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with dense black scales, becoming thinner towards the outer 

 edge of the wing. From the apex of the bend on the outer line 

 starts a black streak, which is interrupted in the middle, but 

 ends on the lower side of the hooked apex of the wing, which is 

 unusually long and large. The fringe is rust colored, with the 

 edge white. The outer edge of the wing is deeply hollowed out 

 just below the apex, but below is full and convex. The hind 

 wings are like the fore wings, but without the inner line. The 

 discal dot is distinct, and the outer line is straight, ending 

 just before reaching the costa. There is a broad costal white 

 area. The legs and under side of the wings are fawn colored, 

 densely speckled with black, giving it a peculiar silky, glossy 

 appearance, suffused with a very slight wine-colored tint. The 

 surface of both wings is uniform ; the discal dots are more diffuse 

 than above, being more distinct on the hind wings. The outer 

 line is white, distinct, broader than above, and bent at right 

 angles on to the costa, but the line disappears before reaching 

 the hind edge, which is whitish. The black stripe sent out from 

 the angle of the line, and reappearing on the hinder edge of the 

 apex of the wing, is much as above. On the hind wings tlie line 

 is straight, broader than on the fore wings, and extends on to 

 the costa. The body is half an inch (.50) in length, and a fore 

 wing measures .Qb of an inch in length. 



This fine species more nearly resembles Grote's D. aquosus 

 from West Virginia, but differs in the outer line, and by not 

 being at all tinged with purple on the upper side of the wings. 

 It will undoubtedly soon be found in this State, and its cater- 

 pillar should be looked for on the Juniper during the last of May 

 and early in June. 



The Cedar Tfweic/. — (Platel, Fig. 6, enlarged ; a, cocoon, nat. 

 size.) This is a little moth, of which the caterpillar is unknown, 

 though I found the moths and cocoons in abundance on a cedar 

 tree in Brunswick, Maine, July 10th. It is undoubtedly similar 

 in its habits to a little moth which lives not uncommonly on the 

 apple-tree, and has been described by Dr. Clemens under the 

 name of BuccuJatrix poinifolieUa. Its long, slender, white co- 

 coons may be found, at any time after the leaves have fallen, on 

 the branches of apple-trees. 



Dr. Clemens says that " the larva feeds externally on the leaf 

 of the apple, at least at the time it was taken, iu the latter part 



