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conical points with a V-shai)ed notch between them, these points 

 directed caudad and slightly dorsad, each one a little split near 

 the tip on the outer face and with a prominent lateral tooth at 

 about mid-length. 



Pleural reg:ion of abdomen rather restricted, longitudinally 

 wrinkled. Spiracles large, ellii)tical, transverse, placed about 

 mid-length of the segment. Al)out three small setiferous tuber- 

 cles on each pleuron ventrad and caudad of the spiracle; an- 

 other setiferous tubercle on the dorso-cephalic angle of each 

 pleuron. 



In life, pupae vary from a very pale yellowish to dark, almost 

 black, the deepest coloration being the head and thorax; the 

 body often with bronzy reflexions. 



Length, from crest to tip of abdomen — S , 26.5-27 mm. ; 9 , 

 25-28.5 mm. 



Dextro-sinistral width at wing-pad — S , 3.4-3.9 mm. ; 9 , 3.4-4 

 mm. 



Dorso-ventral depth at wing-pad — S , 4-4.2 mm. ; 9 , 3.5-4 mm. 



PUPA, 9 



Quite like the S , the sheath of the antennae short, reaching a 

 point just beyond the end of the fore coxae or some distance 

 beyond the base of the wing. Ninth sternite (plate III, H) 

 elongated, cylindrical, its tip rounded, feebly split underneath. 

 Ninth tergite (plate III, I) very long, pointed, with a deep 

 median split. 



Numerous S 9 pupae, Fall Creek, Ithaca, New York, May 27, 

 1913, taken from the gravelly beds along the creek above the 

 second bridge in Forest Home. 



ERIOCERA FULTONENSIS Alexander 



1912 Eriocera fultonensis Alexander; Psyche, vol. 19, p. 168, 

 169. 



LARVA • 



Fully grown, fully extended, 18-26 mm. ; diameter, 2 mm. 



Form long and slender. Color pale flesh color, the cephalic 

 segments a little darker, brownish, the enlarged subterminal 

 swelling almost transparent. 



