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a rather dark t. p. line, and ten specimens selected 

 from a large series in the authors collection have 

 been mark paratypes. All taken in Vineyard, Utah 

 in August, 1918. 



Arachnis zuni, Neum. 



By J. G. Bo)uiizi'cll, El Paso, Tex. 



Last fall, while collecting in the vicinity of High 

 Rolls, X. M. I took a number of larvae of Arachnis 

 zuni. At the time, while 1 recognized them as larvK 

 of some arctiid, yet I was puzzled as I am not familiar 

 with the western fauna. In size and general appear- 

 ance they closely resemble the larvae of Ecpan. de- 

 florata. The bright red rings characteristic of the 

 latter however are absent, being replaced with a 

 minute red dot between each somite along the sides 

 and along the head which is comparatively small. 

 They have the same habit as the deflorata of curling 

 up when touched and the spines are almost as stiff. 



We found them upon half a dozen different vari- 

 eties of weeds and plants among which was a species 

 of rag weed. Those that we took home and attempted 

 to raise we fed on Virginia Creeper, of which they 

 seemed to be fond. We found that the larv?e of this 

 arctiid is very susceptible to parasitic diseases ; out of 

 sixty or seventy that we took home we lost over ninety 

 percent. Along about the hrst of October the few that 

 remained refused to eat, crawling up in the corners 

 of the breeding cage and remaining in a hibernating 

 state. On November 1st. one spun a very loose cocoon 

 and pupated, this pupa emerged December the 11th. 

 The others having eaten nothing now for two months 

 leads me to think that possibly under natural condi- 

 tions they may be hibernating larvae. 



Catocala meskei wanted by purchase or exchange from any 

 locality, but especially from Dakota, Montana and Maine. 

 Samuel E. Cassino, Salem, Mass. 



