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7. The juniper twig inch-worm. 



Drepanodes varus G. & R. 



This caterpillar found on the tree-juniper, also appears to live on 

 the low-bush juniper, as we beat from a bush the last of August a 

 beautiful green chrysalis which agrees closely with that of Drepanodes 

 varus. This chrysalis is of the size and exact form represented in Fig. 

 301, is smooth bodied, pale pea-green, the exact color of a leaf of its 

 food plant. The body is paler than the wings, with two pale subdorsal 

 yellow stripes; the tip of the abdomen is red. 



8. Catervacatenaria (Drur^). 



A specimen occurred on the juniper August 6, which pupated 

 August 10, 1883. 



9. Thera contractata Packard. 



I have had this moth from the juniper, on which it commonly occurs. 

 (See p. 841.) 



10. The fir-needle inch-worm. 



This caterpillar was found feeding on the juniper at Brunswick, Me., 

 August 26-29, 1881. 



11. The juniper plant-louse. 

 Lachnua sp. 

 Common on the juniper at the ends of the branches. 



12. The Juniper white-striped inCh-worm. 



Order Lepidoptera ; family Phaljenid^. 



Feeding on the leaves of the low-bush juniper, late in summer, in Maine, a rather 

 short cylindrical inch- worm, pale pea-green, the color of a juniper leaf. Head full, 

 rounded, as wide as the body ; segments a little wrinkled transversely. Lateral 

 ridge sharp, white, the white line extending along the side of the obtusely triangular 

 supra-anal. No other longitudinal stripes, nor any other markings. 



13. Lophyrus sp. 



The larva of this species closely resembles that of L. abietis, as it has 

 the same shape and eight pairs of legs, but it differs in the yellow head, 

 and the body has often a decidedly yellowish hue. Along the body is 

 a dorsal and lateral dark stripe, though frequently the stripes are obso- 

 lete. The thoracic feet are black. It is common through July, August, 

 and the early part of September. Unlike L. abietis it is very hard 

 to rear in confinement, the larvae sickening and dying. It spins a 

 cocoon like that of L. abietis in August and the early part of Septem- 

 ber, but in confinement the fly does not appear. 



