CYPRESS INSECTS. 921 



the three pairs of hairs attached to the dorsal surface the first pair is attached at the 

 posterior margin of the cephalothorax, the second between the last two abdominal 

 striae just before the terminal sucker, and between the hairs of this pair is the third 

 pair, consisting of two short and straight hairs. The hairs of the second pair are 

 abruptly bent at about the fourth of their length from the attachment. The first of 

 the three ventral pairs of hairs has twelve, and the second twenty-four, striae behind 

 the cephalothorax ; to the third pair are attached six striae in advance of the terminal 

 sucker. The legs are strongly compressed, project downwards, and the feather-like 

 tarsal appendage bears five pairs of prongs. The striae of the abdomen number 

 about 80. 



The following larvae also occurred iu Maine, on the cedar, August 29, 

 1883: p. 784, No. 112, and Semiothisa bisignata. 



INSECTS INJURIOUS TO THE CYPRESS. 



Taxodium distichum. 



1. Abbot's sack-bearek. 



Oiketicus ahiotii Grote. 



I have picked the deserted cases of this interesting sack-bearer from 

 the cypress at Enterprise, Fla., where it was abundant. 



2. Hyloicua cupressi Baird ? 



An excellent colored plate representing a fine species (perhaps Hy- 

 loicus cupressi Baird) is to be seen in the Oemler volume of Abbot's 

 manuscript paintings in the library of the Boston Society of Natural 

 History. 



3. Orgyia inornata Beutenmiiller. 



Mr. Beutenmiiller has described the early stages of this moth, which 

 he has bred from the cypress and live oak. (Psyche, v, pp. 165, 300.) 



4. Geometrid larva. 



The span-worm described below occurred on the cypress at Enter- 

 prise, Fla., April 7 to 8. 



Larva.— Body smooth, cylindrical, unarmed. Head smooth, no wider than the 

 body, and like the body, pale green. The body pale green, of the color of the cypress 

 leaves, with two slightly darker lines on each side of the body. Length, 'iQ"^™. 



5. Cecidomyia cupressi-ananassa Riley. 



Tennessee. (Riley, American Entomologist, ii, pp. 244 and 273. Fig. 

 153, gall.) 



