KELLOGG: MELITERA DENT ATA. 4 1 



the forking of seven and six the stem (remnant of sub-costal) unites 

 with the costal, and its basal portion is wholly merged with the forward 

 vein. This partial disappearance of the sub-costal seems to be shared 

 by prodenialis and is probably characteristic of the genus. 



Prof. Smith, as recorded in the Canadian Naturalist, v. viii, p. 

 242, (1891), bred several specimens of Voliicella fasciata, a Syrphid 

 fly, from the same prickly pear leaves in which the Melitera larvae 

 were living. It is interesting to note that pupariae and later, adults 

 of Voliicella fasciata and Copestyliim marginatum, a closely allied 

 Syrphid, were noted in the Opuntia leaves from which Af. dentata was 

 bred. (See note by Dr. Williston, Entomological News, v. ii, p. 

 165, 1891). 



