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has been reported from Massachusetts/ Durham, New Hamp- 

 shire,^ and Canada.^ The first specimen discovered in Con- 

 necticut was collected in New Haven, May 24, 1910, by Mr. 

 B. H. Walden, of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment 

 Station. This specimen was a female. Subsequently a mature 

 larva was found in some sphagnum collected by Professor G. 

 E. Nichols in Beaver Swamp in April, 1918. Mr. Walden 

 found a pupa in the same swamp April 29, 1918; the adult 

 emerged May 25, 1918. Detailed descriptions of the moth are 

 given by Morrison,^'' Smith^^ and Hampson.^^ Morrison de- 

 scribes the form as follows. 



The expanse of wings measures 32 mm. The male antennae are very 

 strongly bipectinate. The collar, thorax and anterior wings are uni- 

 formly reddish brown. ' All the lines and spots are obsolete, except the 

 two median lines, which are dark, broad, outwardly curved and sub- 

 parallel. The posterior wings are brownish fuscous, with yellow 

 fringes. 



The hfe history of Epipsilea monochromatea may be out- 

 lined as follows. The eggs are laid and hatch out in June 

 or July. The young larvae feed on Drosera until August, and 

 then live on cranberry. The mature larvae pass the winter in 

 Sphagnum, pupate in April and the moth emerges in May. 



Explanation of Plate IV. 



Fig. I. Young larvae feeding on Drosera rotimdifoUa. Photographed 

 by Professor G. E. Nichols, x i. 



Fig. 2. Mature larva contracted. Photographed by Mr. B. H. 

 Walden. x i. 



Fig. 3. Mature larva on Sphagnum. Photographed by Mr. B. H. 

 Walden. x i. 



Fig. 4. Pupa. Photographed by Mr. B. H. Walden. x i. 



Fig. 5. Posterior hooks of pupa. Photographed by Mr. B. H. 

 Walden. x 5. 



Fig. 6. Adult $ . Photographed by Mr. B. H. Walden. x 2. 



^J. B. Smith, 1893. A catalogue of the species of moths of the 

 Lepidopterous superfamily Noctuidae found in boreal North America, 

 p. 62. Washington. 



'' H. K. Morrison, loc. cit. 



* G. F. Hampson, 1903. Catalo^^ue of the Noctuidae in the collection 

 of the British Museum Vol. TV, p. 483. London. 



^ A specimen was collected by Dr. Fletcher in Canada. 



^^ H. K. Morrison, loc. cit. 



11 J. B. Smith. i8qo Revision of the species of the genus Agrotis, 

 Bull. No. 38 U. S. Nat. Mus. p. 55. 



12 G. F. Hampson, loc. cit. 



