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"Larva, First Stage. Head diameter, .225 mm. ; body 

 diameter, .15 mm. ; length, 1.2 mm. Head black, thoracic 

 shield a dark brown ; body a translucent white, with numer- 

 ous small black tubercles, each tubercle bearing one or more 

 light-colored hairs. Scattered light-colored hairs occur on 

 the head. When about half grown (late fall) the larva is 

 2 cm. long. The head and tubercles are black, while the 

 body is a mottled chocolate brown, with a black stripe ex- 

 tending along the dorsal line. Early in the spring the larva 

 is about 3 cm. long. The head and thoracic shield are of a 

 dark umber color ; tubercles of the same color ; there is a 

 dull pinkish line along the middle of the back ; there are 

 also irregular dark wavy subdorsal and lateral lines ; body a 

 pale straw color. 



" Papa. Thorax and head brown ; abdomen rufous ; spir- 

 acles dark brown ; length about 2 cm. 



" Cocoon. Oval, composed of a thick layer of bits of 

 grass, with particles of soil adhering to the outside. Inside, 

 the cocoon is smooth and thinly lined with silk. The cocoon 

 was made just below the surface." (Felt.). 



CKAMBUS LACINIELLUS. (Plate IV., fig. 7.) 

 Crambus laciniellus Grote, Can. Ent., Vol. XII., p. 18 (1880). 



Expanse of wings, 26-28 mm. Palpi pale cinereous, 

 brownish outwardly; head and thorax cinereous. Fore 

 wings pale cinereous ochreous, especially on the costal and 

 outer portions of the wing; a few brown atoms sprinkled 

 over the surface ; subterminal line indistinctly marked by 

 ochre scales partially overlaid with brown. A marginal 

 row of three black points above the anal angle. Fringes 

 shining fuscous, with a whitish line at the base. Hind wings 

 pale cinereous, fringes white. 



Habitat. Maine. Food plant and early stages un- 

 known. 



