THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



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Female ? A single specimen, a very little larger than the others, was obtained from.the same lot 

 of leal-cnimplers, which possibly may be the Q of the same species. It differs as follows : Front 

 broader; antennre dark brown; the cinereous inarkiugs of the body more distinct; the tip of abdomen 

 ftdvous, but without the fulvous spot at the sides; and with the tarsal claws of ordinary length. 



This species appears to belong to the subgenus Exorista of Meigen, closely allied to Tachina 

 proper, and differing from it chiefly in having the eyes hairy, and in the presence of bristles on the 

 middle, as well as at the hind margin of the second and third abdominal segments, whereas Tachina 

 has only the latter. 



Mr. "Wier has given me specimens, said to be bred from it, of a small 

 Ichneumon-fly which proves to be Limneria \_BancMis] fugitiva, Say.* 

 It is a 'small black species with the legs pale yellow, except the hind 

 tibiffi which are white with black base and tip, and the hind tarsi which are 

 black with the base of the first joint white. In this genus the terminal 

 l>art of the abdomen is compressed laterally, and arched, and the $ ovipos- 

 itor is so short that it does not extend beyond the tip of abdomen, so that 

 the sexes do not differ very strikingly. This particular species infests other 

 insects,! and I have obtained it from larva?, at Chicago, 111., as well af> at 

 St. Louis. 



Phycita [Acrobasis] nebclo, \Xfi\sh — Imago .—I reproduce here the description of the moth in 

 Mr. Walsh's original words : "Expansion of wings 7-10. Length of body 3-10. General color 

 light cinereous, varied Avith dusky. A row of about seven subsemilunar or linear dark spots on 

 outer margin of fore wing. Then one- fourth of the distance to the body a waving light cinereous band 

 parallel to the exterior margin, marked on each side with dusky black. Nearly at the cenUe a much 

 abbreviated black band. Beyond the centre on the costal margin a subtriangular dusky black spot, 

 the apex of which connects with the apex of a much larger subobsolete triangular brick red spot which 

 extends to the interior margin, and is bounded on the outside by a wavy light cinereous band, which is 

 again bounded by a wavy dusky black band proceeding from the apex of the costal triangle. Base of wing 

 dusky black, enclosing a small round light cinereous spot. Hind wings and all beneath light cinereous 

 shaded with dusky, the fore wings darker. Tarsi dusky with a narrow light cinereous fascia at the 

 apex of each joint. Hind tibia fasciate with dusky at the apex, sometimes obscurely bifasciate. 

 Intel-mediate tibia fasciate with dusky at the centi-e, the fascia generally extending to the base, but 

 becoming lighter. Anterior tibia dusky, with a narrow apical light cinereous fascia. Palpi, both 

 labial and maxillary, dusky. ' ' 



•vWhen compared with other closely allied and resembling species, this little moth may be charac- 

 terized in the following manner: The ground color of the front wing is decidedly bright and pale; 

 the discal spots are almost always confluent, thus forming an abbreviated transverse bar; the dark 

 markings are well defined and the triangular dark costal spots starting from the inner third of the 

 wing is distincth- relieved, while the "brick-red" (nearer a cinnamon-brown) triangular spot which 

 opposes it is large, so that the space it occupies on the inner margin is nearly as wide (generally 

 within one-third) as that between it and the transverse posterior line. The lower half of the basal 

 space is often of a distinct cinnamon-brown, and an oblique dusky band, which Mr. Walsh has not 

 mentioned, is often quite distinct, running from near the apex to the brown triangle, where it connects 

 with the inner margin. The species recalls, in facies, the European Myelois suavella. In a suite of 

 specimens bred from Apple, Quince, Plum and Cherry, there is sufficient variation to prevent a too 

 rigidly drawn description, but the aljove characters obtain in all of them, and such variation as 

 occurs, runs in the direction of the variety presently to be described. 



Larva — Brown or greenish in color. Cylindrical. Tapering gradually from first to last joint. 

 Head and cervical shield darker than the rest of body, slightly .shagreened, sparsely covered with 

 long hairs, the shield quite large, convex, and occupying the whole surface between stigmata — there 

 being in front of the latter a sub-cervical dark horny plate . Joints 2 and 3 wrinkled as at Figure 18, c the 

 former with two rather conspicuous dark dorsal piliferous spots. The other joints with a few fine 

 hairs, the stigmata plainly visible, and the anal covering but slightly horny. Legs and prolegs 

 of moderate size and of same color as body. 



Described from numerous specimens. 



Chrysalis — Mahogony-ljrown, with no striking character. Abdomen, especially above, with very 

 minute punctures . 



*Ent. of N. A. II, p. 701. 



t Mr. J. A. Lintner, of Albany, N. Y. , has given me specimens bred from Saturnia maia, Dniry; 

 Mr. H. T. Bassett, of Waterbury", Vt., specimens bred from Dryocampa senataria Sm. , and I have 

 bred it from Ih-yocampa stigjna,' Sm.. , from Eiichcetes egle, Harr, and from Clisiocampa sylvatica, 

 H.irr. 



