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slight cocoon, within which the worm changed to a pupa, April 16 or 

 17 ; the moth appeared April 30, after my return to Providence. 



Descriptive. — Larva. — Pale green ; head green ; otherwise of the usual appearance. 



Pupa. — Body pale and slender, the cast skin thin and unusually so for a Tortrix. 

 Cremaster or terminal abdominal spine peculiar in "being long and narrow, as wide at 

 the tip as at the "base ; the surface above and beneath with fine longitudinal ridges ; 

 a pair of short dorsal setae near the end ; edge of the extreme tip curvilinear, with four 

 curved setae of nearly equal length. Each abdominal segment with two rows of fine 

 teeth. Length, 10 mm . 



Moth. — Pale tawny yellow, with yellowish brown darker scales and dots and darker 

 brown lines. Head pale, tawny brown on the vertex with a small spot in the middle 

 of the front. Palpi dark, externally pale above and at tip of second joint. Fore 

 wings pale whitish tawny yellow, densely speckled with darker scales ; on the inner 

 third of the wing an oblique, dark brown, narrow line beginning on the inner third 

 of the costa and ending in the middle of the hind margin. An outer parallel line, 

 which is forked on the costa and ends on the internal angle ; from near the middle 

 the line sends off a spur to the apex, but before reaching the apex a spur is sent to 

 the costa, also a 3-forked line to the outer edge of the wing. Hind wings, abdomen, 

 and legs almost white. Expanse of wings, 20 mm . (Identified by Prof. Fernald.) 



