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PSYCHE. 



[February, iqo2 



Carolina (Saussure), Louisiana (Saiis- 

 sure), Tamaulipas, Mex. (Saussure), 

 and Nicaragua (Bruner. ) 



Ellipes minuta (Scudder). 



I have examined specimens from 

 Southern Illinois ( Thomas) , Rock Is- 

 land, 111. (Walsh), Indiana (Blatchley), 

 Georgia (Morrison), Enterprise, Fla. 

 (Schwarz), Biscayne Bay, Fla. (Mrs. 

 Slosson), Lake Worth, Fla. (Slosson), 

 Charlotte Harbor, on stalk of Spartina 

 near water (Slosson), Palm Beach, Fla. 



(Slosson), Agricultural College, Miss., 

 Oct. (Weed), Texas, not common, run- 

 ning on margins of streams (Belfrage), 

 Dallas, Tex. (Boll), Palm Springs, Cal., 

 July 13 (Morse), Ahwanee, Cal., Aug. 

 15 (Morse), and San Bernardino, Cal., 

 July 16 (Morse). It has also been re- 

 ported from Minnesota (Lugger), Ne- 

 braska (Bruner), Mississippi and Florida 

 (Ashmead) , Cuba ( Saussure) , St. Vin- 

 cent and Grenada (Brunner and Redten- 

 bacher), and Vera Cruz and Tabasco, 

 Mex. (Saussure). 



LIFE HISTORIES OF NORTH AMERICAN GEOMETRIDAE. — XXX. 



BY HARRI.SON G. DYAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. 



Phiasne irrorata Pack. I have described 

 the mature larva (Ent. News, v, 63, 1894). 



Egg. Elliptical, strongly flattened, rounded, 

 no angles; one end slightly and only in a 

 small area truncate, the other somewhat de- 

 pressed ; smooth whitish green, the reticula- 

 tions distinct, broad, elongate transversely, 

 resembling low ridges especially toward the 

 truncate end, irregular, somewhat waved. 

 Size .8 X .6 X .3 mm. 



Stage I. Normal, moderately elongate- 

 Head rounded, erect, pale reddish luteous, 

 elongate; cljpeus moderate, reaching over 

 half to vertex, pointed ; sutures brown ; ocelli 

 small, black; width .35 mm. Body cylin- 

 drical, shields membranous, concolorous, anal 

 feet spreading, the flap large, rounded. Pale 

 greenish, a broad, dark olive dorsal shade on 

 joints 3 to 12, defining the subventral fold 

 which looks pale by contrast; venter faintly 

 olive ; tubercles and setae small, in pale spots 

 in the dorsal space; setae short and stiff, 

 dusky, very minutely enlarged at the tip, nor- 

 mal, 



Stage II. Head rounded, somewhat elon- 

 gate with a high narrow clypeus, held ob- 

 liquely; pale dull luteous, ocelli black, mouth 

 brown ; width .45 mm. Body moderate, seg- 

 ments not elongate, normal, pale translucent 

 green with faintly indicated, narrow, white 

 lines; tubercles large and elevated, most dis- 

 tinct posteriorly, transverse, white; setae 

 short, dark ; abdominal feet with verj- faint 

 brown tint. No shields and practically no 

 marks above. A broad, purple-brown ventral 

 band, the whole length, even on the labium. 



Stage III. Head rounded, free, larger than 

 joint 2, pale straw color, a broad light brown 

 stripe up from the antennae to across (he cen- 

 ter of lobe; width .9 mm. Body cylindrical 

 not elongate, translucent green, not shining, 

 a faint, diffuse, narrow, broken, dorsal line ; 

 subventral fold yellowish, venter purple 

 brown. Thoracic feet black, appressed, the 

 feet of joint to black outwardly, of 13 green 

 except in front. Tubercles whitish, rounded, 

 slightly elevated. Later no dorsal line but 

 faint longitudinal white lines. 



