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ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 



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PROCEEDINGS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SECTION 



ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES, PHILADELPHIA. 



Vol. XII. APRIL, 1901. No. 4. 



CONTENTS: 



Foster — Results of Breeding Moths of 

 the Genus Haploa Hiibner (Con- 

 cluded) 97 



Smyth — Philampelus elisa (n. sp.) io6 



Fox — Letters from Thomas Say to John 



F. Melsheimer, 1816-1825. — I, II.... no 



Snyder— Over the Range in a Wagon 



(to be continued) 113 



Editorial 119 



Notes and News 119 



Entomological Literature 120 



Doings ofSocieties 125 



Some Results of Breeding Moths of the Genus 

 Haploa Hiibner. 



By Frank H. Foster, Claremont, N. H. 



(Continued from March number.) 



As the moths emerged I isolated five pairs without attempt- 

 ing any selection, in as many different cages, and obtained 

 fertile eggs from two of the females. 



These two pairs of parents, after the eggs were laid, were 

 killed, mounted and labeled so as to be identified with their 

 progeny. The parents will be referred to as pair No. i and 

 pair No. 2. They are represented on the accompanying plate 

 by Figures i and 2 and Figures 11 and 12 respectively. 



The female of pair No. i laid 225 eggs. The female of No. 

 2 laid 275 eggs. 



The two lots of eggs and the larvae obtained from them were 

 kept confined throughout in separate breeding cages and great 

 care taken to avoid any chance commingling. In view of the 

 remarkable results obtained from one of these pairings and 

 doubts that might arise as to possibility of errors I will state 

 that the progeny of these two pairs were the only Haploa larvae 

 I had at any time during their development. (For detailed 



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