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outside nother leaf of minor in the angle formed by the 
win, g of the Jeaf and the outside of the tube, and here 
NE ge ee eer 
white silk; here, a few days later, it changed to a 
press wtih on Jee twenty-second forced its way out 
1 by means of the double row of spines with which 
sents are armed, and the moth emerged. Mr. W. D. 
tt pronounces the moth to be a typical specimen of 
Sasi HAN a widely distributed epccies with d long 
eens Seodpleats. On some of its other food-plants 
: trpillar spins several leaves together to form a more 
: tubular shelter. It would be interesting to determine 
) what extent it is adapting itself to the other species of 
Se ac found within its range. 
‘9, POLLINATION. 
Th [berrecenie tat depend upon insect agency to effect 
n of the blossom was recognized long ago by the 
nist: iad Gas iratfire of the Gower indicates something 
the ce es Socom shed. Careful 
se 1 of the insect visitors of Sarracenia flava through- 
fs blooming season make it seem probable that in this spe- 
ica th method of pollination differs in some respects from 
“the p accounts of this process in the genus Sarracenia 
he ; In flava, as in the other species of the genus, the 
le is a curious umbrella-shaped structure, each of its five 
being cleft, and the stigmatic surfaces are situated on 
le projecting points at the base of these clefts on the con- 
fe side of the open umbrella. The petals at the base form 
pse bell-shaped cover, spreading out and filling the space 
ween the points of the inverted umbrella; and access to 
Ee one ony 2 coe of Sve opegne 
i just below the curled-up tips of the umbrella with 
he Tiaite stigmatic points. 
uae memeianenting on a petal enters the flower, turns at 
angles in either direction to one of these openings, and 
in forcing its way through, if of suitable size, scrapes its back 
a on 
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