

 dies sonn after the a<-e.nnplislmient of oviposition. 'I'he larva> 

 when newly enier-.'d. lack the heantifnl moss ureen rulnv of 

 the later sfa-es and are ashy -rey. The animal -rows very 

 slowly in the antunm. ami thron-hont the winter is still very 

 small an.l diflicnlt to detect, in the sprin,-- tlie -rowtli is --reatly 

 accelerated and the larva he.'onies fnlly -r.iwn dnrin- the latter 

 half of .Inn.'. While ,-rowin-. the animal molts several times. 

 pi-<.l)aMy at least ei-lit. the mnnl.er determined for I'lialarro- 

 ci-nt l.y I'.en-tsson. Pujiation o<-cnrs in the moss where the 

 larva liajipeiis to lie. In its -reen color with In-own hlotches, 

 the larva simnlates remarkahly the oloi' of the host plant and 

 the effect of the sha.lows cast hy varions foreign hodies sndi 

 as plant-stems and leaves. .\s J\ruei>'i>-oiil)nr,ii- says: "so com- 

 pletely does onr lar\a harmonize with its enviroinnent that 

 e\-eii a practiced eye >n<'ceeds only after Ioiil;' inspection in 

 discovei-in- it on the moss hrandies." The extreme sln,<;-iiisli- 

 ness ,d' the larva, so cliara.'tei-istic of the .\nierican u'„lirun/is, 

 is described for this foian. Considering oni- \-er\- scanty knowl- 

 (■(liic of the immatnre sta,<ies of ••i-ane llies. Dr. Mne,->i>enl)ur,ii-'s 

 statement that the distribution of the lar\a is restricted by the 

 distrihntion of this one moss, Jl/i/nnnn xiuarrosinii, must be 

 taken to lie a little too extreme. I have but little doul)t but 

 that the lar\a n\ aluhmln will l>e fonnd on other related species 

 of Ili/piiiin/ wluMi further collections are made. 



/riie American species, ii<ir/i,i>niis, is of especial intei-est 

 since it is the iicnotyi.e. The larva was (ii-st observed around 

 Ithaca, X. v.. in the spriii- of lUi;!. On May 7, Miss Kudora 



