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Female.—Cross veins slightly infuscated. Length 11-12 
mm. 
Type.—One specimen, Carlisle Junction, Pa., F. Craighead. 
Paratypes.—One specimen, Enola, Pa., H. F. Adams. Rock- 
ville, Pa.; one specimen by author, others by A. B. Champlain. 
Type in U. S. Nat. Museum, Washington, D. C. 
M. laetus Loew has distinctly hairy eyes, head wider than 
thorax, face not more than half as wide as either eye, abdo- 
men more narrowed posteriorly, whole color more violaceous 
than M. craighcadti and wing veins, especially cross veins, 
heavily stained with brown. 
Fragments on North American Insects—II. 
By A. A. Girautt, Nelson, Cairns, North Queensland. 
1 More Notes on Estigmene acreae. (Lepid.).* 
A female of this species was captured from grass at Blacks- 
burg, Virginia, May 16, 1902, and upon rough confinement 
began to deposit eggs. The rate of deposit was regular, an egg 
being laid about every twenty seconds, or three every minute. 
Oviposition commenced about 3 P. M., May 16, and continued 
until the early morning of May 17; the total number was one 
thousand one hundred and twenty-nine. The eggs commenced 
to hatch at about 8 A. M., May 23, 1902; two had hatched 
by 10 A. M., and by the afternoon of the same day a hundred 
or more. Hatching was then becoming general. The eggs 
were deposited upon a thin network of hairs and attached by 
means of a yellowish-brown secretion. The first molt occur- 
red on May 26; another on June 10, and by July 2 a few of 
the caterpillars had spun cocoons. At that date, however, the 
majority were yet feeding. By July 6 all had spun cocoons. 
The larvae had been fed upon wild plaintain and grasses. The 
adults issued the first week in August. 
2. Megalopyge opercularis Smith and Abbot. (Lepid.). 
On October 5, 1902, larvae of this species were received 
from a correspondent at Lynnhaven, Princess Anne County, 
if *See No. 8, page 406, antea. 
