THE DOUOLAS SPRUCE CONE MOTH 127 



ill the Canadian Entomologist for April, 1904, Vol. XXVI, page 

 no. They were made from twenty-three specimens collected by 

 Dr. Dyar at Kalso and Kjokanee mountain and from other specimens 

 taken torpid on the snow of Kitchener glacier about August 

 loth. Adults were also reared by him from larvae taken June 24. 

 on Douglas Spruce. The type is in the United States National 

 Museum under the number 7788. 



So far as we know only this one mention of the species has been 

 made in literature, but Dr. Dyar probably has some unpublished 

 notes on the early stages. 



LIFE HISTORY AND DESCRIPTIONS. 



Examining in the winter one finds the insect in the pupa stage 

 near the center of the cone. In this respect this insect differs from 

 the well known codling moth, which belongs to the same genus, 

 as now placed by systematists. The codling moth passing the 

 winter in the cocoon in the mature larval condition. The date of 

 appearance of the mothes varies with the season but the great bulk 

 of them appear in the month of June. A few early arrivals mav 

 come in May and We have specimens taken early in the month of 

 July. 



The following description of the moth is the one giv«n by Kear- 

 fott in the Canadian Entomologist, Vol. XXVI, page no: 



"Head, fawn color, the scales standing separately, and giving 

 fpeckled appearance, by darker shades at their bases; face darker. 

 I'alpi, fawn color inside and at base outside, shading into dark 

 brown ; terminal joint bare, projecting its full length beyond tuft 

 of secoml joint, blackish-brown, a dot of fawn on extreme tip. Thor- 

 ax and patagia same as head, very dark brown beneath, irrorated 

 with fawn-color tips of scales. Fore wing, shades of whitish grey, 

 fuscuous and black. The basal patch occupies a little more than 

 one-third of the length of wing on the median line, angling sharply 

 inwards to costal and dorsal margin, both of which it reaches at the 

 inner fourth. Ground color, gfreyish white, almost evenly spread 

 dark brown and black, the dark color is concentrated in three dots 

 on fold, the middle one; extending in a line nearly to dorsum, and 

 beyond these a dark oblique line, defining the basal patch to median 

 line, thence abruptly angling inward, nearly to, but not reaching. 



