240 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT, STATION. I9II. 



Bphestia cautella. 



Specimens of this moth were bred from dried figs in Febru- 

 ary. Lot 1352. 



Buproctis chrysorrhca. 



A remarkable circumstance in the development of the brown- 

 tail moth in Maine this season should be recorded. Since the 

 moth first entered Maine the caterpillars have not been recorded 

 as feeding to a very troublesome extent in the fall and they have 

 apparently been uniform in hibernating early in the third instar 

 when about 1-4 inch in length. This fall, however, in many 

 localities, they entered the fourth instar and were feeding freely 

 enough upon the trees to be troublesome at apple picking and 

 to destroy the foliage to a considerable extent. This circum- 

 stance is doubtless to be accounted for by unusual weather con- 

 ditions. Whether the winter mortality will be higher for these 

 caterpillars hibernating in a more advanced stage remains to 

 be seen. While this fall growth of the caterpillars was common 

 enough to call for wide spread comment, it was not universal, 

 for colonies were also found to be wintering at the ordinary 

 size. 



For an encouraging record of parasites hibernating in the 

 winter nests of the browntail moth, the reader is referred to 

 the discussions of M onodontomerus aereus under the Hymen- 

 optera. 



Euvanessa antiopa. 



The spring caterpillars of the mourning cloak butterfly were 

 more abundant this spring than for several seasons. 



Falcaria hilineata. 



In July and August caterpillars of this species were collected 

 from Bettila popiilifoliae and bred. The moths for the most 

 part emerged during August. Lots 1391 and 1391 Sub. i. 



Galleria mellonella. 



Bee-moths were received from Presque Isle, Aug. 3. Lot 

 1380 Sub. I. 



