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Pamphila Taxilis, Edw. 



" Comma v. Colorado, Scud. 

 " " V. Nevada Scud. 



" Snowi, Edw. 

 " Phylaeus, Dru. 

 " Deva, Edw. 

 " Python, Edw. 

 " Pittacus, Edw. 

 " Nereus, Edw. 

 Amblyscirtes ^nus, Edw. 

 " Nanno, Edw. 



Pyrgus Tessellata, Scud. 



" Scriptura, Bd. 

 Thanaos Brizo., Bd. 

 " Icelus, Lintn. 

 " Ausonius, Lintn. 

 " Propertius, Lintn. 

 " Pacuvius, Lintn. 



Thanaos Afranius, Lintn 

 " Tatius, Edw. 

 " Clitus, Edw. 

 " Funeralis, Lintn. 

 Pholisora Catullus, Cram. 

 " Pirus, Edw. 



" Alpheus, Edw. 



" Ceos, Edw. 



Eudamus Pylades, Scud. 

 " Nevada, Scud. 

 " Moschu?, Edw, 

 " Epigena, Butl. 

 " Hippalus, Edw. 



Cellus, Bd. 

 " 'Tityrus, Fab. 

 " Dorus, Edw. 

 Pyrrhopyga Araxes, Hew. 



DESCRIPTIONS OF NOCTUID LARV^ FOUND ON 

 CUTTS" ISLAND, MAINE. 



By Roland Thaxter; 



PSEUDOTHYATIRA CYMATOPHOROIDES. Gucu. 



Rich yellow-brown, varying in shade, mottled by fine dark- 

 lines. A contrasting white spot just above the stigmata of seg. 

 4, roundish and varying in size, sometimes altogether wanting. 

 A fine, continuous black dorsal line. Head protruded and darker 

 brown than the body. Stigmata black-brown, slender. L. 42 

 m. m. Three specimens found in cases between leaves, such as arc 

 made by CJiaradra. When at rest the body is bent, the head ap- 

 proaching the posterior segments. Spun a slight cocoon in moss 

 September 20-25. Imago June 9 P. M. 



Three specimens on red oak. 



Habrosyne Scripta. Gosse. 



Eggs somewhat pear-shaped, white, changing to bright pink 

 after a day or so of exposure to the air, deposited transversely, 

 singly or superposed in chains of five or six, on the margins or 

 ribs only of raspberry leaves, July 21. A number of hair-like scales 

 are also deposited with the eggs. 



Mature larva. — Rich yellow-brown, often almost black. A 

 distinct dorsal black line. Lateral portions more yellow, with 

 blackish mottlings, and broken by blackish dashes which extend 

 from the dorsal portions anteriorly and inferiorly, becoming- 

 pointed about the stigmata, where they end. Dorsal surface gen- 

 erally much darker than the rest of the body, though subject to 

 considerable variation. In a few specimens one, two or even three 

 white spots were present above and somewhat anterior to the stig- 

 mata on the fourth, fifth or sixth segments respectively; each 

 spot having a central black dot. In some specimens a white spot 



