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Mosher (16) in her classification of Lepidopteroiis pupae states 

 that in the Cuculhinae the wings and maxillae (proboscis sheath) 

 never extend beyond the caudal margin of the fourth abdominal 

 segment. This statement is apparently based entirely upon obser- 

 vations made on two specimens of the same genus. Graptolitha 

 Hbn. Humphreys ('43) figures the pupae of several British species 

 of the genus Cucullia in all of which the proboscis is extended well 

 beyond segment IV. Lintner ('69), in describing the pupa of the 

 American species Cucidlia intermedia Say, states that the free end 

 of the tongue case projects 5/100 inch beyond the wing cases, and 

 the pupa is 7 10 inch long. We have examined wnpty pupa-cases 

 of this species which confirm this statement and indicate that in 

 the living pupa the free apex of the proboscis sheath extends 

 beyond the margin of the fifth abdominal segment. 



We have insufiicient data upon the cremaster of Cuculliid pupae 

 for drawing definite conclusions therefrom, but the cremaster of 

 intermedia certainly bears no resemblance to Copablepharon grandis 

 in which latter species it appears to be identical with the type found 

 in the commonest Agrotinae, such as the numerous species of Euxoa. 

 This consists of two stout terminal spines, which vary considerably 

 as to form and divergence within the species, together with two 

 supernumerary dorsal bristles, one or both of which may be absent. 



The eggs of C. grandis are sub-globular. The upper surface is 

 shallowly rugose, and the under side is smooth. In captivity they 

 were laid in the soil, and were greenish-white when deposited. 



With the exception of the spined tibiae the adults, which have 

 long narrow primaries, show greater affinities to the Cuculliinae 

 than they do to the Agrotinae. From the appearance and habits 

 of the larvae, and from the pupal cremaster, however, it would seem 

 that this genus is rightly placed in the latter sub-family despite 

 the superficial resemVjlance of the pupa and adult to those of some 

 genera in the Cuculliinae. 



Literature Cited. 



1917. Barnes axd McDuxxough. Check list of the Lepi- 



doptera of Boreal America. 

 1903-10. Hampsox. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalanae. 

 1874. Harvey. Buffalo Soc. Nat. Sci. Bull. 11, p. 275. 

 1878. Harvey. Can. Entom., Vol. 10, p. 57. 



