January 1S93.] 



PSYCHE. 



379 



Head transverse, very little broader than the 

 thorax, the occiput emarginate at middle, the 

 cheeks margined; face below the antennae, 

 prominently convex, shining, with sparse 

 whitish hairs ; clypeus separated, subconvex; 

 mandibles piceous ; palpi brown, the maxil- 

 laries very long. Antennae 14-jointed. longer 

 than the body, setaceous, brown, the scape 

 and pedicel yellowish ; scape not quite twice as 

 long as the pedicel; flagellum slender, cylin- 

 drical, the joints very slightly subequal, after 

 the 3rd about 4 times as long as thick. Meta- 

 notum with a median sulcus bounded by 

 carinae. Wings hyaline, the stigma and 

 nervures pale brown. 



Hab. — Washington, D. C. 



Type in National museum. 



The single $ specimen was reared 

 May 3, 1SS1, from Grapholitha pruni- 

 vora Walsh. 



5. M. pallida sp. n. $ .—Length 2 mm. 

 Brownish-yellow, minutely closely punctu- 

 late. Antennae 14-jointed, fuscous toward tips, 

 flagellar joints 1 and 2 about equal, as long 

 as the two last joints united, joints 3 and 4 

 about the length of the 2nd, those beyond 

 gradually become shorter, subequal. Eyes 

 brown, subpubescent. Mesopleurae smooth. 

 Metanotum with a distinct median carina. 

 Wings hyaline, the stigma and nervures 

 brownish yellow. Abdomen oval, as long as 

 the thorax, the first segment with a narrow 

 linear shield, the membranaceous margins 

 broad ; ovipositor as long as the basal tarsal 

 joint in hind legs. All tarsi more or less 

 fuscous. 



Hab. — Jacksonville, Florida. 

 Type in Coll. Ashmead. 

 The large size and pale color readily 

 distinguish the species. 



NOTES ON THE LARVAL STAGES OF ARCTIA BLAKEI Grote. 



BY HARRISON G. DYAR, BOSTON. MASS. 



Euprepia (Cymbalophora) blakei Grote. 



1863 — Grote, Proc. ent. soc. Phil., iii, 523. 

 Arctia. 



1S74— Stretch, Zyg. Bomb. N. A., 224. 



1892 — Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het., i, 267. Apati- 

 tes is. 



superba Stretch. 



1874— Stretch, Zyg. Bomb. N. A., 227. 



geneura Strecker. 



187S — Strecker, Proc. Dav. acad. sci., ii ; 

 270. 



1884 — French, Papilio, iv, 158. 



1889 — French, Can. ent., xxi, 162. 



incorrupta Hy. Edwards. 



1SS1— Hy. Edw., Papilio, i, 3S. 



shastaetisis Behrens. 



1889 — French, Can. ent., pp. 35 and 162. 



var. nevadensis Grote and Robinson. 



1866 — Grt. and Robs., Proc. ent. soc. Phil., 

 vi, i. Arctia. 



1SS6 — Grote, Can. ent., xviii, 109. 



1S92 — Kirby, Cat. lep. Het., i, 268. Apati- 

 tes is. 



behrii Stretch. 



1S72— Stretch, Zyg. Bomb., N. A., 75. 



var. sulphurica Neumoegen. 



1885 — Neum., Ent. amer.,i, 93. 



elongata Stretch. 



1S85 — Stretch, Ent. Amer.,i, 105. 



1892 — Kirby, Cat. lep. Het. i, 270. 



ockracea || Neum. 



1S83 — Neum.. Papilio, iii, 151. 



In Kirby's catalogue the American species, 

 formerly referred to Arctia, are distributed 

 irregularly under three generic names. As 

 the species do not seem to be separable gen- 

 erically, I adopt the oldest name for the 

 genus, viz. Euprepia Ochs. (1810), under 

 which name are found E. pudica Esp. and 

 E. fasciata Esp. Arctia Schrank is restricted 



