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exteiior margins prominently black, with black areas at apex and anal 

 angle of secondaries. Below, a large part of inner space of primaries 

 black; costa and margins bright red. Secondaries with black nervures. 

 Expanse of wings, J^, 25 mm.; S, 27 mm.; length of body, (^ 9 mm.; 

 9, II mm. 



Nad. — South Arizona. Types, three males and one female; 

 coll. Charles Palm and B. Neumoegen. 



I take great pleasure in dedicating this beautiful insect to my 

 friend, Mr. Charles Palm. 



Albnna Vitrina n. sp. — Head black; palpi and collar yellow. Thorax 

 black. Antennae brown, pectinated; caudal tuft narrow and black. Legs 

 black, with yellow joints. Primaries and secondaries vitreous; prominent 

 discal spot on primaries; costa, margins, discal spot and nervures brown, 

 with a basal dot of same color on both wings. Below the same, except 

 that nervures of costa and interior margin of primaries are pale yellow. 

 Expanse of wings, 21 mm.; length of body, 10 mm. 



I/ad.— Ft. Calgary, N. W. Territory. Type % , coll. B. Neu- 

 moegen. 



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NOTES ON THE EARLIER STAGES OF LEPISESIA 



FLAVOFASCIATA Barnst. 

 By Carl Braun, Bangor, Me. 



(Continued from p. 89, VoL II, No. 5.) 



The freshly-laid egg resembles that of Deilaph. chamcenerii 

 very much; indeed, at the first sight, one who is acquainted with 

 the ova of the Sphingidae would take it to be nothing else, so 

 striking is the resemblance in size, color and form. It is grass- 

 green, with a smooth surface without granulations, in form sphe- 

 roidal; diameter about one-third of an inch; they change before 

 hatching, which takes place in from five to six days, to a yellowish 

 white color. The young larva is three-sixteenths of an inch long, 

 cylindrical, yellowish white with a large head, on each side of 

 w^hich is a large black eye- spot. The head resembles in com- 

 parison that of a pug dog. All the legs are tipped with black; 

 the horn, which is short, stout and straight, is tipped with black. 

 The first molt is made in seven days. The color changes now to 

 bluish green, with a faint rosy, irregular longitudinal stripe on 

 the back. The color on tip of horn is violet or black, it grows 

 shorter at every change, till it finally is discarded at the third 



