The genera of diaspinae of North America and the genus lepidosaphes . Oct., 07] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 321 The Early Stages of the Oriental Moth. By H. T. Fernald and J. N. Summers, Amherst, Mass. (Plates X, XI.) The early stages of the Oriental Moth, Cnidocampa flaves-cens (Walk.), have never been described and several attemptsto obtain fertile eggs from the moths in captivity have failed.This has been supposed to be because the small space pro-vided by a breeding cage either prevented mating, or becausethe confinement in some way affected the moths. To avoidsuch difficulties a large number of t
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The genera of diaspinae of North America and the genus lepidosaphes . Oct., 07] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 321 The Early Stages of the Oriental Moth. By H. T. Fernald and J. N. Summers, Amherst, Mass. (Plates X, XI.) The early stages of the Oriental Moth, Cnidocampa flaves-cens (Walk.), have never been described and several attemptsto obtain fertile eggs from the moths in captivity have failed.This has been supposed to be because the small space pro-vided by a breeding cage either prevented mating, or becausethe confinement in some way affected the moths. To avoidsuch difficulties a large number of the cocoons of this insectobtained at Dorchester last spring were placed in a green-house in which several Norway Maples were growing, allopenings having been screened with cheese cloth. The moths began to emerge June 22nd, probably ratherearlier than would usually be the case in the field and cer-tainly two weeks earlier than in Dorchester this year, theseason being very late, and the first eggs were observed June26th. The moths by this time had become very abundan