Fota armata Grote.

This has somewhat the form of Stilbia; the fringes are long on secondaries. A second female like type in size has the black submedian dash wanting, and the filling on cell, but hind wings are like type in being pale fuscous. Base of forewings above pale ochrey shaded. Another has the primary all gray; Armata may be known by its larger size, fuscous secondary and different sculpture of clypeal armature.

Whether the following are really different I do not know I they appear to be so most certainly.

Egg.—Conoidal, the base flattened and rounded; marked by 10 vertical ribs which near the base are low, but on upper third are considerably elevated, inclease gradually in prominence and terminate abruptly around a small flat space at summit; these ribs are thin and their sides are cut by grooves perpendicular to the surface of the egg; the spaces between them crossed by many fine striæ; color green. Duration of this stage 5 days in April, 4 in July.

LYCAENA ASTER.

Male.—Expands 1 inch.

Upper side purplish-blue, the costal margin of primaries silvery; both hind margins narrowly eaged black; secondaries have a marginal series of black points or minute spots; fringes white.

Under side white; primaries have the hind margin edged by a fuscous line thickened at each nervule; a submarginal row of rounded black spots entirely across the wing, and parallel to the margin; a discal row of smaller spots in a curve from costa to lower median interspace, the next spot below out of and behind the line; on the arc a thick bar. Secondaries have an oblong, rounded, fuscous spot at the end of each nervule, but otherwise the edge is white; a submarginal series of metallic points, each of which is overlaid by orange, and above this a black crescent; a discal series of black points, following the costal margin from base, and running parallel with hind margin to lower median interspace, after which there are two spots back of the line; on arc a streak, a dot nearer base, and another below cell.

I have described the genus Tripudia in the Can. Ent., but the characters are not obvious until we know the neuration, which I am satisfied will give us distinguishing features from Eustrotia and Thalpochares. Compared with these the front is narrow and a little bulging; the vestiture is scaly, and there is a ridge of scales on the occiput. The lashless naked eyes, the slender unarmed tibiae agree with its allies. The wings are entire and there is a velvety band on the primaries, not legible, however, in two minute, pyralidiform species which may not be different, my flavofasciata and Mr. Edward's versuta. The species are only known to me as yet from single examples, and are from the South. Limbata has the hind wings orange; the rest fuscous or blackish, silky.

The number of described species of this Arctian genus is increasing, and from my own collections in New York, I do not believe that our Eastern forms are at all well known. Among the most interesting recent discoveries in in Arizona is E. zonalis, Grote, a form in which the abdomen is banded with crimson and black and unlike the other species in this respect.

During the past two years I have found on the exchange lists of most northern, and all Canadian collectors with whom I have done any exchanging, Arsilonche albovenosa Goetze under its synonym Ablepharon Henrici Grt., and on their list of “wants” as uniformly appeared Leucania phragmitidicola Guen. I always sent for Arsilonche, and always received Leucania phragmitidicola. The latter is a common insect, but the former is more rare, and it may be interesting to know how the two can be distinguished. Superficially they are very much alike; generically they differ as follows: Arsilonche has lashed eyes, Leucania has them hairy; the tongue in Arsilonche is weak and short, in Leucania long and corneous; the legs in the former are shorter and more compact than in the latter, and the spurs of middle and posterior tibiæ are much shorter. The vestiture of Arsilonche on thorax and body is entirely hairy, fine and long; in Leucania the hair is somewhat flattened, more scale-like and shorter Arsilonche has also the head more retracted, the abdomen longer and the primaries rather more lanceolate. The secondaries in albovenosa are pure white, in phragmitidicola they are more smoky and have a darker border.

Gall, formed on the under side of the leaf, pear-shaped, half an inch long, forms a cup-like indentation on the upper surface. I have counted eighteen galls on one leaf. One mite in a gall.

Mite, one-tenth of an inch long. Eyes large and protuberant, light red. Antennæ moniliform, ten-jointed—the basal joint and that next it being much larger than the rest. Proboscis for suction. Four undeveloped wings—mere protuberances in the case of some (probably younger) specimens—generally translucent, but in some instances smoky brown. Legs, six in number, hairy, semi-transparent. Abdomen much enlarged, topshaped, the three last segments reddish brown. Tuft of terminal spines of the same color. The creature has a gelatinous appearance; and this, together with its agitation when disturbed, reminds one of Young Blight's description of Old Dolls: “All a-shaking like glue monge.” It attains its growth in August and becomes quiescent.

Eggs.—Oblong, covered with hexagonal depressions and bright green in color. Length 0.6 mil.; width 0.3 mil. Duration of egg stage 12 days.

Young Larva.—Length 2 mil.; head twice as wide as the body, round and deep ochre yellow; body dull yellowish green with a faint paler stigmatal stripe.

Mature Larva.—Body of uniform thickness, deep green with a narrow sub-dorsal and stigmatal white stripe, and a dorsal greenish-white hair line; dorsal space pale green; ventral space yellowish green. Head brownish green with a lateral white stripe which is a continuation of the sub-dorsal stripe of the body. Length at rest 25 to 26 mil.; when crawling, 26 to 27 mil. Food plant, Pinus strobus. Duration of larva stage, 35 to 40 days. Described from 57 specimens.