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[August, iqoi 



held out flat, free from joint 2 ; antennae 

 rather large, divergent, straight; white with 

 broad bands of brown mottlings, one on side 

 of lobe and one next the median suture; 

 suture itself brown as also the clypeal suture 

 above; antennae black tipped; width .6 mm. 

 Body moderate, segments about 30-annnlate, 

 rather obscurely. Dorsum broadly brown, 

 pulverulent, cut b}- narrow pale subdorsal 

 line and on joints 2 to 5 by a dorsal line also. 

 Shields concolorous, the anal plate pale at the 

 sides. Subventral fold white, slightly yel- 

 lowish. A broad subventral purple-brown 

 hand, emphasized below the spiracle by a 

 darker patch ; a nearly contiguous pale line 

 below this band ; venter narrowly white. 

 Feet pale outwardly; setae short, black; 

 tubercles minute. 



Stage IV. Head white with brown dotted 

 bands as before; width .9 mm. Body moder- 

 ate, uniform, finely annulate. Dorsum dark 

 brown, a fine white subdorsal line continuing 

 the white of head; a paler brown lateral 

 band in part contiguous to a still paler sup- 

 rastigmatal one. Subventral fold white, a 

 trace yellowish. A geminate subventral pale 

 brown band, the upper half containing a 

 nearly black dot below and before the spira- 

 cle. Venter not broadly' whitish. Feet pale, 

 the abdominal ones faintly brownish marked. 

 No discolorous shields. 



Stage V. Head erect, rounded, higlier 

 than wide, scarcely bilobed, antennae dis- 

 tinct; whitish with a brown shade, black 

 dottings on each side from ocelli to vertex 

 and between the lobes over the median su- 

 ture ; sutures of clypeus dark ; width i.i 



mm. Body slender, the segments moderate- 

 ly drawn out, the central ones about 25- 

 annulate, uniformly, annulet i somewhat 

 larger. Whitish, dorsum pulverulently 

 brown shaded, forming a dark geminate dor- 

 sal line, diffuse outwardly, followed by a pale 

 subdorsal line, on the abdomen faintly, but 

 on thorax and joint 5 distinctly edged by 

 dark dottings. A whitish band on subventral 

 fold ; a vinous brown spot below it a little in 

 front of the spiracle, distinct on joints 5 to 7, 

 faint on 8 and 9. Feet pale or a little brown- 

 ish dotted, the anal ones elongate triangular. 

 Tubercles minute, dark; setae short, dark, 

 slightly enlarged before tip. Spiracles 

 brown rimmed. There are some secondar3' 

 setae present, forming about twenty hairs in 

 all on each side of a segment, all alike in 

 size and color. Most of the extra ones are 

 subdorsal in a continuation of the line of i 

 and ii and subventral posterior. 



Food plant unknown. The larxae fed on 

 rag weed and clover. Moth from Washington, 

 D. C. Eggs June i, last larval stage July i, 

 but all died soon after without pupating. 



A NEW USE FOR AN OVIPOSITOR. — A fe- 

 male Deidamia inscripta emerged in one of 

 my boxes and in some way injured the first 

 two legs on one side. After two or three days 

 I noticed that whenjthe moth hung from the 

 lace over the top of the box it clung with the 

 remaining legs, and thrust its ovipositor up 

 through a raesh of the lace bending its tip 

 forward so that it held like a bent finger. In 

 this position the moth rested for many 

 hours dailv. Caroline G. Sotile. 



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