. Bulletin. Insects; Insect pests; Entomology; Insects; Insect pests; Entomology. 23 Pupa.âOf the usual Pbycid appearance; rather slender, the abdominal ti]) blunt, with six long slender up-curved bristles. Length 9""". Moth. (Fig. 4.)â1 male. Fore-Avings long and narrow, stone-gray, with no reddish or brownish tints. Head, palpi, and body dark gray with white scales intermixed. Fore-wings dark and light gray; a broad basal light i)itch; before the middle of the wing a white zigzag line composed of a costal and median scal- lop. A square whitish distal patch, and half way betwee
. Bulletin. Insects; Insect pests; Entomology; Insects; Insect pests; Entomology. 23 Pupa.âOf the usual Pbycid appearance; rather slender, the abdominal ti]) blunt, with six long slender up-curved bristles. Length 9""". Moth. (Fig. 4.)â1 male. Fore-Avings long and narrow, stone-gray, with no reddish or brownish tints. Head, palpi, and body dark gray with white scales intermixed. Fore-wings dark and light gray; a broad basal light i)itch; before the middle of the wing a white zigzag line composed of a costal and median scal- lop. A square whitish distal patch, and half way between it and the outer margin is a narrow white zigzag line inclosed on each side by a dark border, the line being deeply angulated three times. Edge of the wing next to the base of the fringe deep black, interrupted by narrow pale gray spots- (eI,^f,geVoriginalf ^pruce Cone-worm Fringe dusky, with fine white scales. Legs bauded with black and gray. Hind wings pale gray. Expanse of wings 22â¢â¢; length of body lOâ¢'". (Identified by Prof. C. H. Feruald.) THE GREEN-STRIPED PHYCID WORM. {Meroptera pravella Gr.) This a common insect on the Willow, occurring at BriiDswick, Me., August ?0, and through the month. It spins a web on the under side of the leaf, and pupates from the 15th to 20th of September, the moth in confinement appearing (in the breeding cage at Providence) the end of May (the25th-31st). The cateri^illar, which is longitudinally striped â with light and dark green with black slashes on each side of the head, varies somewhat; in some there are only four slashes on the head, with no other markings. The moth differs from Phycis rubrifasciella on the Hickory in having no cross-band of raised scales, while the insect is much darker, and the palpi are twice as broad. Descriptive.âLarva.âBody of the usual form, tapering from near the head to the â¬nd. Head of the usual size, not quite so broad as the prothoracic segment ; green, slashed vertically and mottled
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